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Success indeed!
Thanks for the link... All of you;-)
cheers!
pingo
... man I've been to that site before... got his tools installed, duh!
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On May 12, 2005, at 20:02, Robert Moodie wrote:
> You may have some success using Tension Map/Curvature Map tools
> from Claus...
>
> http://www.claus-figuren.de/
>
>
> -- -- Original Message -- --
> From: Pingo
> To: XSI@(protected)
> Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2005 1:28 PM
> Subject: emitter driven by angle on edges.
>
> ok, don't quite know how to ask this question, so here's an example...
>
> say I got a grid that deforms... like an ocean surface. so there's
> waves with ridges and slopes.
>
> Now I want to emit particles if the angle on an edge is larger
> than... say 180 degrees - so where ever the waves are sharp
> there's... foam.
>
> I'm kinda looking for something like what the dirt shader does, only
> inverted, but it doesn't quite do what I want it to do... not even
> sure I can use it to drive an emission...
>
> I'm also assuming I need something that can drive a weight map... So
> can I get XSI to calculate the angle on edges (or between polygon
> normals... something) and make the map?
>
> anyone?
>
> cheers all!
>
> pingo
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></DIV>ok, don't quite know how to ask this question, so here's an example...<BR
><BR>say I got a grid that deforms... like an ocean surface. so there's <SPAN
class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN><BR>waves with ridges and slopes.<BR><BR
>Now I want to emit particles if the angle on an edge is larger <SPAN class=
"Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN><BR>than... say 180 degrees - so where ever the
waves are sharp <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN><BR>there's... foam
.<BR><BR>I'm kinda looking for something like what the dirt shader does, only
<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN><BR>inverted, but it doesn't quite
do what I want it to do... not even <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN
><BR>sure I can use it to drive an emission...<BR><BR>I'm also assuming I need
something that can drive a weight map... So <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"
> </SPAN><BR>can I get XSI to calculate the angle on edges (or between polygon
<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN><BR>normals... something) and make
the map?<BR><BR>anyone?<BR><BR>cheers all!<BR><BR>pingo<BR>---<BR>Unsubscribe?
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