Re: Maya's Nucleus! Looking yummi!

[Raffaele Fragapane <jaco(at)thejaco.com>]

Unified dynamics system IS NOT vague nor a catchphrase.

Unified dynamics system means that different kind of simulations can 
interact with each other. Particles deforming cloth, rigid bodies 
affected by particles, rigid bodies affecting softbodies, and a number 
of other things that maya was partially doing already, and that nucleus 
seems to be doing more extensively.

Whether it will be good or not or if it will be on par with Houdini in 
terms of usability we don't know yet, but even sadder then people 
falling for this, is seeing people discounting everybody "falling for 
this" like if he's an idiot that has no understanding whatsoever of the 
principles of mechanics and design of simulation systems.

Unified dynamic system = several systems designed to have a consistant 
interface, able to interact with each other, and operated through 
widgets and parameters that will operate sensibly across the board, 
possibly relating to values that don't go out of the scale of what can 
be dysplayed in the GUI.

Sure, there is marketing hype plastered all over it, but it's not just that.
Giving stuff fancy names like "metanurbs" or even "gator" or "motor" is 
name empowering marketing, and it's fine, but lets not play double 
standards if a company nobody likes uses in a fitting way something 
that's been called that way for a long time. What's next otherwise? 
Arguing whether something can be called fluid only if it's particles 
based or voxel based?

I'm starting to get a bit concerned by the number of anti positions, and 
respective favorable positions, I see emerging everyday. I'd be happier 
to see people in charge of fundamental design decisions to be a lil bit 
more open-minded and curious then this, or at least not discounting 
everything that's not in their field of likes as marketing idiocy.

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|     Rising Sun Pictures      |
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>     *From:* owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM]
>     *On Behalf Of *Luc-Eric Rousseau
>     *Sent:* February 26, 2007 12:51 PM
>     *To:* XSI(at)Softimage.COM
>     *Subject:* RE: Maya's Nucleus! Looking yummi!
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>     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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