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whXsiIce_NeuralNetwork BETA

Post by whurst » 05 Oct 2016, 20:35

Hi guys,

i made a thing :-)

a small one.

I do not have any tutorial videos,
i do not have any high res awesome pictures,
i do not have any super cool documentation,

but i have a ICE (finally) node,
well sure it's not big
and it's not complicated,
and sure it has absolute nothing production related

but finally it loads and stuffing around :-)

OK ... let's get serious ...

I wrote a small plugin that generates points on an imaginary "edge" between all input points.
I did this with ICE and it takes ages - so i write this plugin to get more power.
The particle size is change in depend of the distance to another particle.

Result is some kind of this (using emPolygonizer ofcause - Thanks Eric)

EDIT: 08.07.2017 - Image removed - Please wait a moment for the release

It is BETA and i do not know if someone need this, or try this, or ever use it.
I made a small overview page of this plugin where you can download it
and watch some strange screenshots i made

EDIT: 08.07.2017 - URL removed - Please wait a moment for the release

XSI 2012 32/64bit

Have Fun :-)

EDIT: 08.07.2017 - New website did not contain the BETA anymore. But i have a new plugin in my queue (somewhere) that contains neural network ... So please wait ... sorry ...
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Post by mc_axe » 06 Oct 2016, 00:46

I like abstract organic stuff always
I alrdy imagined some scene with uhmm organic space frames ,,
i dont know exactly what i mean by that,,, i imagined something artistic
But google tells me ppl use those in architecture lol
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You can also make low poly versions of something lets say Eiffel tower with maybe 250 points and model/render/3d print a more organic version.
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Post by gaboraa » 06 Oct 2016, 14:05

Cool stuff, thanks a lot for sharing!
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Post by Maximus » 07 Oct 2016, 02:03

thanks a lot for sharing :)
altho it doesnt work on si2013, i guess its not supported but great work nonetheless!

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Post by rray » 07 Oct 2016, 02:04

Thanks, looking good.
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Re: whXsiIce_NeuralNetwork BETA

Post by mc_axe » 07 Oct 2016, 19:00

Hello iv tried the demo scene on 2015sp1 with the 64bit 2012 dll i get insta crash when i unhide the "test_06_create_particle_cloud_without_cache" model

A few questions what the 750 stands for in dlls?
Why in some examples the particles follow all vertices on input geometry like the "test_04_turbmesh_as_basepoints_with_animation" , and in others i see only a few points even if input is a sphere with many more vertices?

And to add 2 cents on wish list:

I think atm you get like all possible combinations between vertices so its hard to get the outline of a character for example.You could make another distance threshold. Something like generate particles "on imaginary edge" only if distance between input points < X

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Post by whurst » 07 Oct 2016, 19:27

Hi mc_axe,

Well 2015sp1. I didnt have the SDK files, so i could not compile this for 2015. That can maybe the problem.
Test 6 contain emPolygonizer setup ... maybe this is incompatible stuff that works in 2012 but not longer in 2015 :-()

The 750 stand for XSI 7.5 and it is for XSI 7.5 and Mod Tool 7.5. But i will discontinue these Versions, because there are some very important stuff missing.

In all demos (except this part 4) i generate just a few points on the surface of the sphere ... i do not use the points of the sphere - well this would break the PC if i would do this :-)

In some parts i use generate samples in other i use a separate point cloud with an emit in it an import this point cloud.

Your Wish:

something like this ?

If "virtual edge length" less "5" than "skip generate particles"

? that sounds easy :-) please confirm and i will do it that way
mc_axe wrote:Hello iv tried the demo scene on 2015sp1 with the 64bit 2012 dll i get insta crash when i unhide the "test_06_create_particle_cloud_without_cache" model

A few questions what the 750 stands for in dlls?
Why in some examples the particles follow all vertices on input geometry like the "test_04_turbmesh_as_basepoints_with_animation" , and in others i see only a few points even if input is a sphere with many more vertices?

And to add 2 cents on wish list:

I think atm you get like all possible combinations between vertices so its hard to get the outline of a character for example.You could make another distance threshold. Something like generate particles "on imaginary edge" only if distance between input points < X

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Post by mc_axe » 07 Oct 2016, 19:31

If "virtual edge length" less "5" than "skip generate particles"

? that sounds easy :-) please confirm and i will do it that way
Yes exactly! :-bd

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Post by whurst » 07 Oct 2016, 20:20

mc_axe wrote:
If "virtual edge length" less "5" than "skip generate particles"

? that sounds easy :-) please confirm and i will do it that way
Yes exactly! :-bd
OK :-) Here you go

Just replace the DLL with the new one and you can setup this.

New test model is available and new screenshot

edit: 20.02.2018 - missing png removed, because reorg of website
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Post by mc_axe » 07 Oct 2016, 23:35

That was quick! Nice addition it gives alot of versatility in the end shape, rly good for spaceframes :D
And also good to keep the complexity at the surface if you want to keep the inside of a volume empty.

Here is same input null points, i play only with the min&max edge length filters
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