Re: [scripting] hair geometry

["Tim Leydecker" <BauerOink(at)gmx.de>]

Hey Wayne,

didn´t wanted to start a fight or something, had just figured it
a good time to get that apology out the door. I´m awake for
so long now, I really need no extra hassle...or harmed feelings.

Cheers, next one is mine.

tim




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wayne " <w1343(at)comcast.net>
To: <XSI(at)Softimage.COM>
Sent: Saturday, May 27, 2006 6:40 PM
Subject: RE: [scripting] hair geometry


> Nah, Brad is a big teddy bear......that devours kittens every once in
> awhile. ;-) Think all he meant was that the help you were trying to give
> wasn't really addressing Greg's question.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] On Behalf Of
> Tim Leydecker
> Sent: Saturday, May 27, 2006 9:36 AM
> To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
> Subject: Re: [scripting] hair geometry
>
> > Apples and Oranges, Tim
> >
> > Move on, nothing to see here.
>
> I must apologize to Greg. I felt spoken down to,
> which is something I don´t like much in general,
> especially if I´m only trying to help.
>
> Could be my link seemed randomly taken from
> just a glance, in a way it was, as I thought it´s still
> about getting an overview about what´s going on
> with hair. I would have also mentioned worley labs
> but they seem to be lightwave only, but I don´t know.
>
> Whatever.
>
> Sorry Greg in case you where just trying to point
> out what you´re up to. I would have done this earlier
> allready but I forgot about it...
>
> Cheers
>
> tim
>
> P.S: In a way, what I *really* don´t like is this.
>
> > Apples and Oranges, Tim
> >
> > Move on, nothing to see here.
>
> Probably due to my english not being my mothers
> tongue, this really sounds more like, shut up and p. off.
> I may be wrong, I´ll know until I see a face :-)
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "brad" <brad(at)cg-soup.com>
> To: <XSI(at)Softimage.COM>
> Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 2:21 AM
> Subject: Re: [scripting] hair geometry
>
>
> > Apples and Oranges, Tim
> >
> > Move on, nothing to see here.
> >
> > >  -------Original Message-------
> > >  From what I understand, 4.0 supports custom mR shaders
> > >  for hair primitives, Greg. That´s only from reading through
> > >  the documentation, which made me believe it could help you.
> > >
> > >  No plug.
> > >
> > >  tim
> > >
> > >
> > >  ----- Original Message -----
> > >  From: "Greg Smith" <greg(at)stanwinston.com>
> > >  To: "XSI_MailingList" <XSI(at)Softimage.COM>
> > >  Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 1:51 AM
> > >  Subject: Re: [scripting] hair geometry
> > >
> > >
> > >  > My question is more geared towards the actual hair primitive object
> and
> > >  > its subcomponents in XSI, and really has nothing to do with Shave.
> > >  >
> > >  > On Thu, 2006-05-25 at 01:33 +0200, Tim Leydecker wrote:
> > >  >> I hope this e-mail won´t get lost for being Maya centric regarding
> > >  >> shave&haircut as it´s still pretty much a mR implementation thing:
> > >  >>
> > >  >> http://www.joealter.com/newSite/trial.htm
> > >  >>
> > >  >> Has a Shave&haircut 4.0 public beta - for Maya.
> > >  >> The changes should show up in XSI sooner or later.
> > >  >>
> > >  >> Cheers
> > >  >>
> > >  >> tim
> > >  >>
> > >  >> P.S: Haven´t touched it yet.
> > >  >>
> > >  >>
> > >  >>
> > >  >>
> > >  >> ----- Original Message -----
> > >  >> From: "Greg Smith" <greg(at)stanwinston.com>
> > >  >> To: "XSI_MailingList" <XSI(at)Softimage.COM>
> > >  >> Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 12:29 AM
> > >  >> Subject: [scripting] hair geometry
> > >  >>
> > >  >>
> > >  >> > Okay so I cracked my knuckles, and started to get into the nuts and
> > >  >> > bolts of the hair geometry primitive and so far I am a little
> > >  >> > frustrated. Maybe its because I am still a little wet behind the
> ears
> > >  >> > when tinkering with the internals of xsi, I don't know.
> > >  >> >
> > >  >> > So down to the nitty gritty. Using python, I am trying to get
> access at
> > >  >> > components of hair geometry object. one of the things I am having
> an
> > >  >> > issue with is finding a direct method in finding the total amount
> of
> > >  >> > guide hairs live on the hair object. Thus far I haven't found a
> direct
> > >  >> > method. The only thing I have come up with so far is dividing the
> total
> > >  >> > number of points found in the hair object by the total amount of
> points
> > >  >> > found in a guid hair. This gives me the appropriate number, but I
> would
> > >  >> > prefer something a little more elegent.
> > >  >> >
> > >  >> > Is there any way to grab the 2d array index of a point using the
> object
> > >  >> > model?
> > >  >> > when I select a point on one of the guide hairs, I get this line in
> the
> > >  >> > history log.
> > >  >> >
> > >  >> > Application.SelectGeometryComponents("Hair.pnt[(27,3)]")
> > >  >> >
> > >  >> > However I don't want to use a string argument, I'd much rather use
> an
> > >  >> > object method, however when I try, I can't figure out how to access
> a
> > >  >> > point component in that method. I can gain access of a point by
> index
> > >  >> > number from the pointcollection using the code below.
> > >  >> >
> > >  >> > xsi = Application
> > >  >> > hr = xsi.ActiveSceneRoot.FindChild('Hair')
> > >  >> > ohair = hr.ActivePrimitive.Geometry
> > >  >> > oPnts = ohair.Points
> > >  >> >
> > >  >> > I tried appending .SubComponent to oPnts and work from there, but I
> > >  >> > can't figure out where I am supposed to proceed.
> > >  >> >
> > >  >> > any Ideas?
> > >  >> >
> > >  >> > Thanks,
> > >  >> >
> > >  >> > Greg
> > >  >> >
> > >  >> >
> > >  >> >
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