New Plug-In preview

#1

Due out as soon as I track down all the bugs…

my first plug-in… it is a simple useful tool which extends the EIAS functionality. There is no name yet (what’s in a name) but it is a simple instancing tool for EIAS. This is early for me to post, but I am excited to get to this point where I have a working example.

http://homepage.mac.com/bergcj/movs/Plug_in_test.mp4

In this example, there is a uber sphere, XP and my plug-in…

I am planning an alpha release asap… hope people will find this useful

Cj

#2

Looks interesting. I can imagine several uses for this. Looking forward to its release.

#3

Nice! Can you attach particle emitters (or other plugins) to each instance? or ‘could’ that be added to the plugin?

I may be off my rocker…either way, I will use it!

Ryan

#4

Hi, Charles

It depends from how interested/usable the “instancing options” are :slight_smile:

#5

understandable…

each instance has position/rotation/scale channels which are controllable via XP… there will be no terrain detection, it is meant as a basic instancer, not a Placer Depositor style plug… more utilitarian…

FYI, wil be a free plug…

Cj

#6

Well, “more utilitarian” == better :slight_smile: IMO it’s a good idea to add some aux channels for each instance (besides position/rotation/scale), for example:

  • color;
  • selected flag;
  • 1-2 custom channels (user can define their names and type)
#7

well, hopefully feadback will provide insight into that… and I am trying to keep things simple for my first plug. Those are good ideas, maybe v0.01b I can add some of those :slight_smile:

Cj

#8

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