http://www.ethivierge.com The technical side of animation. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:26:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.ethivierge.com/scripting/2011/10/10/softimage-curve-copyicon/ http://www.ethivierge.com/scripting/2011/10/10/softimage-curve-copyicon/#comments Mon, 10 Oct 2011 10:20:56 +0000 admin http://www.ethivierge.com/?p=499 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 from win32com.client import constants as c from win32com.client import Dispatch as d   [...]]]> http://www.ethivierge.com/scripting/2011/10/10/softimage-curve-copyicon/feed/ 0 http://www.ethivierge.com/scripting/2011/05/21/passmanger-3-0-preview/ http://www.ethivierge.com/scripting/2011/05/21/passmanger-3-0-preview/#comments Sun, 22 May 2011 03:15:14 +0000 admin http://www.ethivierge.com/?p=356 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } A walk through of the new version of ET PassManager. New features include: - GUI to allow selected of passes and settings to export - 1 file export / import - Scene Renderer Settings - Pass Environment Shaders on passes - Local Renderer Settings (local Mental Ray setting on passes) - Complete Rewrite to optimize [...]]]> http://www.ethivierge.com/scripting/2011/05/21/passmanger-3-0-preview/feed/ 0 http://www.ethivierge.com/animation/2011/05/13/wheel-rotation/ http://www.ethivierge.com/animation/2011/05/13/wheel-rotation/#comments Fri, 13 May 2011 20:09:59 +0000 admin http://www.ethivierge.com/?p=354 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } ( 360 / (2 * PI * radius) ) * object.kine.local.posz]]> http://www.ethivierge.com/animation/2011/05/13/wheel-rotation/feed/ 0 http://www.ethivierge.com/scripting/2011/03/10/chain-upvector-positioning/ http://www.ethivierge.com/scripting/2011/03/10/chain-upvector-positioning/#comments Thu, 10 Mar 2011 19:29:32 +0000 admin http://www.ethivierge.com/?p=342 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 from win32com.client import constants as c from [...]]]> http://www.ethivierge.com/scripting/2011/03/10/chain-upvector-positioning/feed/ 0 http://www.ethivierge.com/scripting/2011/02/06/write-clean-xml/ http://www.ethivierge.com/scripting/2011/02/06/write-clean-xml/#comments Sun, 06 Feb 2011 18:10:44 +0000 admin http://www.ethivierge.com/?p=338 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } I've been working with XML for a while now and haven't found a solution to clean up the XML code in the written file until now. I searched for any articles about how to clean up the XML and finally fond some sample script here: http://snipplr.com/view/25657/indent-xml-using-elementtree/. I modified it a bit for my needs in [...]]]> http://www.ethivierge.com/scripting/2011/02/06/write-clean-xml/feed/ 0 http://www.ethivierge.com/scripting/2010/12/21/pickup-v2-0/ http://www.ethivierge.com/scripting/2010/12/21/pickup-v2-0/#comments Wed, 22 Dec 2010 03:25:48 +0000 admin http://www.ethivierge.com/?p=319 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } I just re-wrote the ET_Pickup plug-in / addon as it wasn't working with reference models. Strange how I find out years later that it doesn't work! Either way, this should work since I changed it from keying the Active Parameter on constraints to the BlendWeight parameter. Download (Right Click > Save Target As)]]> http://www.ethivierge.com/scripting/2010/12/21/pickup-v2-0/feed/ 0 http://www.ethivierge.com/scripting/2010/10/03/python-get-python-and-pywin32-version/ http://www.ethivierge.com/scripting/2010/10/03/python-get-python-and-pywin32-version/#comments Sun, 03 Oct 2010 18:36:53 +0000 admin http://www.ethivierge.com/?p=317 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } This code gets the working Python and pywin32 version numbers.   import sys import os import distutils import distutils.sysconfig site_packages = distutils.sysconfig.get_python_lib(plat_specific=1) build_no = open(os.path.join(site_packages, "pywin32.version.txt")).read().strip() print "Python version: " + sys.version print "PyWin32 version: " + build_no]]> http://www.ethivierge.com/scripting/2010/10/03/python-get-python-and-pywin32-version/feed/ 0 http://www.ethivierge.com/scripting/2010/09/30/get-selected-ice-compound-function/ http://www.ethivierge.com/scripting/2010/09/30/get-selected-ice-compound-function/#comments Thu, 30 Sep 2010 18:34:20 +0000 admin http://www.ethivierge.com/?p=307 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } Needed to get the selected ICE Compounds via scripting today and finally got a working function that returns a dictionary { Name:FullName }. See below. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 from [...]]]> http://www.ethivierge.com/scripting/2010/09/30/get-selected-ice-compound-function/feed/ 0 http://www.ethivierge.com/scripting/2010/06/06/animstore-v1-1/ http://www.ethivierge.com/scripting/2010/06/06/animstore-v1-1/#comments Sun, 06 Jun 2010 21:48:32 +0000 admin http://www.ethivierge.com/?p=287 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } Updated the plug-in which I believe fixes the issue where now you don't have to edit the __init__.py file. Please post any issues. I also fixed the bit where the warning message about not having the pose cam actually displays at the bottom of the screen. I also stored the original selection and re-select it [...]]]> http://www.ethivierge.com/scripting/2010/06/06/animstore-v1-1/feed/ 0 http://www.ethivierge.com/scripting/2010/05/18/funny-python-comic/ http://www.ethivierge.com/scripting/2010/05/18/funny-python-comic/#comments Tue, 18 May 2010 05:55:04 +0000 admin http://www.ethivierge.com/?p=263 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } http://xkcd.com/353/]]> http://www.ethivierge.com/scripting/2010/05/18/funny-python-comic/feed/ 0