I hate finding out these sort of things post EOL :P, "What!? you mean ICE could do that too ?!" it's so frustrating, cause what you describe, sounds like such a neech tool, i doubt any of the other will have somthing that can 1:1 it in matters not just of result, but ease of use.
Maybe C4D, it seems to have a lot of handy deformers. Of Course, Fabric Engine 2.0 is coming... :) On 5 May 2014 00:40, Steve Pratt <pratt...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks Alok, unfortunately I'm just the artist here with very little ICE > experience (apart from using existing compounds), and no Fabric or splice > knowledge. > Was hoping someone might know of an out-of-the-box tool to achieve the > dart throw functionality. > > Cheers, Steve > > > On 2 May 2014 17:05, Alok Gandhi <alok.gandhi2...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Depends on which DCC you are looking at. The idea is to understand the >> "logical innards" of the compound and then to implement in the DCC of your >> choice. I am sure this can be refactored in Fabric and then using splice >> take it where you want. >> >> Cheers ! >> >> >> On Fri, May 2, 2014 at 6:58 AM, Steve Pratt <pratt...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi Guys, >>> >>> like all of you I've been spending a lot of time trying to decide where >>> to from here? >>> >>> One of the tools I use constantly in my day to day job is Julian >>> Johnson's awesome Dart Throw ICE compound, for "spritzing" (those small >>> condensation drops that appear on cold drink cans and bottles). It's unique >>> feature is that it prevents my instance spheres from touching/overlapping >>> each other. You can't have drops of water overlap or penetrate each other >>> as in the real world they would simply merge into one drop. >>> >>> Does anyone have any idea if there is an equivalent particle tool in >>> other apps, or does one of our alternatives have an ICE-like tool that >>> would allow the development of one? >>> >>> I've been assessing Blender, Modo and C4D and currently leaning towards >>> Blender. >>> >>> Thanks guys, >>> Steve >>> >>> -- >>> *"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed with the things >>> that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. >>> Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. >>> Explore. Dream. Discover."* - Mark Twain >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> > > > > -- > *"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed with the things that > you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail > away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. > Dream. Discover."* - Mark Twain >
