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Frozen Particles

Frozen Particles

2005-05-13 - By Maggie Kathwaroon

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it's so much better when brad 'splains it ;)
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From: owner-xsi@(protected) [mailto:owner-xsi@(protected)]On Behalf Of
Marc-Andre Carbonneau
Sent: May 13, 2005 3:28 PM
To: XSI@(protected)
Subject: RE: Frozen Particles

Holy crap!! This is going to rock!

Thanks!

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From: owner-xsi@(protected) [mailto:owner-xsi@(protected)] On Behalf
Of Bradley R. Gabe
Sent: Friday, May 13, 2005 1:53 PM
To: XSI@(protected)
Subject: RE: Frozen Particles

The current netview version does one kind of plotting that's useful for
many situations. It plots instances onto particle trajectories, providing
path-based motion.

The CGS_PlotParticles plugin plots particle global SRT values directly
onto the local SRTs of any selected objects or groups (scale is derived from
particle size). It also keyframes object visibility based on particle life.

But then I thought about all the times I would have liked to have accessed
other particle attributes to use for expressions, scripted ops, or secondary
simulation data. So the plugin will put a custom PPG on each selected object
and provide per particle info (**plotted):

a.. particleID
b.. typeID
c.. **Particle Life
d.. UVW origin coordinates
e.. **Size
f.. **Mass
g.. **Color
Every plot parameter is optional with a toggle switch available from the
plugin GUI.

-Brad

Hi Maggie,

How is this different from the one provided in the simulate netview?
(apart that you can decide how many objects is allowed to be attached
beforehand)

Thanks
M-A

-- --Original Message-- --
From: owner-xsi@(protected) [mailto:owner-xsi@(protected)] On Behalf
Of Maggie Kathwaroon
Sent: Friday, May 13, 2005 12:50 PM
To: XSI@(protected)
Subject: RE: Frozen Particles

hey alex,

brad just finished an "object to particles" plugin that we'll be posting
as
soon as we iron out one problem with the documentation (of all things!).
it
will attach geometry to particle trajectories and create fcurves for
them
that you can tweak to your heart's content. it handles potential memory
problems by letting you dermine beforehand how many of the objects xsi
can
reasonably handle before it becomes a problem.

i'd be glad to send it to you...it may be the thing you're looking
for...and
to anyone else who wants to try it out before we officially post.

just email me offline,

maggie
http://www.cg-soup.com

-- --Original Message-- --
From: owner-xsi@(protected) [mailto:owner-xsi@(protected)]On Behalf
Of Alex Dinnin
Sent: May 13, 2005 12:23 PM
To: xsi@(protected)
Subject: Frozen Particles

Good evening all,

I am making a tree, I have modeled the branches et all... And
thought to add the leaves I would use particles. I have a good effect
going.
I then freeze the particles, so there is no movement. create a model
from the tree geometry and the frozen cloud, then instance it so I can
make a nice big forest.

however it is taking for ever to preview, I waited about five mins
before the first block even appeared. and seeing as I only had about
twenty instances. its going to be a pretty rubbish forest !!

Am I going about this the right way.. does anyone know of a better way
to add leaves without having to do it all by hand. It would be lovely
if I could convert the particles to geometry. But seeing as they are
instanced to begin with, I would imagine this isn't possible.

any pointers would be a great help, as I am going to be stuck at work
all weekend working on this.

thanks in advance

--
kind regards

Alex Dinnin

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Carbonneau Sent: May 13, 2005 3:28 PM To:
XSI@(protected) Subject: RE: Frozen Particles </DIV>
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Holy crap!! This is
going to rock! <o:p></o:p>
Thanks!<o:p></o:p>
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From:
owner-xsi@(protected) [mailto:owner-xsi@(protected)] On Behalf Of Bradley R. Gabe Sent: Friday, May 13, 2005 1:53
PM To:
XSI@(protected) Subject:
RE: Frozen Particles<o:p></o:p></DIV>
<o:p> </o:p>
The current netview version does one kind of plotting
that's useful for many situations. It plots instances onto particle
trajectories, providing path-based motion. The CGS_PlotParticles
plugin
plots particle global SRT values directly onto the local SRTs of any selected
objects or groups (scale is derived from particle size). It also keyframes
object visibility based on particle life. But then I thought about
all
the times I would have liked to have accessed other particle attributes to
use
for expressions, scripted ops, or secondary simulation data. So the plugin
will put a custom PPG on each selected object and provide per particle info
(**plotted): <o:p></o:p>
<UL type=disc>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0
level1 lfo1">particleID
<o:p></o:p>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0
level1 lfo1">typeID
<o:p></o:p>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0
level1 lfo1">**Particle Life
<o:p></o:p>
<LI class=MsoNormal
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level1 lfo1">UVW origin
coordinates <o:p></o:p>
<LI class=MsoNormal
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<o:p></o:p>
<LI class=MsoNormal
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<o:p></o:p>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0
level1 lfo1">**Color
<o:p></o:p></LI></UL>
Every plot parameter is optional with a toggle switch
available from the plugin
GUI. -Brad <o:p></o:p>
Hi Maggie, How is this different from the one
provided in the simulate netview? (apart that you can decide how many
objects is allowed to be
attached beforehand) Thanks M-A -- --Original
Message-- -- From: owner-xsi@(protected) [<A
href="mailto:owner-xsi@(protected)"
eudora="autourl">mailto:owner-xsi@(protected)</A>] On Behalf Of Maggie
Kathwaroon Sent: Friday, May 13, 2005 12:50 PM To:
XSI@(protected) Subject: RE: Frozen Particles hey
alex, brad just finished an "object to particles" plugin that we'll be
posting as soon as we iron out one problem with the documentation (of
all things!). it will attach geometry to particle trajectories and
create fcurves for them that you can tweak to your heart's content. it
handles potential memory problems by letting you dermine beforehand how
many of the objects xsi can reasonably handle before it becomes a
problem. i'd be glad to send it to you...it may be the thing you're
looking for...and to anyone else who wants to try it out before we
officially post. just email me offline, maggie <A
href="http://www.cg-soup.com/"
eudora="autourl">http://www.cg-soup.com</A> -- --Original
Message-- -- From: owner-xsi@(protected) [<A
href="mailto:owner-xsi@(protected)"
eudora="autourl">mailto:owner-xsi@(protected)</A>]On Behalf Of Alex
Dinnin Sent: May 13, 2005 12:23 PM To: xsi@(protected) Subject:
Frozen Particles Good evening all,   I am making a
tree, I have modeled the branches et all... And thought to add the leaves
I
would use particles. I have a good effect going. I then freeze the
particles, so there is no movement. create a model from the tree geometry
and the frozen cloud, then instance it so I can make a nice big
forest. however it is taking for ever to preview, I waited about five
mins before the first block even appeared. and seeing as I only had
about twenty instances. its going to be a pretty rubbish forest
!! Am I going about this the right way.. does anyone know of a better
way to add leaves without having to do it all by hand. It would be
lovely if I could convert the particles to geometry. But seeing as they
are instanced to begin with, I would imagine this isn't
possible. any pointers would be a great help, as I am going to be
stuck
at work all weekend working on this. thanks in
advance -- kind regards Alex
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