Thanks, does this works with geometry instead of a pointcloud?
On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 1:05 PM, Ho Chung Nguyen <hochung.ngu...@autodesk.com
> wrote:
> Do you create the Alembic node in the ICETree yourself?
> For this to work, you’ll need to set the mapping from the Alembic object
> to the XSI object.
> The mapping data is stored in a grid, which is a parameter of the Alembic
> node.
>
> You can use the following Python script to set the mapping:
>
> #Get the grid data which defines the mapping
> gridData =
> Application.Dictionary.GetObject("PointCloud.pointcloud.ICETree.AlembicCacheNode").Items.Value
> gridData.RowCount = 1
> gridData.ColumnCount = 3
>
> #This is the full path to the pointcloud in abc cache
> gridData.SetCell(0, 0, "/PointCloud/PointCloudShape")
>
> #This is the XSI object which the cache is applied on
> gridData.SetCell(1, 0, "self")
>
> #This flag specifies if the XSI object kine is driven by the abc cache
> gridData.SetCell(2, 0, False )
>
>
> From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:
> softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Nuno Conceicao
> Sent: Friday, May 09, 2014 6:10 PM
> To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
> Subject: Re: Softimage 2015 Alembic attach to geometry
>
> Its a workflow thing, the objective is to have pointcach animation being
> transfered between an animation scene and a render scene.
>
> If in the render scene the geometry stack needs to be frozen for any
> reason (could be for many reasons) and the alembic node re-atached later,
> then it seams that at the moment re-attaching the Alembic ICE node doesn't
> work properly.
>
> If I re-create the ICE tree with the alembic read node attached, it no
> longer is able to read the abc cache unless I re-import the alembic file
> again with a new mesh, which can be a bit messy if I need to update changes
> done on the old mesh (transfering clusters, weightmaps, tangent maps,
> materials, etc)
>
> Instead it would be much simpler just to re-attach an alembic read cache
> node to the frozen mesh and reconnect to the point cache path which is
> easily script-able.
>
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 5:27 AM, Ho Chung Nguyen <
> hochung.ngu...@autodesk.com<mailto:hochung.ngu...@autodesk.com>> wrote:
> Can you explain what you need?
>
> From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:
> softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com> [mailto:
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> >
> Subject: Re: Softimage 2015 Alembic attach to geometry
> Anyone found a way to attach an ICE alembic cache node to a frozen
> geometry yet ?
>
> On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 11:04 AM, Nuno Conceicao <
> nunoalexconcei...@gmail.com<mailto:nunoalexconcei...@gmail.com><mailto:
> nunoalexconcei...@gmail.com<mailto:nunoalexconcei...@gmail.com>>> wrote:
> Thanks didn't knew it would export subframe, it wasn't so obvious to me
> but now it makes sense.
> :)
> On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 4:06 AM, Ho Chung Nguyen <
> hochung.ngu...@autodesk.com<mailto:hochung.ngu...@autodesk.com><mailto:
> hochung.ngu...@autodesk.com<mailto:hochung.ngu...@autodesk.com>>> wrote:
> Caching of subframe is supported, the objects need to have property
> SimulationSettings and option Cache All Simulation Samples checked.
> Pointclouds have this property by default. Polymeshes will have it if you
> create a simulated ICETree.
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> Subject: RE: Softimage 2015 Alembic attach to geometry
>
> Can you attach the abc file so we can look into it?
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> Subject: Re: Softimage 2015 Alembic attach to geometry
>
> Weirdly enough this is the error I get if I try to connect an ICE Alembic
> Cache node:
> P:\ThirdParty\Alembic_1.5.1 Absolute paths ? Autodesk!?
>
> # HDF5-DIAG: Error detected in HDF5 (1.8.9) thread 0:
> # #000: P:\ThirdParty\Alembic_1.5.1\source\contrib\hdf5-1.8.9\src\H5F.c
> line 806 in H5Fis_hdf5(): unable to open file
> # major: Low-level I/O
> # minor: Unable to initialize object
> # #001: P:\ThirdParty\Alembic_1.5.1\source\contrib\hdf5-1.8.9\src\H5FD.c
> line 1101 in H5FD_open(): open failed
> # major: Virtual File Layer
> # minor: Unable to initialize object
> # #002:
> P:\ThirdParty\Alembic_1.5.1\source\contrib\hdf5-1.8.9\src\H5FDsec2.c line
> 362 in H5FD_sec2_open(): unable to open file: name =
> 'T:\120911-PIPELINETOOLS\Simulation\scene_root\cube1\cube1_Take1_1.abc',
> errno = 2, error message = 'No such file or directory', flags = 0, o_flags
> = 0
> # major: File accessability
> # minor: Unable to open file
>
> On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 11:45 AM, Nuno Conceicao <
> nunoalexconcei...@gmail.com<mailto:nunoalexconcei...@gmail.com><mailto:
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> nunoalexconcei...@gmail.com<mailto:nunoalexconcei...@gmail.com><mailto:
> nunoalexconcei...@gmail.com<mailto:nunoalexconcei...@gmail.com>>>> wrote:
> Just trying the Alembic new feature on SI 2015 and noticed that apparently
> there is no attach to geometry function.
> Also it has no subframe functionality.
> Unless there is a coding way to do it I'm a bit disappointed on this new
> feature since its limited to be used for import/export and no point cache
> workflow between animation and rendering disciplines.
> :(
>
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