I wasn't really talking about the example, but instead the way they've decided to set up their connections. It often ends up a spaghetti mess of wires that make circular connections with the wires running behind nodes. I don't see the logic in it. Maybe I just like clean layouts. :-)
I'm open to new ideas and ways of doing things, but it just seemed weird that no other node-based system creates these looped connections because infinite loops are bad (I understand they're not really infinite loops, but they visually appear to be) and again, it makes for a very sloppy graph. -Paul ᐧ On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 10:29 AM, Angus Davidson <angus.david...@wits.ac.za>wrote: > Ones mans circular is another mans intuitive. ;) To me I found the > example easy to follow and to duplicate and understand what was going on. > That begin said a lot of it is down to putting what you are used to on the > shelf for a bit and really diving in. It was only once I did that did I > understand just how flexible it is. Your never going to innovate if your > always trying to put everything in the same container, or doing things the > same way. > > From: Paul Griswold <pgrisw...@fusiondigitalproductions.com> > Reply-To: "softimage@listproc.autodesk.com" < > softimage@listproc.autodesk.com> > Date: Wednesday 07 May 2014 at 4:22 PM > > To: "softimage@listproc.autodesk.com" <softimage@listproc.autodesk.com> > Subject: Re: softimage to modo > > What do you guys think of Modo's nodal deformer layout? I just looked > at that growing vine tutorial page and the splash page for the video shows > exactly what I personally dislike. Their node connections seem to be > really sloppy and IMHO could lead to a confusing mess pretty quickly. > They've got connections that make circular loops, so there's no left to > right or top to bottom flow like you'd have in pretty much every other > node-based system I've used. > > I mentioned it during Brad's webinar and he kind-of brushed it off, but > I find it really distracting. > > -Paul > > ᐧ > > This communication is intended for the addressee only. It is confidential. > If you have received this communication in error, please notify us > immediately and destroy the original message. You may not copy or disseminate > this communication without the permission of the University. Only authorised > signatories are competent to enter into agreements on behalf of the > University and recipients are thus advised that the content of this message > may not be legally binding on the University and may contain the personal > views and opinions of the author, which are not necessarily the views and > opinions of The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All agreements > between the University and outsiders are subject to South African Law unless > the University agrees in writing to the contrary. > >
