10.7

save xml plugin (Composition by dust)

Author: dust
License: Public Domain
Date: 2012.04.17
Compatibility: 10.6, 10.7
Categories:
Required plugins:
savefloat4, readfloat4

here is a couple of simple little plugins that save and read xml data. the test case is to save a mesh float4 down to file and read it back in. your not limited to float4's it should save and read any structure from qc although i have only tested with a mesh file. src and plugins included....

sculpty gesture wip (Composition by dust)

Author: dust
License: Public Domain
Date: 2012.04.09
Compatibility: 10.6, 10.7
Categories:
Required plugins:
(none)

this is an open cl sculpture patch. included is a parametric sphere which you can set to variable resolutions for different level of quality. scroll x is rotate y... scroll y is rotate x...and two finger rotate is rotate z.... pinch changes z depth. by deeding the mesh back into itself it is possible to sculpt on all sides etc....

grass scene (Composition by dust)

Author: dust
License: Public Domain
Date: 2012.04.09
Compatibility: 10.6, 10.7
Categories:
Required plugins:
(none)

just a simple mesh grass and tree scene, utilizing mesh filters and noise to create animations in an otherwise static scene. I'm getting a solid 60fps with both mesh and wire images combined. you might want to take out the wire images to speed things up or to add etc... mesh files made with maya and attached.

Release: FileTools, v1.0

Release Type: Production
Version: 1.0
Release Notes

Changes since FileTools 0.4

  • Added Open Panel, Save Panel, Path To URL, and URL To Path patches.
  • Added option to Text File Writer patch to append instead of overwriting.
  • Added option to Directory Scanner (Blocking) patch to include invisible files.
  • Added file type, creator, and kind to output structure of Directory Scanner (Blocking) patch.
  • Added input to Directory Scanner (Blocking) patch to filter by custom file type (UTI).
  • Made File Type patch's File Path input accept paths as well as URLs.
  • Modified Structure To File patch and Structure From File patch to preserve structure ordering.
  • Fixed exception when File Type patch's File Path input is empty.
  • Fixed memory leaks in Directory Scanner (Blocking) patch.
  • Fixed memory leaks in Image Downloader (Blocking) patch.
  • Fixed crash in Image Downloader (Blocking) patch when given a non-image URL.
  • Modified Image Downloader (Blocking) patch to only execute when its inputs change.
  • Released source code on GitHub.

Kinect Flow Dancers (Composition by dust)

Author: dust
License: Public Domain
Date: 2012.03.29
Compatibility: 10.7
Categories:
Required plugins:
Kineme Kinect Driver

Video 1: is a demo if my daughter playing with the 2d sim. Video 2: is me playing around with the 3d reactive sim. Video 3: is my first attempt 3 years ago at making a smoke dancer with a 3d model. Video 4: is an early attempt with the kinect.

included in the attachment is a 3D reactive fluid mesh (Video 2) and 2d billboard style (Video 1)...

enjoy.