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Re: Sun position plugin

Posted: 09 Jan 2013, 14:55
by redmotion
Hi, I own 2010 and never upgraded so I was trying to use the "unofficial" kinematics part of that version to rotate the null like the plugin did.

BUT I just couldn't get it to work. It seemed like I needed too many decimal places and ICE didn't seem to go to that degree. I could upload it (if I can find it) and you could see if you can make it work, but I've pretty much given up using SI for Archviz. I use Sketchup and Octane now.

Re: Sun position plugin

Posted: 09 Jan 2013, 18:41
by caledonian_tartan
i'd love to make it work!

hope you can find it

Re: Sun position plugin

Posted: 10 Jan 2013, 11:41
by face
I try to make an ice counterpart...

face

Re: Sun position plugin

Posted: 11 Jan 2013, 15:52
by face
A quick preview.
Changes to make are a matrix output and some fixed input locations...

face


Re: Sun position plugin

Posted: 12 Jan 2013, 15:05
by caledonian_tartan
Amazing!
Could you explain a little bit about coding the SunPositionCore Node?

Re: Sun position plugin

Posted: 12 Jan 2013, 19:55
by face
Which detail on coding, the ICE-stuff itself or the sun algorithm for the position calculation?

face

Re: Sun position plugin

Posted: 13 Jan 2013, 14:56
by caledonian_tartan
well i was interested in coding of custom ice nodes.
never done this.

Re: Sun position plugin

Posted: 14 Jan 2013, 22:54
by face
In the SDK are many examples where you can learn a lot.
Here the next try...

face


Re: Sun position plugin

Posted: 17 Jan 2013, 12:52
by face
Two new previews on Vimeo.
I think the plugin should be done now...

face




Re: Sun position plugin

Posted: 24 Jan 2013, 09:31
by face
Ok, here is the ICE version for Softimage 2011- Windows x64.
It looks a little bit different from the videos above, the result is the same.
How it works and how you can use it, is shown in the video below.

Hope you have fun with it ;)
face


Re: Sun position plugin

Posted: 24 Jan 2013, 13:48
by Rork
very cool!

I'll have a look asap, it will a nice tool for archviz timelaps renders ;)

Re: Sun position plugin

Posted: 24 Jan 2013, 17:04
by Fer
Thank you Face, and great work. You can't imagine how great addition to my tools is this for me.

Re: Sun position plugin

Posted: 24 Jan 2013, 21:23
by aio
Bravo to make this available. Thank you !

Re: Sun position plugin

Posted: 20 May 2013, 21:38
by Eugen
Thanks, Face, for the great addon!
I'm too stupid to figure the basic setup, though. Could you please demonstrate the necessary steps?

Create a pointcloud, add a simulated ICE tree, add the "sun position frame" node, ok.
Now what? Do I need to add a point first? Nothing's happening when I move the time slider.

Thanks and best regards,
Eugen

Re: Sun position plugin

Posted: 21 May 2013, 04:41
by face
I will upload a simple test scene when i´m back from work, in about 10hrs ;)

face

Re: Sun position plugin

Posted: 21 May 2013, 14:46
by face
Ok, here is a simple test scene which shows how to drive the position of a point light, with the calculated sun position from the plugin.

face