Re: OT? : Mray 3.5 features

[Sam Cuttriss <sam(at)janimation.com>]

Is adding another layer of permutations to an already sluggish override system the main problem?

SAM CUTTRISS
3D AFICIONADO

kim aldis wrote:

Are clusters in partitions dependant upon mental ray? I wouldn’t have thought so.

 

From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] On Behalf Of Sam Cuttriss
Sent: 31 July 2006 17:31
To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
Subject: Re: OT? : Mray 3.5 features

 

Per-face data have been introduced for polygonal geometric objects. Per-face data make it possible to attach arbitrary floating point data to the primitives. An object may also contain per-primitive data information to identify the data attached to the primitives.

will this feature enable clusters to be put in partitions?
just a thought
_sam

SAM CUTTRISS
3D AFICIONADO

Andre DeAngelis wrote:

The mental ray SDS was based on the Mental Matter library, not Catmull-Clarke , which made it pretty useless.  Alias included it in Maya, but Soft didn't bother, because of the weaknesses.

I hope Soft does adopt the new CC rendering in future XSI versions.  Will be faster and better for memory.

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From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] On Behalf Of Sascha Robitzki

Sent: July 31, 2006 5:48 AM

To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM

Subject: Re: OT? : Mray 3.5 features

What do you mean? I found it only in Maya but not in mental ray 

standalone at least not in the mental images documentation. Can you 

point me  to the page? I thought only mental matter has it.

Schoenberger wrote:

  |> Cool, finally mental ray has a subdivision algorithm.

Hmm, it already had, but not this kind.

Would like to try the new FG options, perhaps the less flickering is true...

Holger Schönberger 

technical director

The day has 24 hours, if that does not suffice, I will take the night 

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  |> Cool, finally mental ray has a subdivision algorithm.

  |> 

  |> Wayne wrote:

  |> > http://www.mentalimages.com/2_1_1_technical/new-35.html

  |> > Hopefully this will be in the next version of XSI which 

  |> *crosses fingers and

  |> > prays* will be announced next week! 

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