Texture Reference from Maya via AbcExport and AbcImport

Joe Brown

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Jan 20, 2016, 9:34:26 AM1/20/16

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Is exporting and importing Texture References for 3D and projected 2D textures supported from maya via AbcExport and AbcImport? I can't work out what attributes I need to flag at export time.

I've search these forums for Texture Reference and Position Reference but not found any mention of them.

Lucas Miller

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Jan 20, 2016, 1:34:23 PM1/20/16

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Do these just end up being a string on your meshes?

If so you could use -attr/-attrPrefix or -userAttr/-userAttPrefix

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Paolo Berto

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No, they are reference *points*, needed if you dont want your
animated/deforming asset to swim through 3D textures/projections.

In Multiverse for Maya you can write ABC file with texture reference
points and read them back in Maya. Incidentally we also can store full
maya shading networks in the ABC files.

If you are interested:

http://multi-verse.io/plugins/maya

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Joe Brown

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Jan 21, 2016, 5:32:11 AM1/21/16

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Yeah that's what I'm after. I take it you're mentioning Multiverse because they AbcExport doesn't support this?

On Thursday, 21 January 2016 01:22:53 UTC, Paolo Berto wrote:

No, they are reference *points*, needed if you dont want your
animated/deforming asset to swim through 3D textures/projections.

In Multiverse for Maya you can write ABC file with texture reference
points and read them back in Maya. Incidentally we also can store full
maya shading networks in the ABC files.

If you are interested:

http://multi-verse.io/plugins/maya

P

On Thu, Jan 21, 2016 at 3:34 AM, Lucas Miller <miller...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Do these just end up being a string on your meshes?
>
> If so you could use -attr/-attrPrefix or -userAttr/-userAttPrefix
>
> On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 6:34 AM, Joe Brown <jo...@themill.com> wrote:
>> Is exporting and importing Texture References for 3D and projected 2D
>> textures supported from maya via AbcExport and AbcImport? I can't work out
>> what attributes I need to flag at export time.
>>
>> I've search these forums for Texture Reference and Position Reference but
>> not found any mention of them.
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Joe Brown

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Jan 21, 2016, 5:37:04 AM1/21/16

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No, as Paolo mentioned, its a per-point coordinate. They're the points of the *_reference object that gets created when you do Texturing > Create Texture Reference Object in Maya. I don't think they sit as an attribute on the object itself.

On Wednesday, 20 January 2016 18:34:23 UTC, Lucas wrote:

Do these just end up being a string on your meshes?

If so you could use -attr/-attrPrefix or -userAttr/-userAttPrefix

On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 6:34 AM, Joe Brown <jo...@themill.com> wrote:
> Is exporting and importing Texture References for 3D and projected 2D
> textures supported from maya via AbcExport and AbcImport? I can't work out
> what attributes I need to flag at export time.
>
> I've search these forums for Texture Reference and Position Reference but
> not found any mention of them.
>
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Paolo Berto

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On Thu, Jan 21, 2016 at 7:32 PM, Joe Brown <jo...@themill.com> wrote:

Yeah that's what I'm after. I take it you're mentioning Multiverse because they AbcExport doesn't support this?

Yes, and also because of *a ton* of other good reasons ;-)

On Thursday, 21 January 2016 01:22:53 UTC, Paolo Berto wrote:

No, they are reference *points*, needed if you dont want your
animated/deforming asset to swim through 3D textures/projections.

In Multiverse for Maya you can write ABC file with texture reference
points and read them back in Maya. Incidentally we also can store full
maya shading networks in the ABC files.

If you are interested:

http://multi-verse.io/plugins/maya

P

On Thu, Jan 21, 2016 at 3:34 AM, Lucas Miller <miller...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Do these just end up being a string on your meshes?
>
> If so you could use -attr/-attrPrefix or -userAttr/-userAttPrefix
>

> On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 6:34 AM, Joe Brown <jo...@themill.com> wrote:
>> Is exporting and importing Texture References for 3D and projected 2D
>> textures supported from maya via AbcExport and AbcImport? I can't work out
>> what attributes I need to flag at export time.
>>
>> I've search these forums for Texture Reference and Position Reference but
>> not found any mention of them.
>>
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Paolo Berto

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Here's a quick video done on my macbook air:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/gk6w6u4qbyaycvi/multiverse_for_maya_materials.mov?dl=0

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