Re: .obj sequence import

["Duncan Burch" <duncan_burch(at)hotmail.com>]

Hi Kim

Sorry to sound very dumb, as I said I ve got it to work using vbscript for one frame, but Ive no idea how to do it for a scripted operator.

What value of the object would I attach this to and what syntax would be needed in a scripted Operator to load in data from a file?

 

Sorry, kinda lost on scripted operators.

Thanks

Duncan

 

Duncan Burch
Lead Lighter and Render TD
www.LumiereStudios.co.uk
+44 (0)7946013460

----- Original Message -----

From: kim aldis

To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM

Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2006 5:12 PM

Subject: RE: .obj sequence import

shouldn't be hard.

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From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] On Behalf Of Duncan Burch
Sent: 18-February-2006 15:44
To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
Subject: Re: .obj sequence import

Hey Kim thanks for that

 

At the moment, i have a vbscript that loads in the cloth's coordinates for a specific frame, i just need to somehow combine that with a scripted operator.

Cheers

Duncan

 

 

Duncan Burch
Lead Lighter and Render TD
www.LumiereStudios.co.uk
+44 (0)7946013460

----- Original Message -----

From: kim aldis

To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM

Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2006 3:13 PM

Subject: RE: .obj sequence import

it's easy. Check out the documentation on scripted ops, look in particular at the splatterop example.

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From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] On Behalf Of Duncan Burch
Sent: 18-February-2006 14:59
To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
Subject: Re: .obj sequence import

Yup, the number of points never changes, so in theory, shouldn't be that hard - famous last words....

 

 

Duncan Burch
Lead Lighter and Render TD
www.LumiereStudios.co.uk
+44 (0)7946013460

----- Original Message -----

From: kim aldis

To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM

Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2006 2:52 PM

Subject: RE: .obj sequence import

Does your imported coordinate set have the same number of points for each frame?

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From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] On Behalf Of Duncan Burch
Sent: 18-February-2006 13:19
To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
Subject: Re: .obj sequence import

Do you know where I can get hold of that or any more information?

Ive written an external cloth simulation and it can output the cloth's coordinates of each frame to seperate text files.

I want to be able to apply these coordinates to an object in XSI that will update each frame.

 

Thanks

Dunk

 

 

Duncan Burch
Lead Lighter and Render TD
www.LumiereStudios.co.uk
+44 (0)7946013460

----- Original Message -----

From: kim aldis

To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM

Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2006 12:38 PM

Subject: RE: .obj sequence import

there is. But such an operator can only modify the output so it'd need an input model, which would necessarily be hidden, and an ouptut model,which is the changed one.

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From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.com [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.com] On Behalf Of Duncan Burch
Sent: 18-February-2006 11:55
To: XSI(at)Softimage.com
Subject: Re: .obj sequence import

I don't suppose there is an "easy" way to do some clever scripted operator so that the new coordinates of each mesh file is read in at the new frame?  Like how realflow updates its meshes in XSI.  I hope that made sense!

 

Thanks

Dunk

 

Duncan Burch
Lead Lighter and Render TD
www.LumiereStudios.co.uk
+44 (0)7946013460

----- Original Message -----

From: Christian R. Perry

To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM

Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 10:30 PM

Subject: RE: obj sequence import

Thanks Andre! I will give it a go.

 

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From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] On Behalf Of Andre DeAngelis
Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 3:25 PM
To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
Subject: RE: obj sequence import

 

Here is a script in jscript that gives 2 options.

 

1. To import the sequence as a shape animated sequence

2. To import the sequence with keyframed visibility on each frame

 

AD

 

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From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] On Behalf Of Christian R. Perry
Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 5:09 PM
To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
Subject: .obj sequence import

Hello,

 

Has anyone written an obj importing script that will import an obj sequence that will update based on the frame number at rendertime? I know there is the obj sequence addon in the netview but this imports the entire sequence into the scene. I cannot just animate the visibility because the files are quite large. I am hoping someone can save me some time with this one since my scripting skills are not up to the task.

 

Thanks!

 

Christian Perry