Re: [scripting] hair geometry

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

It´s o.k. I´m just a damn idiot. Ouch.

"Hmmm, idiots..."

Cheers

tim

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If you want, we have Futurama season 1,
Captain America, some Simpson tapes
and lately added RoboMan (starring Captain
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "brad" <brad(at)cg-soup.com>
To: <XSI(at)Softimage.COM>
Sent: Monday, May 29, 2006 10:22 PM
Subject: Re: [scripting] hair geometry


> Sorry if I upset you, Tim. It wasn't my intention, and it hasn't been my history, 
> especially when someone is trying to be helpful.
>
> I was trying to nudge the thread back in the direction the poster was asking (I sit 
> next to him, so I have some insight there), and I quoted a South Park character 
> that, I guess, isn't as ubiquitous as I thought.
>
> Next time, I'll quote someone from the Simpsons instead.
>
> -Brad
>
> >  -------Original Message-------
> >  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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