cloning points with attributes
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adrian wyer
Apr 29, 2013, 8:58:22 AM4/29/13
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rtfm not really helping here
i have a cloud of points, and an empty cloud....
using clone point (and a test point in volume) i can copy points from one cloud to another, but the attributes don't clone... i need the colour to be the same
any tips?
a
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Leonard Koch
Apr 29, 2013, 9:07:09 AM4/29/13
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You can get the point position from the main cloud plug it into an add point node and then use a switch context node to get the color from the original cloud over into the context of the cloned cloud. Since they both have the exact same number of particles and since they are ordered the same way, it works very well.
Attached an image with the nodes I have in an unsimulated ice-tree on the cloud you are cloning to.
adrian wyer
Apr 29, 2013, 9:23:11 AM4/29/13
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so far so good, but i need to clone points from 7 clouds into one (wrangling LIDAR data)
point order/ID will be bricked from cloud to cloud
i just assumed (in fact i read in the manual) that attributes would be cloned?!
"All attributes of the source point are available on the target point. For example, if you want to modulate an attribute on the target point based on the source point."
a
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adrian wyer
Apr 29, 2013, 9:41:38 AM4/29/13
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ahhh that's enlightening
the clouds i'm cloning from were created with a custom script that reads positional and colour data from lidar files, creates a cache, loads the cache on a new cloud and freezes it
i'm guessing that colour isn't initialised on the original cloud
will experiment
a
Christian Freisleder
Apr 29, 2013, 10:39:32 AM4/29/13
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Hey Adrian,
I would recommend to collect all your pointclouds with a group Geometry node and plug it into a "Generate Sample Set" with emission type set to "Point" and Rate type to "all Points" Rate should be set to 1.
then you can get whatever data is in the pointclouds via a "self.emitlocation" and pull the data you need from this Location.
you will get a red node if there are custom attributes that are not valid for all clouds. You can avoid that by setting fake values on the clouds that miss them.
hope that works for you!
Christian
I would recommend to collect all your pointclouds with a group Geometry node and plug it into a "Generate Sample Set" with emission type set to "Point" and Rate type to "all Points" Rate should be set to 1.
then you can get whatever data is in the pointclouds via a "self.emitlocation" and pull the data you need from this Location.
you will get a red node if there are custom attributes that are not valid for all clouds. You can avoid that by setting fake values on the clouds that miss them.
hope that works for you!
Christian
On 29.04.2013 15:49, Leonard Koch
wrote:
I had some quick fun with it. Hope it helps.
Guillaume Laforge
Apr 29, 2013, 12:11:29 PM4/29/13
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If I remember correctly, the Group Geometry node will re-size any 2D arrays to the smallest on in the group. So the new point cloud could will miss some data (incomplete strand positions for example). I didn't double check it, but just in case :).
Cheers,
Guillaume
adrian wyer
Apr 29, 2013, 12:16:03 PM4/29/13
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not a problem, i am merging 7 LIDAR scans, each of which has over 10 million points... a few thousand missing ones won't make a dent!
and surprisingly, Soft is coping with 70million+ points quite well!
a
Vincent Ullmann
Apr 29, 2013, 12:25:51 PM4/29/13
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Sounds like you found a solution...
Just wondering... why does your Clone-Point-Node wont work?
A quickt test here worked well
Maybe you shoudl try the good old "Visualize-Values"-Trick used sometimes to cache out CustomAttributes
( http://www.andynicholas.com/?p=360 )
Just wondering... why does your Clone-Point-Node wont work?
A quickt test here worked well
Maybe you shoudl try the good old "Visualize-Values"-Trick used sometimes to cache out CustomAttributes
( http://www.andynicholas.com/?p=360 )
adrian wyer
Apr 29, 2013, 12:45:09 PM4/29/13
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i think it didn't work because of the way the clouds were created... they are frozen, baked out from a cache file
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Sounds like you found a solution...
Grahame Fuller
Apr 29, 2013, 1:00:06 PM4/29/13
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The issue with arrays occurs only when you try to get attributes directly off the group, e.g., emit particles at Group.PointPosition.
In the case below, where you are reading attributes at locations on the group geometry, there is no problem.
gray
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Subject: RE: cloning points with attributes
not a problem, i am merging 7 LIDAR scans, each of which has over 10 million points... a few thousand missing ones won't make a dent!
and surprisingly, Soft is coping with 70million+ points quite well!
a
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On 29.04.2013 15:49, Leonard Koch wrote:
I had some quick fun with it. Hope it helps.
On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 2:58 PM, adrian wyer <adria...@fluid-pictures.com<mailto:adria...@fluid-pictures.com>> wrote:
rtfm not really helping here
i have a cloud of points, and an empty cloud....
using clone point (and a test point in volume) i can copy points from one cloud to another, but the attributes don't clone... i need the colour to be the same
any tips?
a
Adrian Wyer
Fluid Pictures
75-77 Margaret St.
London
W1W 8SY
++44(0) 207 580 0829<tel:%2B%2B44%280%29%20207%20580%200829>
adria...@fluid-pictures.com<mailto:adria...@fluid-pictures.com>
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In the case below, where you are reading attributes at locations on the group geometry, there is no problem.
gray
From: softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of adrian wyer
Sent: Monday, April 29, 2013 12:16 PM
To: soft...@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: RE: cloning points with attributes
not a problem, i am merging 7 LIDAR scans, each of which has over 10 million points... a few thousand missing ones won't make a dent!
and surprisingly, Soft is coping with 70million+ points quite well!
a
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Subject: Re: cloning points with attributes
If I remember correctly, the Group Geometry node will re-size any 2D arrays to the smallest on in the group. So the new point cloud could will miss some data (incomplete strand positions for example). I didn't double check it, but just in case :).
Cheers,
Guillaume
If I remember correctly, the Group Geometry node will re-size any 2D arrays to the smallest on in the group. So the new point cloud could will miss some data (incomplete strand positions for example). I didn't double check it, but just in case :).
Cheers,
Guillaume
On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 10:39 AM, Christian Freisleder <m...@buntepixel.eu<mailto:m...@buntepixel.eu>> wrote:
Hey Adrian,
I would recommend to collect all your pointclouds with a group Geometry node and plug it into a "Generate Sample Set" with emission type set to "Point" and Rate type to "all Points" Rate should be set to 1.
then you can get whatever data is in the pointclouds via a "self.emitlocation" and pull the data you need from this Location.
you will get a red node if there are custom attributes that are not valid for all clouds. You can avoid that by setting fake values on the clouds that miss them.
hope that works for you!
Christian
[cid:image0...@01CE44D9.78316C60]
Hey Adrian,
I would recommend to collect all your pointclouds with a group Geometry node and plug it into a "Generate Sample Set" with emission type set to "Point" and Rate type to "all Points" Rate should be set to 1.
then you can get whatever data is in the pointclouds via a "self.emitlocation" and pull the data you need from this Location.
you will get a red node if there are custom attributes that are not valid for all clouds. You can avoid that by setting fake values on the clouds that miss them.
hope that works for you!
Christian
On 29.04.2013 15:49, Leonard Koch wrote:
I had some quick fun with it. Hope it helps.
On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 3:41 PM, adrian wyer <adria...@fluid-pictures.com<mailto:adria...@fluid-pictures.com>> wrote:
ahhh that's enlightening
the clouds i'm cloning from were created with a custom script that reads positional and colour data from lidar files, creates a cache, loads the cache on a new cloud and freezes it
i'm guessing that colour isn't initialised on the original cloud
will experiment
a
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From: softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com> [mailto:softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com>] On Behalf Of Peter Agg
ahhh that's enlightening
the clouds i'm cloning from were created with a custom script that reads positional and colour data from lidar files, creates a cache, loads the cache on a new cloud and freezes it
i'm guessing that colour isn't initialised on the original cloud
will experiment
a
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Sent: 29 April 2013 14:34
To: soft...@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:soft...@listproc.autodesk.com>
Subject: Re: cloning points with attributes
Hum, it should just work out of the box: it's meant to be a direct clone, attributes and all. Just done a quick test and it seems to work fine for me with Color (though this is in 2012).
Hum, it should just work out of the box: it's meant to be a direct clone, attributes and all. Just done a quick test and it seems to work fine for me with Color (though this is in 2012).
On 29 April 2013 14:23, adrian wyer <adria...@fluid-pictures.com<mailto:adria...@fluid-pictures.com>> wrote:
so far so good, but i need to clone points from 7 clouds into one (wrangling LIDAR data)
point order/ID will be bricked from cloud to cloud
i just assumed (in fact i read in the manual) that attributes would be cloned?!
"All attributes of the source point are available on the target point. For example, if you want to modulate an attribute on the target point based on the source point."
a
________________________________
From: softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com> [mailto:softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com>] On Behalf Of Leonard Koch
so far so good, but i need to clone points from 7 clouds into one (wrangling LIDAR data)
point order/ID will be bricked from cloud to cloud
i just assumed (in fact i read in the manual) that attributes would be cloned?!
"All attributes of the source point are available on the target point. For example, if you want to modulate an attribute on the target point based on the source point."
a
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Sent: 29 April 2013 14:07
To: soft...@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:soft...@listproc.autodesk.com>
Subject: Re: cloning points with attributes
You can get the point position from the main cloud plug it into an add point node and then use a switch context node to get the color from the original cloud over into the context of the cloned cloud. Since they both have the exact same number of particles and since they are ordered the same way, it works very well.
Attached an image with the nodes I have in an unsimulated ice-tree on the cloud you are cloning to.[Inline image 1]
You can get the point position from the main cloud plug it into an add point node and then use a switch context node to get the color from the original cloud over into the context of the cloned cloud. Since they both have the exact same number of particles and since they are ordered the same way, it works very well.
On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 2:58 PM, adrian wyer <adria...@fluid-pictures.com<mailto:adria...@fluid-pictures.com>> wrote:
rtfm not really helping here
i have a cloud of points, and an empty cloud....
using clone point (and a test point in volume) i can copy points from one cloud to another, but the attributes don't clone... i need the colour to be the same
any tips?
a
Adrian Wyer
Fluid Pictures
75-77 Margaret St.
London
W1W 8SY
adria...@fluid-pictures.com<mailto:adria...@fluid-pictures.com>
www.fluid-pictures.com<http://www.fluid-pictures.com>
Fluid Pictures Limited is registered in England and Wales.
Company number:5657815
VAT number: 872 6893 71
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Internal Virus Database is out of date.
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Guillaume Laforge
Apr 29, 2013, 1:03:38 PM4/29/13
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That make sense as arrays data is not accessed from the Group Geometry node in this case. Thanks for the precision Grahame :).
Christian Freisleder
Apr 29, 2013, 2:15:22 PM4/29/13
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Thanks for the 2d array hint anyway, that explains some problems I
had on a previous project.
Where do you pull this sort of info?
can't find it in the manual even specifically looking for it!
christian
Where do you pull this sort of info?
can't find it in the manual even specifically looking for it!
christian
Dan Yargici
Apr 29, 2013, 2:27:23 PM4/29/13
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I have been using this technique extensively on my current project and I can confirm that using Group Geometry introduces errors that can be easy to miss until they bite you on the ass (as it did in my case). Good to understand the reason - thanks Guillaume!
DAN
Guillaume Laforge
Apr 29, 2013, 2:34:40 PM4/29/13
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> Where do you pull this sort of info?
Just ask Autodesk to work in the Softimage team, this way you will be able to learn ICE nodes from the source code ;).
Christian Freisleder
Apr 29, 2013, 2:44:42 PM4/29/13
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Well, that might not be possible for all of us, as Autodesk might
not need that much staff ;)
AND there might be the minor problem that not all of us speak c++ .
But seriously, I think this kind of info should be documented in the specific area of the help.
Christian
AND there might be the minor problem that not all of us speak c++ .
But seriously, I think this kind of info should be documented in the specific area of the help.
Christian
Grahame Fuller
Apr 29, 2013, 3:03:36 PM4/29/13
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I agree it should have been documented, and it's partly my fault that it isn't. I simply wasn't aware of the issue (there was no item called "truncate array data for groups" in our database) and never stumbled across it until later.
I don't work on the Softimage docs anymore, but you should log a bug for the current writers to add something to the docs.
gray
From: softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Christian Freisleder
Sent: Monday, April 29, 2013 02:45 PM
To: soft...@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: Re: cloning points with attributes
Well, that might not be possible for all of us, as Autodesk might not need that much staff ;)
AND there might be the minor problem that not all of us speak c++ .
But seriously, I think this kind of info should be documented in the specific area of the help.
Christian
On 29.04.2013 20:34, Guillaume Laforge wrote:
> Where do you pull this sort of info?
Just ask Autodesk to work in the Softimage team, this way you will be able to learn ICE nodes from the source code ;).
adria...@fluid-pictures.com<mailto:adria...@fluid-pictures.com><mailto:adria...@fluid-pictures.com<mailto:adria...@fluid-pictures.com>>
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Fluid Pictures Limited is registered in England and Wales.
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I don't work on the Softimage docs anymore, but you should log a bug for the current writers to add something to the docs.
gray
From: softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Christian Freisleder
Sent: Monday, April 29, 2013 02:45 PM
To: soft...@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: Re: cloning points with attributes
Well, that might not be possible for all of us, as Autodesk might not need that much staff ;)
AND there might be the minor problem that not all of us speak c++ .
But seriously, I think this kind of info should be documented in the specific area of the help.
Christian
On 29.04.2013 20:34, Guillaume Laforge wrote:
> Where do you pull this sort of info?
Just ask Autodesk to work in the Softimage team, this way you will be able to learn ICE nodes from the source code ;).
On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 2:15 PM, Christian Freisleder <m...@buntepixel.eu<mailto:m...@buntepixel.eu>> wrote:
Thanks for the 2d array hint anyway, that explains some problems I had on a previous project.
Where do you pull this sort of info?
can't find it in the manual even specifically looking for it!
christian
On 29.04.2013 19:03, Guillaume Laforge wrote:
That make sense as arrays data is not accessed from the Group Geometry node in this case. Thanks for the precision Grahame :).
Thanks for the 2d array hint anyway, that explains some problems I had on a previous project.
Where do you pull this sort of info?
can't find it in the manual even specifically looking for it!
christian
On 29.04.2013 19:03, Guillaume Laforge wrote:
That make sense as arrays data is not accessed from the Group Geometry node in this case. Thanks for the precision Grahame :).
On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 1:00 PM, Grahame Fuller <Grahame...@autodesk.com<mailto:Grahame...@autodesk.com>> wrote:
The issue with arrays occurs only when you try to get attributes directly off the group, e.g., emit particles at Group.PointPosition.
In the case below, where you are reading attributes at locations on the group geometry, there is no problem.
gray
The issue with arrays occurs only when you try to get attributes directly off the group, e.g., emit particles at Group.PointPosition.
In the case below, where you are reading attributes at locations on the group geometry, there is no problem.
gray
From: softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com> [mailto:softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com>] On Behalf Of adrian wyer
Sent: Monday, April 29, 2013 12:16 PM
To: soft...@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:soft...@listproc.autodesk.com>
Subject: RE: cloning points with attributes
not a problem, i am merging 7 LIDAR scans, each of which has over 10 million points... a few thousand missing ones won't make a dent!
and surprisingly, Soft is coping with 70million+ points quite well!
a
________________________________
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>] On Behalf Of Guillaume Laforge
Sent: Monday, April 29, 2013 12:16 PM
To: soft...@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:soft...@listproc.autodesk.com>
Subject: RE: cloning points with attributes
not a problem, i am merging 7 LIDAR scans, each of which has over 10 million points... a few thousand missing ones won't make a dent!
and surprisingly, Soft is coping with 70million+ points quite well!
a
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Sent: 29 April 2013 17:11
To: soft...@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:soft...@listproc.autodesk.com><mailto:soft...@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:soft...@listproc.autodesk.com>>
Subject: Re: cloning points with attributes
If I remember correctly, the Group Geometry node will re-size any 2D arrays to the smallest on in the group. So the new point cloud could will miss some data (incomplete strand positions for example). I didn't double check it, but just in case :).
Cheers,
Guillaume
If I remember correctly, the Group Geometry node will re-size any 2D arrays to the smallest on in the group. So the new point cloud could will miss some data (incomplete strand positions for example). I didn't double check it, but just in case :).
Cheers,
Guillaume
On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 10:39 AM, Christian Freisleder <m...@buntepixel.eu<mailto:m...@buntepixel.eu><mailto:m...@buntepixel.eu<mailto:m...@buntepixel.eu>>> wrote:
Hey Adrian,
I would recommend to collect all your pointclouds with a group Geometry node and plug it into a "Generate Sample Set" with emission type set to "Point" and Rate type to "all Points" Rate should be set to 1.
then you can get whatever data is in the pointclouds via a "self.emitlocation" and pull the data you need from this Location.
you will get a red node if there are custom attributes that are not valid for all clouds. You can avoid that by setting fake values on the clouds that miss them.
hope that works for you!
Christian
[cid:image0...@01CE44D9.78316C60]
On 29.04.2013 15:49, Leonard Koch wrote:
I had some quick fun with it. Hope it helps.
Hey Adrian,
I would recommend to collect all your pointclouds with a group Geometry node and plug it into a "Generate Sample Set" with emission type set to "Point" and Rate type to "all Points" Rate should be set to 1.
then you can get whatever data is in the pointclouds via a "self.emitlocation" and pull the data you need from this Location.
you will get a red node if there are custom attributes that are not valid for all clouds. You can avoid that by setting fake values on the clouds that miss them.
hope that works for you!
Christian
[cid:image0...@01CE44D9.78316C60]
On 29.04.2013 15:49, Leonard Koch wrote:
I had some quick fun with it. Hope it helps.
On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 3:41 PM, adrian wyer <adria...@fluid-pictures.com<mailto:adria...@fluid-pictures.com><mailto:adria...@fluid-pictures.com<mailto:adria...@fluid-pictures.com>>> wrote:
ahhh that's enlightening
the clouds i'm cloning from were created with a custom script that reads positional and colour data from lidar files, creates a cache, loads the cache on a new cloud and freezes it
i'm guessing that colour isn't initialised on the original cloud
will experiment
a
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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 Peter Agg
ahhh that's enlightening
the clouds i'm cloning from were created with a custom script that reads positional and colour data from lidar files, creates a cache, loads the cache on a new cloud and freezes it
i'm guessing that colour isn't initialised on the original cloud
will experiment
a
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Sent: 29 April 2013 14:34
To: soft...@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:soft...@listproc.autodesk.com><mailto:soft...@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:soft...@listproc.autodesk.com>>
Subject: Re: cloning points with attributes
Hum, it should just work out of the box: it's meant to be a direct clone, attributes and all. Just done a quick test and it seems to work fine for me with Color (though this is in 2012).
Hum, it should just work out of the box: it's meant to be a direct clone, attributes and all. Just done a quick test and it seems to work fine for me with Color (though this is in 2012).
On 29 April 2013 14:23, adrian wyer <adria...@fluid-pictures.com<mailto:adria...@fluid-pictures.com><mailto:adria...@fluid-pictures.com<mailto:adria...@fluid-pictures.com>>> wrote:
so far so good, but i need to clone points from 7 clouds into one (wrangling LIDAR data)
point order/ID will be bricked from cloud to cloud
i just assumed (in fact i read in the manual) that attributes would be cloned?!
"All attributes of the source point are available on the target point. For example, if you want to modulate an attribute on the target point based on the source point."
a
________________________________
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 Leonard Koch
so far so good, but i need to clone points from 7 clouds into one (wrangling LIDAR data)
point order/ID will be bricked from cloud to cloud
i just assumed (in fact i read in the manual) that attributes would be cloned?!
"All attributes of the source point are available on the target point. For example, if you want to modulate an attribute on the target point based on the source point."
a
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Sent: 29 April 2013 14:07
To: soft...@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:soft...@listproc.autodesk.com><mailto:soft...@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:soft...@listproc.autodesk.com>>
Subject: Re: cloning points with attributes
You can get the point position from the main cloud plug it into an add point node and then use a switch context node to get the color from the original cloud over into the context of the cloned cloud. Since they both have the exact same number of particles and since they are ordered the same way, it works very well.
Attached an image with the nodes I have in an unsimulated ice-tree on the cloud you are cloning to.[Inline image 1]
You can get the point position from the main cloud plug it into an add point node and then use a switch context node to get the color from the original cloud over into the context of the cloned cloud. Since they both have the exact same number of particles and since they are ordered the same way, it works very well.
Attached an image with the nodes I have in an unsimulated ice-tree on the cloud you are cloning to.[Inline image 1]
On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 2:58 PM, adrian wyer <adria...@fluid-pictures.com<mailto:adria...@fluid-pictures.com><mailto:adria...@fluid-pictures.com<mailto:adria...@fluid-pictures.com>>> wrote:
rtfm not really helping here
i have a cloud of points, and an empty cloud....
using clone point (and a test point in volume) i can copy points from one cloud to another, but the attributes don't clone... i need the colour to be the same
any tips?
a
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rtfm not really helping here
i have a cloud of points, and an empty cloud....
using clone point (and a test point in volume) i can copy points from one cloud to another, but the attributes don't clone... i need the colour to be the same
any tips?
a
Adrian Wyer
Fluid Pictures
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The doc does say that what you get
won't be correct:
When getting per-component data, such as PointPosition, the results are correct only when all objects in the group have the same number of components.
The nature of the "incorrect" results are not documented, true, but they have been discussed on some mailing lists and on blogs, like this one: http://xsisupport.com/2013/01/24/getting-pointpositions-from-a-group/
Getting Data on Scene Groups
<snip/>When getting per-component data, such as PointPosition, the results are correct only when all objects in the group have the same number of components.
The nature of the "incorrect" results are not documented, true, but they have been discussed on some mailing lists and on blogs, like this one: http://xsisupport.com/2013/01/24/getting-pointpositions-from-a-group/
>> wrote: ahhh that's enlightening the clouds i'm cloning from were created with a custom script that reads positional and colour data from lidar files, creates a cache, loads the cache on a new cloud and freezes it i'm guessing that colour isn't initialised on the original cloud will experiment a ________________________________ 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.autode! sk.com<mailto:softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com>>] On Behalf Of Peter Agg Sent: 29 April 2013 14:34 To: soft...@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:soft...@listproc.autodesk.com><mailto:soft...@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:soft...@listproc.autodesk.com>> Subject: Re: cloning points with attributes Hum, it should just work out of the box: it's meant to be a direct clone, attributes and all. Just done a quick test and it seems to work fine for me with Color (though this is in 2012). On 29 April 2013 14:23, adrian wyer <adria...@fluid-pictures.com<mailto:adria...@fluid-pictures.com><mailto:adria...@fluid-pictures.com<mailto:adria...@fluid-pictures.com>>> wrote: so far so good, but i need to clone points from 7 clouds into one (wrangling LIDAR data) point order/ID will be bricked from cloud to cloud i just assumed (in fact i read in the manual) that attributes would be cloned?! "All attributes of the source point are available on the target point. For example, if you want to modulate an attribute on the target point based on the source point." a ________________________________ 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.autode! sk.com<mailto:softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com>>] On Behalf Of Leonard Koch Sent: 29 April 2013 14:07 To: soft...@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:soft...@listproc.autodesk.com><mailto:soft...@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:soft...@listproc.autodesk.com>> Subject: Re: cloning points with attributes You can get the point position from the main cloud plug it into an add point node and then use a switch context node to get the color from the original cloud over into the context of the cloned cloud. Since they both have the exact same number of particles and since they are ordered the same way, it works very well. Attached an image with the nodes I have in an unsimulated ice-tree on the cloud you are cloning to.[Inline image 1] On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 2:58 PM, adrian wyer <adria...@fluid-pictures.com<mailto:adria...@fluid-pictures.com><mailto:adria...@fluid-pictures.com<mailto:adria...@fluid-pictures.com>>> wrote: rtfm not really helping here i have a cloud of points, and an empty cloud.... using clone point (and a test point in volume) i can copy points from one cloud to another, but the attributes don't clone... i need the colour to be the same any tips? a Adrian Wyer Fluid Pictures 75-77 Margaret St. London W1W 8SY ++44(0) 207 580 0829<tel:%2B%2B44%280%29%20207%20580%200829><tel:%2B%2B44%280%29%20207%20580%200829>
Vincent Fortin
Apr 29, 2013, 3:29:01 PM4/29/13
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Adrian, the frozen pointcloud is the culprit. I had issues cloning and rendering them.
repro:
1) create an empty pointcloud and load a cache on itAvoid if possible!
Vincent Fortin
Apr 29, 2013, 3:34:36 PM4/29/13
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In case you are wondering, there is no step #2 :-)
Grahame Fuller
Apr 29, 2013, 3:37:14 PM4/29/13
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Wow, forgot I wrote that. Getting old I guess. But yeah it could use some details.
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From: softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Stephen Blair
Sent: Monday, April 29, 2013 03:29 PM
To: soft...@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: Re: cloning points with attributes
The doc does say that what you get won't be correct:
Getting Data on Scene Groups
<snip/>
When getting per-component data, such as PointPosition, the results are correct only when all objects in the group have the same number of components.
The nature of the "incorrect" results are not documented, true, but they have been discussed on some mailing lists and on blogs, like this one: http://xsisupport.com/2013/01/24/getting-pointpositions-from-a-group/
On 29/04/2013 3:03 PM, Grahame Fuller wrote:
I agree it should have been documented, and it's partly my fault that it isn't. I simply wasn't aware of the issue (there was no item called "truncate array data for groups" in our database) and never stumbled across it until later.
I don't work on the Softimage docs anymore, but you should log a bug for the current writers to add something to the docs.
gray
Subject: Re: cloning points with attributes
Subject: Re: cloning points with attributes
If I remember correctly, the Group Geometry node will re-size any 2D arrays to the smallest on in the group. So the new point cloud could will miss some data (incomplete strand positions for example). I didn't double check it, but just in case :).
Cheers,
Guillaume
Subject: Re: cloning points with attributes
Hum, it should just work out of the box: it's meant to be a direct clone, attributes and all. Just done a quick test and it seems to work fine for me with Color (though this is in 2012).
Subject: Re: cloning points with attributes
You can get the point position from the main cloud plug it into an add point node and then use a switch context node to get the color from the original cloud over into the context of the cloned cloud. Since they both have the exact same number of particles and since they are ordered the same way, it works very well.
Attached an image with the nodes I have in an unsimulated ice-tree on the cloud you are cloning to.[Inline image 1]
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From: softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Stephen Blair
Sent: Monday, April 29, 2013 03:29 PM
To: soft...@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: Re: cloning points with attributes
The doc does say that what you get won't be correct:
Getting Data on Scene Groups
<snip/>
When getting per-component data, such as PointPosition, the results are correct only when all objects in the group have the same number of components.
The nature of the "incorrect" results are not documented, true, but they have been discussed on some mailing lists and on blogs, like this one: http://xsisupport.com/2013/01/24/getting-pointpositions-from-a-group/
On 29/04/2013 3:03 PM, Grahame Fuller wrote:
I agree it should have been documented, and it's partly my fault that it isn't. I simply wasn't aware of the issue (there was no item called "truncate array data for groups" in our database) and never stumbled across it until later.
I don't work on the Softimage docs anymore, but you should log a bug for the current writers to add something to the docs.
gray
From: softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com> [mailto:softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Christian Freisleder
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Sent: Monday, April 29, 2013 02:45 PM
Subject: Re: cloning points with attributes
Well, that might not be possible for all of us, as Autodesk might not need that much staff ;)
AND there might be the minor problem that not all of us speak c++ .
But seriously, I think this kind of info should be documented in the specific area of the help.
Christian
On 29.04.2013 20:34, Guillaume Laforge wrote:
Where do you pull this sort of info?
Just ask Autodesk to work in the Softimage team, this way you will be able to learn ICE nodes from the source code ;).
AND there might be the minor problem that not all of us speak c++ .
But seriously, I think this kind of info should be documented in the specific area of the help.
Christian
On 29.04.2013 20:34, Guillaume Laforge wrote:
Where do you pull this sort of info?
Just ask Autodesk to work in the Softimage team, this way you will be able to learn ICE nodes from the source code ;).
On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 2:15 PM, Christian Freisleder <m...@buntepixel.eu<mailto:m...@buntepixel.eu><mailto:m...@buntepixel.eu><mailto:m...@buntepixel.eu>> wrote:
Thanks for the 2d array hint anyway, that explains some problems I had on a previous project.
Where do you pull this sort of info?
can't find it in the manual even specifically looking for it!
christian
On 29.04.2013 19:03, Guillaume Laforge wrote:
That make sense as arrays data is not accessed from the Group Geometry node in this case. Thanks for the precision Grahame :).
Thanks for the 2d array hint anyway, that explains some problems I had on a previous project.
Where do you pull this sort of info?
can't find it in the manual even specifically looking for it!
christian
On 29.04.2013 19:03, Guillaume Laforge wrote:
That make sense as arrays data is not accessed from the Group Geometry node in this case. Thanks for the precision Grahame :).
On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 1:00 PM, Grahame Fuller <Grahame...@autodesk.com<mailto:Grahame...@autodesk.com><mailto:Grahame...@autodesk.com><mailto:Grahame...@autodesk.com>> wrote:
The issue with arrays occurs only when you try to get attributes directly off the group, e.g., emit particles at Group.PointPosition.
In the case below, where you are reading attributes at locations on the group geometry, there is no problem.
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The issue with arrays occurs only when you try to get attributes directly off the group, e.g., emit particles at Group.PointPosition.
In the case below, where you are reading attributes at locations on the group geometry, there is no problem.
gray
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>] On Behalf Of adrian wyer
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Sent: Monday, April 29, 2013 12:16 PM
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Subject: RE: cloning points with attributes
not a problem, i am merging 7 LIDAR scans, each of which has over 10 million points... a few thousand missing ones won't make a dent!
and surprisingly, Soft is coping with 70million+ points quite well!
a
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not a problem, i am merging 7 LIDAR scans, each of which has over 10 million points... a few thousand missing ones won't make a dent!
and surprisingly, Soft is coping with 70million+ points quite well!
a
________________________________
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Subject: Re: cloning points with attributes
If I remember correctly, the Group Geometry node will re-size any 2D arrays to the smallest on in the group. So the new point cloud could will miss some data (incomplete strand positions for example). I didn't double check it, but just in case :).
Cheers,
Guillaume
On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 10:39 AM, Christian Freisleder <m...@buntepixel.eu<mailto:m...@buntepixel.eu><mailto:m...@buntepixel.eu><mailto:m...@buntepixel.eu><mailto:m...@buntepixel.eu<mailto:m...@buntepixel.eu><mailto:m...@buntepixel.eu>>> wrote:
Hey Adrian,
I would recommend to collect all your pointclouds with a group Geometry node and plug it into a "Generate Sample Set" with emission type set to "Point" and Rate type to "all Points" Rate should be set to 1.
then you can get whatever data is in the pointclouds via a "self.emitlocation" and pull the data you need from this Location.
you will get a red node if there are custom attributes that are not valid for all clouds. You can avoid that by setting fake values on the clouds that miss them.
hope that works for you!
Christian
[cid:image0...@01CE44D9.78316C60]
On 29.04.2013 15:49, Leonard Koch wrote:
I had some quick fun with it. Hope it helps.
Hey Adrian,
I would recommend to collect all your pointclouds with a group Geometry node and plug it into a "Generate Sample Set" with emission type set to "Point" and Rate type to "all Points" Rate should be set to 1.
then you can get whatever data is in the pointclouds via a "self.emitlocation" and pull the data you need from this Location.
you will get a red node if there are custom attributes that are not valid for all clouds. You can avoid that by setting fake values on the clouds that miss them.
hope that works for you!
Christian
[cid:image0...@01CE44D9.78316C60]
On 29.04.2013 15:49, Leonard Koch wrote:
I had some quick fun with it. Hope it helps.
On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 3:41 PM, adrian wyer <adria...@fluid-pictures.com<mailto:adria...@fluid-pictures.com><mailto:adria...@fluid-pictures.com><mailto:adria...@fluid-pictures.com><mailto:adria...@fluid-pictures.com<mailto:adria...@fluid-pictures.com><mailto:adria...@fluid-pictures.com>>> wrote:
ahhh that's enlightening
the clouds i'm cloning from were created with a custom script that reads positional and colour data from lidar files, creates a cache, loads the cache on a new cloud and freezes it
i'm guessing that colour isn't initialised on the original cloud
will experiment
a
________________________________
ahhh that's enlightening
the clouds i'm cloning from were created with a custom script that reads positional and colour data from lidar files, creates a cache, loads the cache on a new cloud and freezes it
i'm guessing that colour isn't initialised on the original cloud
will experiment
a
________________________________
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Sent: 29 April 2013 14:34
Subject: Re: cloning points with attributes
Hum, it should just work out of the box: it's meant to be a direct clone, attributes and all. Just done a quick test and it seems to work fine for me with Color (though this is in 2012).
On 29 April 2013 14:23, adrian wyer <adria...@fluid-pictures.com<mailto:adria...@fluid-pictures.com><mailto:adria...@fluid-pictures.com><mailto:adria...@fluid-pictures.com><mailto:adria...@fluid-pictures.com<mailto:adria...@fluid-pictures.com><mailto:adria...@fluid-pictures.com>>> wrote:
so far so good, but i need to clone points from 7 clouds into one (wrangling LIDAR data)
point order/ID will be bricked from cloud to cloud
i just assumed (in fact i read in the manual) that attributes would be cloned?!
"All attributes of the source point are available on the target point. For example, if you want to modulate an attribute on the target point based on the source point."
a
________________________________
so far so good, but i need to clone points from 7 clouds into one (wrangling LIDAR data)
point order/ID will be bricked from cloud to cloud
i just assumed (in fact i read in the manual) that attributes would be cloned?!
"All attributes of the source point are available on the target point. For example, if you want to modulate an attribute on the target point based on the source point."
a
________________________________
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Sent: 29 April 2013 14:07
Subject: Re: cloning points with attributes
You can get the point position from the main cloud plug it into an add point node and then use a switch context node to get the color from the original cloud over into the context of the cloned cloud. Since they both have the exact same number of particles and since they are ordered the same way, it works very well.
Attached an image with the nodes I have in an unsimulated ice-tree on the cloud you are cloning to.[Inline image 1]
On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 2:58 PM, adrian wyer <adria...@fluid-pictures.com<mailto:adria...@fluid-pictures.com><mailto:adria...@fluid-pictures.com><mailto:adria...@fluid-pictures.com><mailto:adria...@fluid-pictures.com<mailto:adria...@fluid-pictures.com><mailto:adria...@fluid-pictures.com>>> wrote:
rtfm not really helping here
i have a cloud of points, and an empty cloud....
using clone point (and a test point in volume) i can copy points from one cloud to another, but the attributes don't clone... i need the colour to be the same
any tips?
a
Adrian Wyer
Fluid Pictures
75-77 Margaret St.
London
W1W 8SY
++44(0) 207 580 0829<tel:%2B%2B44%280%29%20207%20580%200829><tel:%2B%2B44%280%29%20207%20580%200829>
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rtfm not really helping here
i have a cloud of points, and an empty cloud....
using clone point (and a test point in volume) i can copy points from one cloud to another, but the attributes don't clone... i need the colour to be the same
any tips?
a
Adrian Wyer
Fluid Pictures
75-77 Margaret St.
London
W1W 8SY
++44(0) 207 580 0829<tel:%2B%2B44%280%29%20207%20580%200829><tel:%2B%2B44%280%29%20207%20580%200829>
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That definitely got added after v7 though.
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Sent: Monday, April 29, 2013 03:37 PM
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Subject: RE: cloning points with attributes
Wow, forgot I wrote that. Getting old I guess. But yeah it could use some details.
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Subject: RE: cloning points with attributes
Wow, forgot I wrote that. Getting old I guess. But yeah it could use some details.
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Christian Freisleder
Apr 30, 2013, 5:06:40 AM4/30/13
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my mistake, not clever enough to use the help correctly :(
christian
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Subject: RE: cloning points with attributes not a problem, i am merging 7 LIDAR scans, each of which has over 10 million points... a few thousand missing ones won't make a dent! and surprisingly, Soft is coping with 70million+ points quite well! a ________________________________ 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&! gt;] On Behalf Of Guillaume Laforge Sent: 29 April 2013 17:11 To: soft...@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:soft...@listproc.autodesk.com><mailto:soft...@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:soft...@listproc.autodesk.com>> Subject: Re: cloning points with attributes If I remember correctly, the Group Geometry node will re-size any 2D arrays to the smallest on in the group. So the new point cloud could will miss some data (incomplete strand positions for example). I didn't double check it, but just in case :). Cheers, Guillaume On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 10:39 AM, Christian Freisleder <m...@buntepixel.eu<mailto:m...@buntepixel.eu><mailto:m...@buntepixel.eu<mailto:m...@buntepixel.eu>>> wrote: Hey Adrian, I would recommend to collect all your pointclouds with a group Geometry node and plug it into a "Generate Sample Set" with emission type set to "Point" and Rate type to "all Points" Rate should be set to 1. then you can get whatever data is in the pointclouds via a "self.emitlocation" and pull the data you need from this Location. you will get a red node if there are custom attributes that are not valid for all clouds. You can avoid that by setting fake values on the clouds that miss them. hope that works for you! Christian [cid:image0...@01CE44D9.78316C60] On 29.04.2013 15:49, Leonard Koch wrote: I had some quick fun with it. Hope it helps. On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 3:41 PM, adrian wyer <adria...@fluid-pictures.com<mailto:adria...@fluid-pictures.com><mailto:adria...@fluid-pictures.com<mailto:adria...@fluid-pictures.com>>> wrote: ahhh that's enlightening the clouds i'm cloning from were created with a custom script that reads positional and colour data from lidar files, creates a cache, loads the cache on a new cloud and freezes it i'm guessing that colour isn't initialised on the original cloud will experiment a ________________________________ 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&! gt;& lt;mailto:softimag...@listproc.autode! sk.com<mailto:softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com>>] On Behalf Of Peter Agg Sent: 29 April 2013 14:34 To: soft...@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:soft...@listproc.autodesk.com><mailto:soft...@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:soft...@listproc.autodesk.com>> Subject: Re: cloning points with attributes Hum, it should just work out of the box: it's meant to be a direct clone, attributes and all. Just done a quick test and it seems to work fine for me with Color (though this is in 2012). On 29 April 2013 14:23, adrian wyer <adria...@fluid-pictures.com<mailto:adria...@fluid-pictures.com><mailto:adria...@fluid-pictures.com<mailto:adria...@fluid-pictures.com>>> wrote: so far so good, but i need to clone points from 7 clouds into one (wrangling LIDAR data) point order/ID will be bricked from cloud to cloud i just assumed (in fact i read in the manual) that attributes would be cloned?! "All attributes of the source point are available on the target point. For example, if you want to modulate an attribute on the target point based on the source point." a ________________________________ 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&! gt;& lt;mailto:softimag...@listproc.autode! sk.com<mailto:softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com>>] On Behalf Of Leonard Koch Sent: 29 April 2013 14:07 To: soft...@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:soft...@listproc.autodesk.com><mailto:soft...@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:soft...@listproc.autodesk.com>> Subject: Re: cloning points with attributes You can get the point position from the main cloud plug it into an add point node and then use a switch context node to get the color from the original cloud over into the context of the cloned cloud. Since they both have the exact same number of particles and since they are ordered the same way, it works very well. Attached an image with the nodes I have in an unsimulated ice-tree on the cloud you are cloning to.[Inline image 1] On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 2:58 PM, adrian wyer <adria...@fluid-pictures.com<mailto:adria...@fluid-pictures.com><mailto:adria...@fluid-pictures.com<mailto:adria...@fluid-pictures.com>>> wrote: rtfm not really helping here i have a cloud of points, and an empty cloud.... using clone point (and a test point in volume) i can copy points from one cloud to another, but the attributes don't clone... i need the colour to be the same any tips? a Adrian Wyer Fluid Pictures 75-77 Margaret St. London W1W 8SY
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