I'm not sure if you are referring to me as I know there is another
Raffaele, but since I kind of want to throw my two cents %-}
I have extensive knowledge in both XSI/Jscript and Maya/Mel, and I do
agree the XSI SDK is harder to get use to. The framework is better then
what Maya has to offer (mostly because its an older simpler framework, for
the SDK engine). But the main problem which makes Maya very TD friendly is
that every command is echo'ed in the script console, so you can always one
way or another hack together a script solution to your problem. In XSI you
have know how to access object and deal with them which is'nt always
obvious since you are really using JScript (which is provided by
Mircrosoft, not SoftImage - at least to my understanding).
The trick to any production is that layer of TD tools you build to make
your pipeline work, and automate the repetitive tasks. Its nice to think
that non-technical artist have an easy time getting into XSI, its easy.
But to handle larger production you will always need to build in some sort
of automation (in your pipeline) which is weher TDs come in.
So I would really like to see a better more intuitive straight through
approach to help TDs figure out what commands to use and how.
Cheers,
RSM
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Raffaele Scaduto-Mendola - www.turbolinea.com
raffaele(at)turbolinea.com
On Wed, 6 Sep 2006, Nick wrote:
Don't shoot the messenger, I'm simply relaying what I've been hearing from a
majority of the TDs who've been here... I've been using it for some time
now, know a little (just enough) and can generally find my way around
problems I come across... I came in late on this discussion and hadn't read
all the posts about TDs needing more time to get accustomed to the SDK and
the arsenal of tools it provides etc and I agree with it, however I've met a
few people that have been more than frustrated with it too (which didn't
help the learning curve). Actually, the guy who single handedly wrote our
entire Renderman exporter never stops bitching about it and although I don't
always agree with him, he does make some valid points (and just for the
record, he also happens to be one hell of a smart cookie)... Raff can
confirm...
On 9/6/06, kim aldis <kim(at)aldis.org.uk> wrote:
*From:* owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] *On
Behalf Of *Nick
*Sent:* 06 September 2006 03:02
*To:* XSI(at)Softimage.COM
*Subject:* Re: XSI Hiring
The problem we've experienced the most is not with animators and artists,
(they love XSI, and being able to remap the keys to fit a maya workflow has
been really really helpful), it's been mostly with TDs from all types of
backgrounds who just find it really painful to work with the SDK in its
current state (as of 4.2 anyway).
[kim aldis]
Personally, I find that quite extraordinary and my observation has been
that it's not the case at all. I certainly don't believe that the Maya SDK
is better than the XSI one.
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