Susanta's Graphic World

Programming for Pipeline

2007-07-01T04:48:00.000-07:00

Thanks to CGTantra for publishing my article on pipeline development. It is all about the scope of programming in production pipeline development. Aim to make it a general and easy to understand for non programmers…wishing for more talented pipeline developers will come from Indian CG Industry.

Part I

Part II

Using 3dsMax native window as owned parent of Dotnet form

2007-06-21T13:49:00.000-07:00

Plan is instead of win32 using dotnet form with 3dsMax SDK. But how can make the dotnet window as owned child of 3dsmax native window (required to behave properly in minimize/maximize or activate/deactivate window cases)? NativeWinodow class under System.Windows.Form namespace can solve the problem. Code snippet I have used...

Interface* Ip = GetCOREInterface();
HWND childHWND = varForm.CreateForm(Ip->GetMAXHWnd());

void WrapForm::CreateForm(HWND ParentHandle)
{
Test::TestForm^ netForm = gcnew Test::TestForm();
netForm->Show(System::Windows::Forms::NativeWindow::FromHandle(
(System::IntPtr)ParentHandle));
}

Yo Ho Ho and a Number One

2007-06-16T12:58:00.000-07:00

Pirates to Set Sail on Consoles

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Developed by Eurocom is now available in market.

Disney Interactive Studios celebrate a swashbuckling second week for 'Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End', claiming their first ever All Formats No1 and forcing Activision's 'Spider-Man 3' to walk the plank - falling from No1 to No3.

For the full article please visit ChartTrack

Image Blending Arithmetic

2007-01-06T17:04:00.000-08:00

A new paper posted in my santapaper blog. It is about Image Blending Arithmetic through C#

MaxScript Editing Studio

2007-01-05T23:01:00.000-08:00

Very excited about it. I am developing one max script editing environment for 3dsmax 9.0 with the help of Dot net and Scintilla. Unlike other editor it is completely integrated within max. For this project I'm using C#. But there are lot of unsafe block and platform invoke I used to talk with Scintilla from dotnet. Also one lexar I wrote for Scintilla to support max language features.

Some screenshots of work in progress...

Need to Update

2006-10-27T08:52:00.000-07:00

A long time this blog is not updated...hooping soon I will get some time to update or upload new stuffs. Already started to developing an open source app using C#. Soon I will upload the code in progress. Made some papers also on pixel programming.

But for the time being Bye...

santaDistMaterial

2006-03-13T06:30:00.000-08:00

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3DsMaxVersion: 8.0

If any object travels to another object on a spiral path it is very much annoying to manually create the blending animation of their material. Through this material you can calculate their distance and blending animation of their material. This is very much helpful for creating such scenes like character is going near to fire or touching something with magic wand. Just watch the video and you will get the idea how to use it.

santa CS Tick To Frame Snapper

2006-03-04T04:00:00.000-08:00

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3DsMaxVersion: 8.0

When we change the frame speed of biped animation (Or scaling the duration) some key frames of biped objects move to tick settings instead of Frame. Then we have to manually select those frames and adjust them to nearest frame (It is much easier to animate with frame settings than tick). There we can use this script. Just select the biped body parts and select their keys (For all keys select all body parts and select all keys). Then just click the santaCSTickToFrameSnapper icon on your toolbar. Keys are now snapping to there nearest frame. No need of manual adjustment for every key. Now change your time Display setting to frame. Extremely helpful when you are going to use a Bip file or mocap file with different FPS (e.g. Bip file is in NTSC standard and you are working with PAL standard).

santa Trajectory Limiter

2006-02-28T05:15:00.000-08:00

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3DsMaxVersion: 8.0

Sometime when we are working with complex animation scene we want to view a part of portion of trajectory for an animated object (as because the total trajectory line is showing us so much complex view) there we can use this script. Here we can mention the starting limit and the end limit of trajectory display. Then the script will show you only the trajectory of range given by you. You also can interactively enable or disable and control the trajectory line. If you face any problem for trajectory structure or position you can refresh it anytime. It will help you a lot and reduce the complexity of your trajectory display on viewport. Happy animation…

Santa Project Planner

2006-02-08T06:03:00.000-08:00

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3DsMaxVersion: 8.0

For animation or gaming production you need to design production flow or deploy networkrendering architecture. SantaProjectPlanner helps you to design production outline and save your money from buying any commercial production flow designer.

SantaProjectPlanner is a front end to access AddFlow. Try to drag on canvas. It will create Design Node for You. Right click on any node you will get property settings Dialogue. Where From you easily can change node settings. Select any element and drag his center to another element's center. It will create an arrow connector. You can edit the connector by right clicking on it. If you want to learn more about addflow just read the pdf help.

Santa Reactor Properties Lister

2005-08-26T01:22:00.000-07:00

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3DsMaxVersion: 6.0, 7.0 and 7.0+

Give you to a list view of Reactor physical Properties for all scene objects.
very Helpful to mannage collision simulation when working on multiple object scene.

Through Santa Reactor PropLister floater you can easily manipulate object's mass, friction, elasticity. Just click on santaReactorPropLister on your toolbar to get the list view. Quick help with floater.

Santa Mirror Morph

2005-08-17T06:10:00.000-07:00

Issue:
Very tricky to work with it and sometimes not work properly...I'm working on a new a one...

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Must Read Before use

Video Tutorial (Need DivX Player)(right click "save target as" )

3DsMaxVersion: 7.0 and 7.0+

Help you to create mirror morph target like left sneer to right sneer. After using 3dsMax's default mirror tool you cannot use the model as morph target(mirroring will not affect the morpher). You can use this script to mirror the morph targets ( basically for creating left eye brow up right eyebrow up etc.) Copy the target what you want to mirror. pick the head and copied target object. click the mirror button to create mirror morph

Now only for polygon morpher modeling. Before do the process delete all modifiers from Target and main head ( Turbo smooth, Mesh Smooth etc.). Maintain the work Flow for asymmetrical structure ( see the attached help Pdf,Video Demonstration and readme first). Please report bugs and additional requirements, if any, to susanta3d@gmail.com , subject: santa Mirror Morph.

santa MemoryHide

2005-08-09T05:37:00.000-07:00

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3DsMaxVersion: 7.0 and 7.0+

Very useful to hide & unhide objects when working with complex scenes like making scene with 100 tree objects or more. Perfect for such situation like:1) All similar objects are in same layer (no of layers is also many)2) Don’t want to use unhide by name or you forget the objects name (long name list…hard to find a specific object)3) Don’t want to create selection set before every hide-unhide.When you use this script it gives a complete list of every hide objects…so you can unhide them easily. Again you can select or show property of every objects in your hide list or can manipulate individually. You can create multiple hide/unhide list group (overlapping object name…means a single can be part of two list). So scopes are in hand how you use this script.Quick help with every floater.

Installation:

1. Create a folder “santaMemoryHide” in your max script folder.
2. Unzip the code and copy “memory.ms” and “santaMemoryHide.ms” in just created santaMemoryHide folder
3. Run the santaMemoryHide.ms.
4. For 'customize user interface' under 'Toolbars' tab select susanta category.
5. Now drag the “santaMemoryHide” action to your main toolbar
6. Select your objects what you want to hide click the new “santaMemoryHide”fron your toolbar.
Please report bugs and additional requirements, if any, to susanta3d@gmail.com , subject: santa MemoryHide

SantaSnapPoly

2005-08-08T09:42:00.000-07:00

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3DsMaxVersion: 7.0 and 7.0+

Similar to SnapShot tool but it generates Editable Polygon object ( Default snapshot only generates
Edit mesh Object). It supports range value to take a snap of animated object in to editable polygon
Please report bugs and additional requirements, if any, to susanta3d@gmail.com , subject:SantaSnapPoly.

Installation:
- Copy to your max script folder.
- Run the SantaSnapPoly.ms.
- For 'customize user interface' under 'Toolbars' tab select susanta category.
- Now drag the 'SantaSnapPoly' action to your main toolbar

Santa_IsolatePolyVertex

2005-08-08T01:28:00.000-07:00

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3dsMax Version: 7.0 and 7.0 +

Similar to isolate selection tool but works in polygon and vertex level. Help you doing polygon modeling or modeling polygon morpher.

Select your Polygon object, select poly or vertex what you want to isolate. Click "Isolate Poly / Vertices" button. it will give isolate view of that particular poly or vertices what you selected. Click agin to exit from Poly or vertex isolation mode.

You can use it with your poly or vertex selection sets at the time of morpher modeling when
you need random hide or unhide of polygon or vertex.

Please report bugs and additional requirements, if any, to susanta3d@gmail.com , subject:Polygon Isolation.

V2 Changes:

Now with checkbutton ( similar UI Like Isolate Tool)
Validation on Macrosript level...click and start approach...no additional rollout floater
Functions from max7 polygon modeling ( least chance to get bugs with Max7 or 7+ )

Installation:
- Copy to your max script folder.
- Run the santa_IsolatePolyVertex_v2.ms.
- For 'customize user interface' under 'Toolbars' tab select susanta category.
- Now drag the 'Santa Isolate' action to your main toolbar