Couple of lightwave questions

[Hector]

Hi:

Question 1: Is there any way of selecting polygons by texture ?. Say: I want to select all objects in layer "x" that have the texture "j" applied

Question 2: (the silly one) I need to use a map to simulate holes on a surface, how do I achieve that?. I am sure this should be very easy but I'cant figure it out.

Question 3: Is there any plug in for instancing?

Thanks

[Allen]

1) Yes, in modeler, press "w" and click and hold down "surface". Select the surface that you'd like to select. And press the "+" button to the left.

 

2) Not sure exactly what you mean here. Use the image as a tranparency map using your Surface Editor or, in Layout, under "Object Properties, use the image as a clip map. Either works but the clip maps tend to render faster and work MUCH better with instancing.

 

3) Instancing: I use HD Instance from Happy Digital - great plug in, IMHO.

[warprat]

Sorry but could you explain about instancing, I dont get it.

[Allen]

Sorry but could you explain about instancing, I dont get it.

 

http://happy-digital.com/instance.asp

 

Look at this link...it'll explain it all.

[warprat]

What a great site! I get it Instacing, I do, do it, but my god my scenes get heavy! specially my cafe I done a few months back. This looks good, BUt can I still render with fprime? I'll go get the demo first. Thanks allen.

 

Cheers

[Allen]

What a great site! I get it Instacing, I do, do it, but my god my scenes get heavy! specially my cafe I done a few months back. This looks good, BUt can I still render with fprime? I'll go get the demo first. Thanks allen.

 

Cheers

 

It does NOT work with FPrime as it utilizes volumetrics to create it's instances.

[Hector]

1) Yes, in modeler, press "w" and click and hold down "surface". Select the surface that you'd like to select. And press the "+" button to the left.

It worked !. How could I not know about this for so long?.

2) in Layout, under "Object Properties, use the image as a clip map.

I am going to try that.

3) Instancing: I use HD Instance from Happy Digital - great plug in, IMHO.

Looks good. I need to have a closer look to see if it is what i need.

Thanks for your help!

[Allen]

Hector:

 

One thing to keep in mind about using Clip maps - they're object based. So if you need to clip only a part of an object, then:

1) use a UV map for the area to be clipped. OR

2) place the area to be clipped to another layer and parent that layer to the base layer. OR

3) create a completely separate object and parent that to the base object.

 

I usually use option #2 as it's more in my workflow routine but use whichever suits you and your project best.

[wilky9]

Some plugins for selecting by surface

 

http://www.flay.com/GetDetail.cfm?ID=1763

 

http://www.flay.com/GetDetail.cfm?ID=2291

 

Not sure how well they work, as I use a different plugin, but it's worth a shot