Wolfwood Posted July 28, 2003 Share Posted July 28, 2003 I hope SESI doesn't mind me saying this but for those of you in the Toronto Area you can pick up your Appretice CDs from SESI's office. Just snagged mine. jim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 hey! me too I just got off the bus from Toronto it's a neat little package... inside are pictures of: "Xyne Fusion Commando" by Nate Nestler "507" by Matthew Clubb "Centaur" by David Rinder "Sky Palace" by david Cao and in the "Quick Reference Card" has MCronin's monkey guy ummm...no IRIX or Solaris install though...strange an the docs are still old.... well time to install this bad boy... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaJuice Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 It's also up at VisLab for download. IRIX too. http://www.vislab.usyd.edu.au/sidefx/ damn that's alot of smilies^^^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 yep, the one at Vislab is newer than the build on the Apprentice 6.1 EA CD... here's some more info about What's New in 6.1 : New Features in Houdini 6.1 - So far.... Interface Ability to select multiple nodes and simultaneously change common parameter values in the Parameter pane. Brush support for pressure sensitive tablets Brush support for smart painting of non-connected meshes Option to color transform axis handles as RGB (Main Preferences > Handles) Overhaul of the presets mechanism for fast, easy access to parameter presets Mouse wheel support under Linux Network autopanning when a tile is dragged outside the worksheet bounds Auto-save feature Digital Assets Ability to easily promote handle bindings and parameters to type properties panel. Better naming of channels when dragged to type properties panel Ability to filter parameters that will be promoted when using drag and drop Tree-browser interface for dragging special parameters such as toggles or menus Ability to create nested folders in digital asset Controls panel Ability to select a digital asset within a digital asset and see appropriate handles Characters Muscle deformer (Inflate tool) that works with arbitrarily shaped musculature Simpler and more intuitive Pose tool that works well with digital asset characters Flipbook feature for fast play-blasting OpenGL-rendered animations Attribute Transfer tool to copy attributes from one model to another by proximity Inverse kinematics enhancements for squash-and-stretch of bone chains New pick-walking capabilities for bones and objects (page up/page down) Ability to reposition joints after locking the captured geometry Texturing Ability to create VOP networks within other network types Easy visualization and selection of flipped polygons in UV viewport Rendering Improved RIB generation of photon maps Compositing Significant stability and performance improvements Other Many enhancements to the L-systems grammar and rule set Many new embedded expressions ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capinXcrunch Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 wow linux scroll wheel support =P cheers -capin_crunch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaJuice Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 Ability to select multiple nodes and simultaneously change common parameter values in the Parameter pane. Now THAT will really come in handy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 yeah...it's really cool...the parameters pane has a little note in yellow that tells you how many nodes you have selected...it works just like it should, at least just as Maya does when you select multiple objects... hmmm..."common parameter values" could mean that it would work on all kinds of stuff - so long as they are common to the nodes selected...hmm...better than Maya... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 hmmm..."common parameter values" could mean that it would work on all kinds of stuff - so long as they are common to the nodes selected...hmm...better than Maya... Yip, that's exactly what it means. Actually its even more powerful than it lets on. For instance, lets say you select a buncha objects and want to change their translation parameters. If you type in a value for each one (say you put 50 into tx), then it will override all the selected tx's to 50. But if you middle click and drag using the ladder slider, then it will update all the tx's relative to whats in them already. Brilliant I say..... Marc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 DAMN!...that IS brilliant!... I've only had a few hours to look into the new stuff and I didn't try that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheUsualAlex Posted July 30, 2003 Share Posted July 30, 2003 Heh... 'bout time. I think my mouth was opened when I saw that feature, thinking "alas!!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaJuice Posted July 30, 2003 Share Posted July 30, 2003 OK, this doesn't have anything to do with new stuff in 6.1, but I just noticed that you can copy an op network from one houdini session, and paste it into another! Pretty damn cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted July 30, 2003 Share Posted July 30, 2003 I've always thought it would be cool to copy nodes in a network then paste into a text file and get the opscript version of the network....Shake does this and it's way up there on the 'cool meter' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfwood Posted July 30, 2003 Author Share Posted July 30, 2003 I've always thought it would be cool to copy nodes in a network then paste into a text file and get the opscript version of the network....Shake does this and it's way up there on the 'cool meter' Actually this is exactly how Houdini does it. Although I'm not sure where the "text" file is stored at. Check out the $TMP/*.cpio files. jim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenong Posted July 30, 2003 Share Posted July 30, 2003 OK, this doesn't have anything to do with new stuff in 6.1, but I just noticed that you can copy an op network from one houdini session, and paste it into another!Pretty damn cool. Hey DaJuice, You can do that in Houdini for the longest time. It's one of the most convenient (life saving in some cases) feature ever!!! Cheers! steven Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MG Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 yep, the one at Vislab is newer than the build on the Apprentice 6.1 EA CD...here's some more info about What's New in 6.1 : New Features in Houdini 6.1 - So far.... Interface (..) Brush support for pressure sensitive tablets (..) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Wasn't that feature there already since Houdini 6.0.x? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edward Posted August 4, 2003 Share Posted August 4, 2003 OK, this doesn't have anything to do with new stuff in 6.1, but I just noticed that you can copy an op network from one houdini session, and paste it into another!Pretty damn cool. What's bizarre is that once you copy some nodes, you can quit Houdini entirely, reload it and still be able to paste. On Irix, /tmp is cleared out when you reboot though thus losing what you copied. On Windows, no such thing happens and you can paste your copied nodes even after you turn off your computer and boot it up the next day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edward Posted August 4, 2003 Share Posted August 4, 2003 MG: No, I don't think we supported pressure in H6.0. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mcronin Posted August 4, 2003 Share Posted August 4, 2003 Does the pressure support work with sculpt? I'm too lazy to hook up my tablet to try it right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edward Posted August 4, 2003 Share Posted August 4, 2003 MG: Yes. At least I think it does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpvtank Posted August 13, 2003 Share Posted August 13, 2003 Ok, sorry for the bump. But I live in Toronto..where can I pick this up from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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