ICE: Profile Curve for Apply Extrude Polygon Along Axis?

[Byron Nash]

I'm new to ICE modeling so forgive me if I ask some n00b questions here. I'd like to randomly extrude polygons and control the extrusion with a fcurve. I'm not sure how to create a controllable random array of integers for starters. I keep trying different combinations and haven't quite got it yet. After I get my array of integers to extrude with, how can I attach an fcurve to the extrude and control the shape?

Thanks! See attached WIP.

[Stephen Blair]

You can randomly extrude polygons
http://xsisupport.wordpress.com/2012/05/03/ice-modeling-extruding-a-random-polygon/

but you can't have different extrusion lengths, they'll all be the same (that's a logged issue)

[Byron Nash]

How about using a curve to control the inset at each subdivision?

[Guillaume Laforge]

You can't set individual length using this setup. This is because the Extrude Polygon Island compound is taking one value for the extrusion transformation.

The only way is to use a repeat node. Let me try it, I'll be back in a couple of minutes !

From: softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Byron Nash
Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2012 4:56 PM
To: soft...@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: Re: Profile Curve for Apply Extrude Polygon Along Axis?

How about using a curve to control the inset at each subdivision?

On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 4:37 PM, Stephen Blair <Stephe...@autodesk.com<mailto:Stephe...@autodesk.com>> wrote:
You can randomly extrude polygons
http://xsisupport.wordpress.com/2012/05/03/ice-modeling-extruding-a-random-polygon/

but you can't have different extrusion lengths, they'll all be the same (that's a logged issue)

[Byron Nash]

Stephen, I tried your random array and it seems to be working somewhat. I'm definitely getting a set of index values that I need. Although, the extrusions are all going the same direction even when I use Apply Extrude Polygon Along Axis instead of Extrude Polygon island. Why would the integer array affect the extrude direction? 

[Stephen Blair]

Per-poly values don't work for some things like inset and length. I didn't try direction.

From: softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Byron Nash
Sent: June-06-12 5:31 PM
To: soft...@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: Re: Profile Curve for Apply Extrude Polygon Along Axis?

Stephen, I tried your random array and it seems to be working somewhat. I'm definitely getting a set of index values that I need. Although, the extrusions are all going the same direction even when I use Apply Extrude Polygon Along Axis instead of Extrude Polygon island. Why would the integer array affect the extrude direction?

On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 5:13 PM, Guillaume Laforge <guillaum...@autodesk.com<mailto:guillaum...@autodesk.com>> wrote:
You can't set individual length using this setup. This is because the Extrude Polygon Island compound is taking one value for the extrusion transformation.

The only way is to use a repeat node. Let me try it, I'll be back in a couple of minutes !

From: softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com> [mailto:softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com>] On Behalf Of Byron Nash
Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2012 4:56 PM
To: soft...@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:soft...@listproc.autodesk.com>
Subject: Re: Profile Curve for Apply Extrude Polygon Along Axis?

How about using a curve to control the inset at each subdivision?

On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 4:37 PM, Stephen Blair <Stephe...@autodesk.com<mailto:Stephe...@autodesk.com><mailto:Stephe...@autodesk.com<mailto:Stephe...@autodesk.com>>> wrote:
You can randomly extrude polygons
http://xsisupport.wordpress.com/2012/05/03/ice-modeling-extruding-a-random-polygon/

but you can't have different extrusion lengths, they'll all be the same (that's a logged issue)

From: softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com><mailto:softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com>> [mailto:softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com><mailto:softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com>>] On Behalf Of Byron Nash

Sent: June-06-12 4:22 PM

To: soft...@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:soft...@listproc.autodesk.com><mailto:soft...@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:soft...@listproc.autodesk.com>>

[Guillaume Laforge]

Here is a compound doing random extrusion with random lengths and random insets :

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5533643/Softimage/Compounds/ramdom_extrusion.jpg

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5533643/Softimage/Compounds/Random%20Extrusion.xsicompound

The compound is for Softimage 2013 only.

Cheers,

Guillaume Laforge

From: softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Byron Nash
Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2012 5:31 PM
To: soft...@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: Re: Profile Curve for Apply Extrude Polygon Along Axis?

Stephen, I tried your random array and it seems to be working somewhat. I'm definitely getting a set of index values that I need. Although, the extrusions are all going the same direction even when I use Apply Extrude Polygon Along Axis instead of Extrude Polygon island. Why would the integer array affect the extrude direction?

On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 5:13 PM, Guillaume Laforge <guillaum...@autodesk.com<mailto:guillaum...@autodesk.com>> wrote:
You can't set individual length using this setup. This is because the Extrude Polygon Island compound is taking one value for the extrusion transformation.

The only way is to use a repeat node. Let me try it, I'll be back in a couple of minutes !

From: softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com> [mailto:softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com>] On Behalf Of Byron Nash
Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2012 4:56 PM
To: soft...@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:soft...@listproc.autodesk.com>
Subject: Re: Profile Curve for Apply Extrude Polygon Along Axis?

How about using a curve to control the inset at each subdivision?

On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 4:37 PM, Stephen Blair <Stephe...@autodesk.com<mailto:Stephe...@autodesk.com><mailto:Stephe...@autodesk.com<mailto:Stephe...@autodesk.com>>> wrote:
You can randomly extrude polygons
http://xsisupport.wordpress.com/2012/05/03/ice-modeling-extruding-a-random-polygon/

but you can't have different extrusion lengths, they'll all be the same (that's a logged issue)

From: softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com><mailto:softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com>> [mailto:softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com><mailto:softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com>>] On Behalf Of Byron Nash

Sent: June-06-12 4:22 PM

To: soft...@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:soft...@listproc.autodesk.com><mailto:soft...@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:soft...@listproc.autodesk.com>>

[Byron Nash]

Wow, thanks Guillaume. That's really awesome. 

[Christian Gotzinger]

The compounds that have been posted have probably answered this already, but just to point it out:
To get a random integer array, you plug an array (e.g. via the Build Index Array node) into the ID port of the Random Value node.

[Rob Chapman]

Hi , we are still on 2012 here, is there a reason that this compound
is 2013 only or can it be made with the compounds that come with 2012
Sap?

cheers

Rob

[Rob Chapman]

and it appears not... the compound loads in 2012 ok and there are no
red nodes inside.. it just appears not to work... so I think
Christian mentions in another thread how to build a random array by

'To get a random integer array, you plug an array (e.g. via the Build
Index Array node) into the ID port of the Random Value node'

but whatever I do with this I always get a context mismatch when
trying to connect this to anything - it is always expecting 'per
object'

So the question remains, is it possible to randomly extrude polygons
with random lengths in Ice Modelling 2012?

cheers

Rob

[Stephen Blair]

There's a warning when you import this compound into 2012:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5533643/Softimage/Compounds/Random%20Extrusion.xsicompound

// WARNING : 3000-EDIT-AddICECompoundNode - Could not find node : BuildArrayFromSetNode

If you put back the missing Build Array from Set node, then it appears to work in 2012 SAP.
(it goes between the If and the Find in Array)

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Subject: Re: Profile Curve for Apply Extrude Polygon Along Axis?

[adrian wyer]

thanks for that, weirdly, i tried it 'as is' in 2013SP1 and it works
perfectly without the missing BuildArrayFromSet

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[Rob Chapman]

awesome! was going round in circles trying to wire this up correctly.
saw that it wasnt wired up and was trying to plug in Build index
array.

thank you very much , I can stay in 2012 with the rest of Production now :)

[Stephen Blair]

Hi

In 2013 SP1, the node isn't missing and I didn't get the warning.

S