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Sharing Shape Sources

Sharing Shape Sources

2004-02-17 - By Hans Payer

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Guy

Is there a way to script the "cube*.polymsh.cls.Point_AUTO" setting.
When I do it manually, there's no log output. Basically, I'm plotting
the shape animation for 30 frames of an object deformation creating 30
shape sources. Then I want to duplicate that object in the same model
thousands of time while sharing shape sources. Later on every object
would have its own track and can be manipulated independently. I have
to build everything in a script; sharing sources duplication and clip
generation. My goal is to keep the scene complexity as low as possible
since I'll be dealing with thousands of objects.

Anybody else have thoughts own how to share shape sources?

Thanks

<http://www.rioting.com> <http://www.rioting.com/>
<http://www.rioting.com> Hans Payer

Senior CG Artist/

VFX Supervisor

-- --Original Message-- --
From: owner-xsi@(protected) [mailto:owner-xsi@(protected)] On Behalf
Of Guy Rabiller
Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2004 3:31 AM
To: XSI@(protected)
Subject: Re: Sharing Shape Sources

In the Mixer -> Sources -> Shape, rightclick -> Properties.. on the
Shape Source you want to share.

You will see the field 'Item Name', lets say something like
"cube.polymsh.cls.Point_AUTO".

You can share this Shape Source by wildcarding the item name.

So if you have a cube named 'cube' and another one named 'cube1', edit
the 'Item Name' field as:

"cube*.polymsh.cls.Point_AUTO"

Now insert this source into the mixer, a Clip will be created wich will
drive the two cubes at the same time.

If you look at the Clip Properties -> 'Clip Item Information' you will
see several lines, one for each connected driven object.

You can then activate/deactive items.

Clip inserted before wont work, you have to re-create the Clips after
having modified the 'Item Name' field of a Source.

So to answer more precisely to your question, if you create 2 Clips this
way, and deactive one object in the first Clip and deactivate the other
object in the second Clip, you'll have now 2 Clips sharing the same
Shape Source, but usable as you mentioned, each object can have its own
track in the mixer with separate Clips.

Hope this helps.

--
guy rabiller | 3d technical director @ LaMaison

-- -- Original Message -- --

From: Hans Payer <mailto:hpayer@(protected)>

To: XSI <mailto:XSI@(protected)>

Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2004 3:14 AM

Subject: Sharing Shape Sources

Quick question:

In the same Model, how do you duplicate an object that has a shape
animation and have the copy share the same shape sources with the
original but have its own track in the mixer?

Thanks!

<http://www.rioting.com> <http://www.rioting.com/>
<http://www.rioting.com/> <http://www.rioting.com/>
<http://www.rioting.com> Hans Payer

Senior CG Artist/

VFX Supervisor

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Guy

 

Is there a way to script the "cube*
.polymsh.cls.Point_AUTO"
setting.  When I do it manually, there’s no log output. 
Basically, I’m plotting the shape animation for 30 frames of an object
deformation creating 30 shape sources.  Then I want to duplicate that
object in the same model thousands of time while sharing shape sources. Later
on every object would have its own track and can be manipulated independently.
 
I have to build everything in a script; sharing sources duplication and clip
generation.  My goal is to keep the scene complexity as low as possible
since I’ll be dealing with thousands of objects.

 

Anybody else have thoughts own how to share shape sources?

 

Thanks

 

 

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<a href="http://www.rioting.com"></a><a
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Payer

 


Senior CG Artist/


VFX Supervisor

 

 

  

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-- --Original Message-- -- 
From: owner-xsi@(protected)
[mailto:owner-xsi@(protected)] On Behalf Of
Guy Rabiller 
Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2004
3:31 AM 
To: XSI@(protected)
.COM 
Subject: Re: Sharing Shape Sources


 

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In the Mixer -> Sources -> Shape, rightclick ->
Properties.. on the Shape Source you want to share.

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You will see the field 'Item Name', lets say something like
"cube.polymsh.cls.Point_AUTO".

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You can share this Shape Source by wildcarding the item
name.

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So if you have a cube named 'cube' and another one named
'cube1', edit the 'Item Name' field as:

</div>

<div>

 

</div>

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"cube*.polymsh.cls.Point_AUTO"

</div>

<div>

 

</div>

<div>

Now insert this source into the mixer, a Clip will be
created wich will drive the two cubes at the same time.

</div>

<div>

 

</div>

<div>

If you look at the Clip Properties -> 'Clip Item
Information' you will see several lines, one for each connected driven
object.

</div>

<div>

You can then activate/deactive items.

</div>

<div>

 

</div>

<div>

Clip inserted before wont work, you have to re-create the
Clips after having modified the 'Item Name' field of a Source.

</div>

<div>

 

</div>

<div>

So to answer more precisely to your question, if you create
2 Clips this way, and deactive one object in the first Clip and deactivate the
other object in the second Clip, you'll have now 2 Clips sharing the same
Shape Source, but usable as you mentioned, each object can have its own track
in the mixer with separate Clips.

</div>

<div>

 

</div>

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Hope this helps.

</div>

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-- 
guy rabiller | 3d technical director @ LaMaison

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Sent: Saturday, February
14, 2004 3:14 AM

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Subject: Sharing Shape
Sources

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Quick question:

 

In the same Model, how do you duplicate an object that has a
shape animation and have the copy share the same shape sources with the
original but have its own track in the mixer?

 

Thanks!

 

 

<a
href="http://www.rioting.com"></a><a
href="http://www.rioting.com/"></a><a href="http://www.rioting.com/"><img
border=0 width=150 height=84 src="cid:image001.jpg@(protected)"
align=left hspace=13></a><a href="http://www.rioting.com/"></a><a href="http://www.rioting.com"></a>
Hans Payer

 

Senior CG Artist/

VFX Supervisor

 

 

  

 

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