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Hey All,
First, I could not post this in the problem section likely because my license is an EDU version. I am using Phoenix FD 3.11.00 (EDU) for Maya 2018 on Windows10 Pro.
I am learning how to use the body force by breaking down the body force example scene. So far it's been great but I need to export my sim and I would prefer an alembic export. As far as I know, I've done everything correctly to export my simulation however the mesh does not want to update every frame, therefore I can only get a static export of the mesh. In the Phoenix FD 3.11.00 Release notes it states an update for Preview: "Body Force force preview did not update when the simulator or the body was moving". It appears this is still the case for me as the body force preview mesh does not update still. I can force an update on a per frame basis by using the MEL command: setAttr "phx_simulator_Shape_01.rendMeshType" 2; however this still does not help me if I need to export the entire sim as alembic. Otherwise I am stuck entering that MEL command 300 times and saving out 300 .obj's for a sequence.. etc.. Not the ideal way to do things but as of now its the only work around I have.
I've even tried to make a OBJ sequence exporter by using a script node expression that is set to update on change, i.e. going from frame 1 to frame 2 and so on:
setAttr "phx_simulator_Shape_01.rendMeshType" 2;
$pad = `currentTime -query`;
string $sequencePath = "E:/Maya_Projects/Phoenix/BodyForce/cache/OBJ";
string $objItem = "polySurface1";
string $objOutname = ($sequencePath + "/" + $objItem + "." + $pad + ".obj");
file -force -options "groups=1;ptgroups=1;materials=0;smoothing=1;n orma ls=1" -typ "OBJexport" -pr -es $objOutname;
The above commands works (sort of), but the mesh does not update fast enough before maya continues on to the next frame. So once again I'm stuck exporting a static mesh. By the way I have tried the OBJ Sequence exporter script that's floating out on the internet (I believe from Highend3d) however that does not work for me in Maya 2018 as Maya does not seem to recognize half the MEL commands in that script which led me to write the above commands.
I'd really like to get some help exporting my sim. The only thing I have not done yet and am avoiding is reinstalling phoenix and maya, and also reverting back maya 2016 or 2017.
If anyone has any ideas or knows a clever way to force the update of the mesh every frame, please let me know!
First, I could not post this in the problem section likely because my license is an EDU version. I am using Phoenix FD 3.11.00 (EDU) for Maya 2018 on Windows10 Pro.
I am learning how to use the body force by breaking down the body force example scene. So far it's been great but I need to export my sim and I would prefer an alembic export. As far as I know, I've done everything correctly to export my simulation however the mesh does not want to update every frame, therefore I can only get a static export of the mesh. In the Phoenix FD 3.11.00 Release notes it states an update for Preview: "Body Force force preview did not update when the simulator or the body was moving". It appears this is still the case for me as the body force preview mesh does not update still. I can force an update on a per frame basis by using the MEL command: setAttr "phx_simulator_Shape_01.rendMeshType" 2; however this still does not help me if I need to export the entire sim as alembic. Otherwise I am stuck entering that MEL command 300 times and saving out 300 .obj's for a sequence.. etc.. Not the ideal way to do things but as of now its the only work around I have.
I've even tried to make a OBJ sequence exporter by using a script node expression that is set to update on change, i.e. going from frame 1 to frame 2 and so on:
setAttr "phx_simulator_Shape_01.rendMeshType" 2;
$pad = `currentTime -query`;
string $sequencePath = "E:/Maya_Projects/Phoenix/BodyForce/cache/OBJ";
string $objItem = "polySurface1";
string $objOutname = ($sequencePath + "/" + $objItem + "." + $pad + ".obj");
file -force -options "groups=1;ptgroups=1;materials=0;smoothing=1;n orma ls=1" -typ "OBJexport" -pr -es $objOutname;
The above commands works (sort of), but the mesh does not update fast enough before maya continues on to the next frame. So once again I'm stuck exporting a static mesh. By the way I have tried the OBJ Sequence exporter script that's floating out on the internet (I believe from Highend3d) however that does not work for me in Maya 2018 as Maya does not seem to recognize half the MEL commands in that script which led me to write the above commands.
I'd really like to get some help exporting my sim. The only thing I have not done yet and am avoiding is reinstalling phoenix and maya, and also reverting back maya 2016 or 2017.
If anyone has any ideas or knows a clever way to force the update of the mesh every frame, please let me know!
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