topic Re: strands to maya_mesh in Bifrost Forum

strands to maya_mesh

Anonymous — Mon, 30 Dec 2019 05:57:48 GMT

Is there any way to convert bifrost_strands to maya_mesh?
Experimenting with aero_volumeScope for modelling and need exactly maya_mesh for further texturing.

bifrostGeoToMaya from bifrostGraph_output doesn't give mesh. Maybe some node for converting strands to "points", thats can be converted to 1) volume - and then 2) mesh?
Or write Strands to Alembic? thats what i'm trying to figure out.

Re: strands to maya_mesh

wuhailu — Mon, 30 Dec 2019 10:06:05 GMT

Hi!
I don't know if this node in the MJCG composite package will help you！

Re: strands to maya_mesh

calibrix — Fri, 18 Sep 2020 04:41:01 GMT

Oh man. This is exactly the node I need. Can you post a link to where you downloaded this?

Re: strands to maya_mesh

Christoph_Schaedl — Fri, 18 Sep 2020 05:46:01 GMT

Maximes Compounds are here.

https://area.autodesk.com/downloads/mjcg-compounds-132/

Re: strands to maya_mesh

calibrix — Fri, 18 Sep 2020 16:03:12 GMT

I've download these, but the "create_tubes_from_stands" node does not appear to be among those found in this collection.

Re: strands to maya_mesh

mjcg91 — Fri, 18 Sep 2020 16:17:01 GMT

@calibrix

This is an old compound that is no longer shipped in the library. Look for "extrude_strands", it does the same thing, but has many more features such as ribbon and custom shape extrusions.

Re: strands to maya_mesh

calibrix — Fri, 18 Sep 2020 17:02:04 GMT

Awesome! Thanks Maxime.