RE: Maya's Nucleus! Looking yummi!

[jim bough <jimbough(at)hotmail.com>]

Realflow is a 3rd party app though, and even it's support of these type of sims isn't production ready.
While I agree, currently, unified dynamics is not their yet, not ready for the big time yet.
It does however look like the future.
 
I don't think I would be disappointed entirely if XSI didn't go in this direction, as long as they provided direction.
I think that is the key, being able to direct the simulation as much as possible. I think that really is the holy grail.
 
Increased directability of simulations would trump any unified dynamics system. At least in the short term. 
UDS, again as I stated previously, are the future.

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> Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 15:31:52 -0500
> From: francoislord(at)gmail.com
> To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
> Subject: Re: Maya's Nucleus! Looking yummi!
> 
> Such interaction between all the elements of a simulation is impressive, 
> but is it useful? Realflow has been supporting this kind of interaction 
> for a while now (liquids affect RBDs and vice versa, 
> http://www.nextlimit.com/html/galeria_tecnica/movs/bolaagua_render.htm) 
> but who actually used it inproduction?
> 
> Sam Cuttriss wrote:
> > Im afraid the only fantasy i see is pretending that dynamics 
> > simulations are not interdependent.
> >
> > I am not interested in the catch phrase of the day,
> > I am interested in recognizing the need for all dynamic simulations to 
> > communicate on common ground.
> >
> > i will smile with glee the moment pebbles affect my hot air balloon in 
> > the clouds and vise versa.
> >
> >
> >
> > _sam
> >
> >
> >
> > /*SAM CUTTRISS*
> > *3D AFICIONADO*/
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Luc-Eric Rousseau wrote:
> >>
> >> That's pretty much the message that Autodesk marketing
> >> want to burn into your brain; the idea that there
> >> is something magical called 'nucleus' and that somehow
> >> any other solution is inconceivable and cannot work
> >> as well. I'm sorry to read that people are so easily
> >> falling for this. It looks like the phrase 'unified dynamics
> >> system' is vague enough that people will make it to mean
> >> anything they fantasize about, but it's really just that:
> >> a catch phrase, a dream catcher.
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Sam Cuttriss
> >>
> >> problem is "Gerard at Syflex" isnt in a position to do this.
> >> a unified dynamics system isnt going to result from a plugin developers
> >> work, it will require far greater integration into the core of xsi.
> >> as it stands syflex is a great system, but its integration is tenuous at
> >> best.
> >> i cant recall the last time i typed 0.00001 as a reasonable value for
> >> anything in xsi, it doesnt even recognize default xsi forces.
> >>
> >> i dont think its wise to rely to heavily on a plugin developer for such
> >> fundimental functionality.
> >> by fundamental functionality, i mean a unified dynamics system; syflex
> >> has served it purpose as a standalone cloth sim well.
> >>
> >> _sam
> >>
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