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bkircher
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Maya 8 .... update

Post by bkircher » Thu Nov 23, 2006 7:49 am

:idea: Just checked the Hypershade connections, Maya 8 passes a 2nd message to the light-linker (concerning shadow-linking).

As a workaround, shadow message can be disconnected.

:D

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Post by arneoog » Thu Nov 23, 2006 8:14 am

I knew it was a connection problem with the hypershade in Maya 8 and Maya to Indigo :P
Stupid Autodesk changed something there...

Hope this bug will get fixed soon :)

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Post by CTZn » Thu Nov 23, 2006 8:21 am

:idea: :?: :arrow: :!: Yeah that works !!!

Rendering Arne's scene now !!!

Thank you bkircher ! I can now start messing with Indigo's scene description language !!!

Me Happy :D

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Post by bkircher » Thu Nov 23, 2006 9:23 am

Me Happy, too!:wink:

[and since I'm that goofy, I tried to send a 20MB scene through the exporter first thing. will check tommorow if something is still alive...]

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Post by yourdaftpunk » Mon Nov 27, 2006 6:39 am

Does MTI take into account the camera's field of view?

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Post by yourdaftpunk » Tue Nov 28, 2006 9:32 am

I just tried setting Indigo's camera to the same values as maya's default camera and the results were not as expected. I am assuming Maya's "horizontal film aperature" is the same thing as indigo's "sensor width" and that maya's "focal length" is the same as indigo's "sensor distance". Indigo measures in meters, Maya in inches and mm.

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float $mayaHFA = `getAttr cameraShape1.horizontalFilmAperture`;
// convert from inches to mm to meters
$mayaHFA = ($mayaHFA * 25.4) / 1000; 

float $mayaFL = `getAttr cameraShape1.focalLength`;
// convert from mm to meters
$mayaFL /= 1000;

$write1 += "\t<sensor_width>"+$mayaHFA+"</sensor_width>\r\n";
$write1 += "\t<lens_sensor_dist>"+$mayaFL+"</lens_sensor_dist>\r\n";
Maya says a camera with a 35mm focal length and 1.417in (36mm) horizontal film aperture has a field of view = 54.43 degrees (shown in camera attributes). I checked it by hand and this is right. So why is indigo different? Is the aperture and focus distance a factor?

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