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Hi, I'm posting little python otl that exports binary realflow mesh .bin files from Houdini. What for? Houdini have much better control over fluid mesh creation then Realflow so I use it a lot. Problem was when you work with Maya/3dmax/xsi/lightwave artists, it's hard to pass them those meshes (if company don't have it's own file format). So I have created this little python script to export bin files (and You have mesh bin importer for free for almost every 3d package from NextLimit). Of course there is nice python .obj importer but it seems to be quite slow ( I must say that my script is not so fast when it comes to export hi detailed meshes but still should be faster then obj maya importer). I'm digging throw HDA now and I'll update this exporter by totally compiled version or inlinecpp() functions with compiled dlls. I needed this exporter quite quickly and still there is no 'render' button implemented (need little help with that also). To export files, use 'on the fly' function and press PLAY http://tmdag.com/blog/?p=638

additionally , the quickest ( and maybe the safest ) way of refining the hulls wd be to : > add a convert applied only to the fillet NURB ( converting it to polygons ; generating 'high-fidelity' hulls ) > add another convert only to the latest polygons ( converting fillet part to NURB again ) > use again carve-measure combo to seamlessly and continuously generate UVs yet in theory .. =)

Try something with python, where you use the chs() to find the index in an array. That will convert the string to an integer for the switch. EDIT: http://stackoverflow...ent-in-an-array I think the second answer is what you need, cause you're list will be constant.

Hi, nice test guys! Just wondering, why your first row of teapots squeeze in the air ? btw, same is happening with Igor test - just frame before ground it looks like colliding with invisible plane

use hou.pwd().inputs()[0].geometry() to avoid infinite cooking of script geo

By subtracting velocities data You also won't get normal. Normals have totally -nothing- to do with movement of the object. What are you trying to do ?

by substracting point position from previous frame you can get velocity vector but not point normal. Geometry point normal have nothing to do with movement of object. Facet with recompute point normals should help you.

Wow, Big thanks graham! I'll update in a sec

it's working great but at the moment you cannot see your fluid surface until it's rendered (there is no preview)

I'm also one of those beta/alpha testers but I don't see similarity. Maybe it's because of my lack of deep knowledge about naiad itself It would be nice to have voxel solver with automatic flid resize AND that would add another voxel box when it's needed (when You need more detail in particular place). I have heard that flowline has such possibility .. but I may be totally wrong here.

Realflow 5 is very fast and FumeFX is very fast but both are limited in some way where Houdini is not. I'm wondering how fast is Flowline and Naiad..

nice nice!, hope to see RF version too