rdg
I tried to post this as a comment, but got kicked.


Superb information on lookupTables.
But the audio qualitiy seems to be worser than before?

I have a question:
It seems that fetched channels start with 1 while geometry point start at 0.
In the example animated rock this is compensated somehow, I guess the channelSOP takes care of this.

I played with my usual boxes copied in a grid.
A particles system is transfering the life attribute to the grid points and a LUT is used to control the scale behavior of my boxes based on life.

My work around is to lookup $PT + 1.



Is there anything I am missing?

Georg

jeff
I will do my best to influence R&D to both take the entries and reformat in to the docs and glean the example files and format them as example files for the various operators.

The blog really allows me to react quickly to demands we see in support. I throw out ideas so everyone can grab them, including our own doc department.

I am picking on CHOPs and VOPs early for the very reasons you mention. POPs follows up very closely. Then there is SOPs…

As for enhanced integration of CHOPs, yes. We have been wanting to integrate them much tighter in to the rest of the product since they were first introduced. This is a big project and not in the immediate future.

For now, CHOPs are still there waiting to be used.

The next three posts will throw out a bunch of example files for you all to study and play with.

andrewlowell
Jeff your old-school blog has motivated me to redu this asset in using CHOPs and Lookup tables and also make a video tutorial for it (mainly for myself so I don't forget how to use it in a month).

Thanks for doing old school blog, expecially with CHOPs … maybe if enough users get into them they will get updated For those interested:

warning NC asset

asset
http://www.andrew-lowell-productions.com/andrew-lowell-productions/help/sops/alowell_interaction_distanceImpactAttributeNC.otl [andrew-lowell-productions.com]

video tutorial
http://www.andrew-lowell-productions.com/andrew-lowell-productions/help/sops/cust_interaction_distanceImpactAttributeHelp.mov [andrew-lowell-productions.com]