Farid Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 Hi Just want to ask if there is a way to import or export particles from realflow to houdini or vis versa,i know there is a plugin there but it's for 32 bit only,i'm using the version 64bit 9.1.179 THanks for your help Cheers Farid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nnnnn Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 (edited) a couple of days ago I finished a ReaFlow Bin import Python SOP it should work on all OSes give it a try and tell what you think PythonRF_Bin_Reader_v01.otl Edited May 15, 2008 by nnnnn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farid Posted May 15, 2008 Author Share Posted May 15, 2008 a couple of days ago I finished a ReaFlow Bin import Python SOPit should work on all OSes give it a try and tell what you think Thanks very much,but can you tell a bit how this work,i get an error saying not enought source!!! Thanks again. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nnnnn Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 What the SOP does is modify the attributes of the points you give it, which means that you must connect its source input to a node that has alot points (like a POPnet) for it to work on. It doesn't create any of its own, that is why it gives you an error. rf_bin_reader_example.hip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sasali Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 (edited) What the SOP does is modify the attributes of the points you give it,which means that you must connect its source input to a node that has alot points (like a POPnet) for it to work on. It doesn't create any of its own, that is why it gives you an error. Hi... Is there any way to also bring the mesh from RF to Houdini? The particle fluid surfacer is not doing very good job in my scene. Thanks Edited May 15, 2008 by sasali Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CeeGee Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 Export Mesh form RealFlow like OBJ sequence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sasali Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 Export Mesh form RealFlow like OBJ sequence. Thank you CeeGee... Do you know what are the advantages or disadvantages of exporting .objs instead of .bin files? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nnnnn Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 Thank you CeeGee...Do you know what are the advantages or disadvantages of exporting .objs instead of .bin files? Thanks The RF Bin Reader SOP i posted earlier doesn't import the topology of geometric BIN files, only their motion. So exporting .objs from RealFlow is the *only* way to go, if you want to import geom in houdini. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodpacker Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 Hey guys, I have been doing the exact same thing today...(exporting meshes out of realflow as obj sequence). However I am to stupid to get the sequence imported into Houdini . Could you please tell me how to do so?!?!? I tried this: "File"->"Import"[tick "show sequences as one entry", browse to realflow mesh directory and select the sequence ]. It seems to import without ny error message, but if I go to the geometry level of that imported obj and middle click on the file node it tells me "Geometry not cooked" & and "unable to read file (file path (which is the correct file path))". Is there anything obvious I am doing wrong here? cheers rodpacker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshJ Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 You might want to upload a few or a dozen or so obj files here, then people can test what the problem might be... Hey guys,I have been doing the exact same thing today...(exporting meshes out of realflow as obj sequence). However I am to stupid to get the sequence imported into Houdini . Could you please tell me how to do so?!?!? I tried this: "File"->"Import"[tick "show sequences as one entry", browse to realflow mesh directory and select the sequence ]. It seems to import without ny error message, but if I go to the geometry level of that imported obj and middle click on the file node it tells me "Geometry not cooked" & and "unable to read file (file path (which is the correct file path))". Is there anything obvious I am doing wrong here? cheers rodpacker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodpacker Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 Hey Josh, thanx heaps for the quick reply. I just looked back into this to give it another go (after all this thread sounds like it should be working without problems) and I have been able to find the "error". For some reason if I am importing the sequence (Mesh010000-Mesh01001000) Houdini displays it within the import dialog as "Mesh$F7 (100000-100100)"). However, after import that file node searches for e.g. Mesh0000001 instead of Mesh0100001 which is why it can't find the file. I guess there is two solutions to fix this: - change the naming conventions in RealFlow (within Export Central) - changing the path/variables in houdini on the geometry level of the imprted file from the automatically generated "$JOB/Desktop/houdiniTest/meshes/Mesh$F7.obj" to "$JOB/Desktop/houdiniTest/meshes/Mesh01$F5.obj" either way should be working fine. cheers for the help rodpacker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oslo Posted October 9, 2011 Share Posted October 9, 2011 (edited) Realflow import\export SOP. Compiled for Ubuntu 10.10, gcc 4.4, HFS 11.1.74 hfs_11.1.74_ubuntu_10.10_gcc_4.4.rar Edited October 10, 2011 by oslo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3dbeing Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 (edited) you can substitute this in for the file name Mesh01`padzero(5,$F)` this should enable it to read the file correctly... Edited October 10, 2011 by 3dbeing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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