OFX Metaball primitive? Tweet

[Greg]

Hey - is it possible (or does there exist) a metaball primitive for Octane? I'm thinking something that uses the new OFX shaders. I'd like to replace points with metaballs.

-Greg

[face_off]

Not currently in the OctaneRender for Modo plugin. However in Octane Standalone perhaps you could use the "Geometric Primitive"->Sphere, or a Vectron? Doubt they would support OFX though.

Paul

[funk]

OFX? Do you guys mean OSL?

I'm not sure about the answer, but you may be able to use Octane Vectron for this (which is basically OSL geometry).

I don't think the Vectron support in modo is complete enough for union/subtraction though.

There is an example in the standalone manual of an sdf union (orbx) at the bottom here: https://docs.otoy.com/StandaloneH_STA/S ... umeSDF.htm

[Greg]

Yeah - I thought there was something via Vectron, OSL....maybe eventually. Seems like a good tool to have, vs a teapot or whatever.

-Greg