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Problems with Shape animation from Lightwave

Problems with Shape animation from Lightwave

2005-05-31 - By mark wilson

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Erm, not sure, but glad its working. ;-) With the Point Oven version you
don't have to do any of this, it just loads and works. ;-)

Mark

-- --Original Message-- --
From: owner-xsi@(protected) [mailto:owner-xsi@(protected)] On Behalf
Of John Liebler
Sent: 31 May 2005 16:29
To: XSI@(protected)
Subject: Re: Problems with Shape animation from Lightwave

Hi Mark, thanks for your reply. After a quick double check, I was about
to type back yes and yes, because I had turned off Normalise overlap
weights, and convert shape mode said "local" when I opened it, So I
clicked ok. However it didn't actually convert the shape reference node
until I switched it to something else, and then back again. Is this the
way it is supposed to work?

Regardless, that did the trick, so its on to the next hurdle.

Thanks again!

John

-- -- Original Message -- --

From: mark wilson <mailto:mark@(protected)>

To: XSI@(protected)

Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 9:56 AM

Subject: RE: Problems with Shape animation from Lightwave

From the docs, have you:

1. Select the mesh, go to animate->shapes->convert Shape
Reference node, and make sure it is set to local

2. go to the cluster shape combiner for your mesh and turn off
Normalise overlap weights

m

-- --Original Message-- --
From: owner-xsi@(protected) [mailto:owner-xsi@(protected)]
On Behalf Of John Liebler
Sent: 31 May 2005 15:07
To: XSI@(protected)
Subject: Problems with Shape animation from Lightwave

Hi,

I'm making the transition from Lightwave to XSI, and I've run
into a
problem.

I'm trying to use Mark Wilson's DotXSI exporter to bring a
character into
XSI from Lightwave.

All of the Endomorphs from the object are coming over as shape
source clips
in XSI. I also get a Shape track with all of the shapes inserted
for one
frame each. Yesterday, I deleted the default track(with all the
shapes in
it), and then I was able to create new shape tracks, and insert
sources from
the list , which I could then control with the sliders at the
end of the
tracks.
However, today in trying to do the same thing with exactly the
same object,
I'm getting what looks like a double transformation whenever I
have more
than one track, or adjust the weight sliders to anything other
than zero or
one. Specifically, if theres more than one clip on, The object
scales up
from the origin, and if there are less than 1 (only one clip
active, with
the slider anywhere other than 0 or 100) the object scales down.
I kept the
scene I created yesterday, but I can't find what is different
between the
two.

Any help, advice or insight would be greatly appreciated. And if
anyone has
a good workflow for bringing over Lightwave ojects, with their
morph
targets, I'd love to know what you're doing.

John

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Erm, not sure, but glad its working. ;-)
With the Point Oven version you don’t have to do any of this, it just
loads and works. ;-)

 

Mark

 

-- --Original Message-- -- 
From: owner-xsi@(protected)
[mailto:owner-xsi@(protected)] On Behalf Of
John Liebler 
Sent: 31 May 2005 16:29 
To: XSI@(protected) 
Subject: Re: Problems with Shape
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Hi Mark, thanks for your reply.
After a quick double check, I was about to type back yes and yes, because I had
turned off Normalise overlap weights, and convert shape mode said
"local"  when  I opened it, So I clicked ok. However
it didn't actually convert the shape reference node until I switched it to
something else, and then back again. Is this the way it is supposed to work?

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Regardless, that did
the trick, so its on to the next hurdle.

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Thanks again!

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John

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From the
docs, have you:

 

 

1.
Select the mesh, go to animate->shapes->convert Shape Reference node, and
make sure it is set to local

2. go to
the cluster shape combiner for your mesh and turn off Normalise overlap weights


 

m


 

-- --Original Message-- -- 
From: <a
href="mailto:owner-xsi@(protected)">owner-xsi@(protected)</a>
[mailto:owner-xsi@(protected)] On Behalf Of
John Liebler 
Sent: 31 May 2005 15:07 
To: XSI@(protected) 
Subject: Problems with Shape
animation from Lightwave

 

<div>

Hi, 
 
I'm making the transition from Lightwave to XSI, and I've run into a 
problem. 
 
I'm trying to use Mark Wilson's DotXSI exporter to bring a character into 
XSI from Lightwave. 
 
All of the Endomorphs from the object are coming over as shape source clips 
in XSI. I also get a Shape track with all of the shapes inserted for one 
frame each. Yesterday, I deleted the default track(with all the shapes in 
it), and then I was able to create new shape tracks, and insert sources from 
the list , which I could then control with the sliders at the end of the 
tracks. 
However, today in trying to do the same thing with exactly the same object, 
I'm getting what looks like a double transformation whenever I have more 
than one track, or adjust the weight sliders to anything other than zero or 
one. Specifically, if theres  more than one clip on, The object scales up
 
from the origin, and if there are less than 1 (only one clip active, with 
the slider anywhere other than 0 or 100) the object scales down. I kept the 
scene I created yesterday, but I can't find what is different between the 
two. 
 
Any help, advice or insight would be greatly appreciated. And if anyone has 
a good workflow for bringing over Lightwave ojects, with their morph 
targets, I'd love to know what you're doing. 
 
John

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