michael 169 Posted May 26, 2005 I'll ask ed about it if I see him today... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stevenong 3 Posted May 26, 2005 It worked for me on Linux RH7.3 with 7.2.200 & 8.0.244. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deecue 1 Posted May 26, 2005 windows xp sp2 here simon.. also tried installing the otl in a new hip.. no luck Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jason 134 Posted May 26, 2005 It worked for me on Linux RH7.3 with 7.2.200 & 8.0.244. 18460[/snapback] Maybe it only works on RH7.3? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sibarrick 18 Posted May 26, 2005 Maybe it only works on RH7.3? 18462[/snapback] Doesn't explain windows H7.365 not working, i'll past it all along to support and see if they can spot anything. In the meantime I'll double check the code just incase there is something i've not initialised that the compile misses, it the only other thing I can think of. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jason 134 Posted May 27, 2005 Doesn't explain windows H7.365 not working, i'll past it all along to support and see if they can spot anything. In the meantime I'll double check the code just incase there is something i've not initialised that the compile misses, it the only other thing I can think of. 18464[/snapback] Oh yes, perhaps there are uninitialized variables in your VEX code... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sibarrick 18 Posted May 27, 2005 Oh yes, perhaps there are uninitialized variables in your VEX code... 18465[/snapback] Can't find any. Support tested it in H8.0.251 on RH9 and it was ok, so maybe it's some weird combination of Rh7.3 and some windows builds. Other than that I'm stumped. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jason 134 Posted May 27, 2005 Can't find any.Support tested it in H8.0.251 on RH9 and it was ok, so maybe it's some weird combination of Rh7.3 and some windows builds. Other than that I'm stumped. 18472[/snapback] How frustrating for you :-/ I went through the code looking for them too; initializing everything I could and nothing improved. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sibarrick 18 Posted May 28, 2005 Oh well, it was only intended as an example, I think if anyone else wants to do anything with this they would probably want to do it in HDK because of the performance hit. It works for me so I'm generally happy with it. It's just frustrating when so called logical computers decide to misbehave for no apparent reason.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sibarrick 18 Posted May 31, 2005 Got this back from support, they can't get it to break on Rh7.3 or Windows H7.0.365. Just freaky. Hi SimonI tried testing on 8.0.251 rh and 7.3 7.0.365 on windows and they both seem to be working. Are there any other details that might help me track this down? Thanks Luca Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Scott Schaefer Posted June 16, 2005 Is there a gallery somewhere of deformations you have generated with this method? I saw one of the bunny inside this thread. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sibarrick 18 Posted June 16, 2005 No but I've used it to deform a body with all it's internal organs. Watch this space, I'll post up some images. What is your interest in this? Got anything specific in mind. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Scott Schaefer Posted June 17, 2005 What is your interest in this? Got anything specific in mind. 18842[/snapback] I was one of the people who developed these coordinates (I'm the S. Schaefer in the authors list on the paper) and I'm interested in how people are using them. I'd like to see some examples of deformations that other people have generated using these coordinates. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
edward 350 Posted June 17, 2005 Three cheers for Googlebot! (assuming that's how Scott found Simon ) Maybe we could have some challenge on how many Siggraph 05 papers people can implement in Houdini before Siggraph 05 starts. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
edward 350 Posted June 17, 2005 Finally had a chance to take a look at this file. It seems to run in 8.0.273 on Windows fine with or without threading. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sibarrick 18 Posted June 17, 2005 Fantastic! glad you found us. Thankyou for your paper. You'll probably be very interested in this then... Basepitch_organs_test2.zip I've been waiting for a system like yours to come along for a long time, I knew it was possible but beyond my maths ability to design myself, it's the only practical way of deforming a model like ours. Although it is difficult to tell from this small test there are already about 200 objects in that movie (ignoring the 100+ bones themselves) and we have potentially 100's more elements to add in. The great thing with your method is that I can just add a single deformer to each one and be 100% confident it will follow the rest of animation faultlessly. I can then just plugin in any mocap data I like and hey presto organ animation for free. I just need to extend it a bit to deal with things like the heart beat and diaphram motion. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Scott Schaefer Posted June 17, 2005 To answer one post, yes I did find this thread using google. The movie looks interesting. You mention a single deformer per organ. What do you mean by deformer? In MVC, I defined a control mesh used to govern the deformation. What kind of control meshes do you use here and how are they modified by the mocap data? Anyway, I'm glad that you've found the coordinates useful. The movie looks great. I don't know if you're going to SIGGRAPH this year. I'll be there since I'm giving the talk on this paper. If you're there, stop by afterwards and we can talk for a while. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jason 134 Posted June 17, 2005 To answer one post, yes I did find this thread using google.The movie looks interesting. You mention a single deformer per organ. What do you mean by deformer? In MVC, I defined a control mesh used to govern the deformation. What kind of control meshes do you use here and how are they modified by the mocap data? Anyway, I'm glad that you've found the coordinates useful. The movie looks great. I don't know if you're going to SIGGRAPH this year. I'll be there since I'm giving the talk on this paper. If you're there, stop by afterwards and we can talk for a while. 18870[/snapback] Pardon the googlebot thing; it's a bit of an inside joke since we keep finding that Googlebot is the quietest but most diligent member of this forum. As a quick interjection I would like to congratulate you on this paper; it a really good looking free-form deformation tool that lends itself very well to such a procedural package as Houdini. A few of us have been gaving issues actually executing this due to some obscure Houdini bug no-one can track down but it looks very promising... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sibarrick 18 Posted June 17, 2005 The movie looks interesting. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
edward 350 Posted June 24, 2005 Simon, so the advantage here is to avoid point weighting the organs right? And so you manipulate the control mesh via bones? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
