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by adrencg
04 Apr 2015, 18:59
Forum: ICE
Topic: Caching particles randomly works
Replies: 13
Views: 3618

Caching particles randomly works

It seems like using particle caches is always the wild card that can add hours to my workflow. I'm using a cache on file node, and it works about 50% of the time. Sometime I load the scene and have to remake the cache files to get it to work again. Does anyone have a sure-fire consistent method of r...
by adrencg
02 Mar 2015, 21:48
Forum: ICE
Topic: Create Extrusion Along Strands V2
Replies: 27
Views: 15237

Re: Create Extrusion Along Strands V2

Can someone go into some detail on how the automatic UV's work? It doesn't seem so automatic.
by adrencg
11 Dec 2014, 16:04
Forum: General & Troubleshooting
Topic: An old nagging problem....lost conneciton to the lic
Replies: 0
Views: 857

An old nagging problem....lost conneciton to the lic

Does anyone else deal with this annoyance? Sometimes my license server needs to be restarted while in the middle of working. I've always dealt with this issue and it's something I've put up with, but I'm getting tired of the BS with the license server.

What could be causing a problem like this?
by adrencg
12 Nov 2014, 17:04
Forum: ICE
Topic: Some compounds don't show up in ICE tree left pane
Replies: 5
Views: 1357

Re: Some compounds don't show up in ICE tree left pane

It seems to have fixed itself.
by adrencg
11 Nov 2014, 17:12
Forum: ICE
Topic: Some compounds don't show up in ICE tree left pane
Replies: 5
Views: 1357

Re: Some compounds don't show up in ICE tree left pane

It seems to be worse overall now. When I type in "vector" to look at the list of vector to scalar nodes, none of them show up at all.
by adrencg
11 Nov 2014, 17:07
Forum: ICE
Topic: Some compounds don't show up in ICE tree left pane
Replies: 5
Views: 1357

Some compounds don't show up in ICE tree left pane

Why do some compounds not show up in the left pane, or when searching? To use Add Forces, I always have to go into the installation directory of compounds and import. Now today all of a sudden, I have to the same for Group Geometry and Multiply.

Anyone know what causes this?
by adrencg
09 Nov 2014, 22:34
Forum: General & Troubleshooting
Topic: Dope sheet and graph editor filters not showing all property
Replies: 2
Views: 966

Re: Dope sheet and graph editor filters not showing all property

Thanks...I found the "flattening" controls and that helped get it close to where it was.
by adrencg
09 Nov 2014, 21:56
Forum: General & Troubleshooting
Topic: Actions won't update or render properly
Replies: 1
Views: 1079

Actions won't update or render properly

Is this just a known thing with Softimage? I haven't used actions in a long time, but I really needed them for this project. When scrubbing the timeline, they update properly about 50% of the time -- and almost render correctly, but there will be a few with frames where the objects are in the wrong ...
by adrencg
06 Nov 2014, 00:30
Forum: General & Troubleshooting
Topic: Dope sheet and graph editor filters not showing all property
Replies: 2
Views: 966

Dope sheet and graph editor filters not showing all property

I don't know what happened, but I've been having to work with both the dope sheet and graph editor by seeing only one item at a time. I have to change the filter to see the different aspects of my objects, whether its rendering, animation or whatever. I can't find the setting to make it go back to s...
by adrencg
13 Sep 2014, 03:24
Forum: ICE
Topic: Some help with strand size taper
Replies: 2
Views: 706

Re: Some help with strand size taper

Thanks but I figured it out. Upon drilling deeper in to the filler compound, I found an fcurve node to control the taper.
by adrencg
13 Sep 2014, 00:22
Forum: ICE
Topic: Some help with strand size taper
Replies: 2
Views: 706

Some help with strand size taper

If you go to the ICE menu, and go to Model Library and select Dynamic Hair there's a sphere with dynamic strands that imports. I was able to change the profile of each of the guide strands by going into the Create Strands node and setting the "size profile". But how do I get that attribute...
by adrencg
05 Sep 2014, 02:40
Forum: Simulation
Topic: Syflex...how to make simulations away from 0,0,0
Replies: 1
Views: 1771

Syflex...how to make simulations away from 0,0,0

When using ICE syflex, how is it possible to start a simulation with the setup away from the world origin, without it trying to snap back to the center?
by adrencg
30 Jul 2014, 21:29
Forum: General & Troubleshooting
Topic: Using my network license on another network
Replies: 2
Views: 964

Re: Using my network license on another network

Hirazi Blue wrote:I think you'd have to look at the process Autodesk calls License Borrowing. ;)
I was expecting that to not work, but it worked. Thanks.
by adrencg
30 Jul 2014, 16:57
Forum: General & Troubleshooting
Topic: Using my network license on another network
Replies: 2
Views: 964

Using my network license on another network

I have a network license that's distributed by my main workstation, but I want to take one of my render nodes to a client's office and work there. Will I have to re-install Softimage on that node and change the license method to standalone -- or can I just set that in the setenv.bat file before remo...
by adrencg
16 Jun 2014, 06:18
Forum: ICE
Topic: Some help stick and unsticking particles with collision?
Replies: 10
Views: 1635

Re: Some help stick and unsticking particles with collision?

After banging my head against this some more, I've figured it out. One of my problems was that I didn't realize I could plug the stick to surface into both states. Also, learning how to use the timer got the correct effect. Thanks for all the help pointing me in the right direction. https://dl.dropb...
by adrencg
16 Jun 2014, 05:30
Forum: ICE
Topic: Some help stick and unsticking particles with collision?
Replies: 10
Views: 1635

Re: Some help stick and unsticking particles with collision?

I've tried everything I can think of, and I'm not getting the exact effect I'm looking for. I can make the particles delete when they stick -- but not delay before deletion.

There's something really simple I'm missing.