using alembic files (and custom attributes in ICE) from another application inside Softimage seems to be quite easy.
Just using the 'get data', plug it into the 'alembic cache take' node and pulling out the attributes I need.
But how to store custom ICE attributes in an alembic file?
Here is an explanation on how to store for example color from a point cloud: http://exocortex.com/blog/crate_custom_ ... _softimage
But I think thats outdated and its for point clouds - I wanna store the weight map as color/vertex on a geometry.
As an example I use a weight map, store the weight map per gradient as a black/white in self.my_color.
But when I export the alembic file, where do I have to add the my_color attribute?
There is 'ICE Attributes for Polygon Meshes' and 'ICE Attributes for other Primitives'.
I tested both.
The crate example shows and custom ICE Node, but since I guess, thats old, I cannot find anything similar.
Short: I would like to export a grid with a weight map as Alembic and import it either in softimage, houdini or wherever and get these data I stored.
Thanks again!
sant0s
edit: okay - doesn't seem to work
http://docs.autodesk.com/SI/2015/ENU//i ... E0C9DF.htm
NOTE:Softimage supports exporting only the following object(s) to Alembic format:
PointCloud — Shape instancing, particle animation through ICE attributes (position, color, size, orientation), and most of the ICE data types
PolyMesh — Shape animation, UVs, FaceSets
Null rig