Daniel_Ward wrote:Hi Paul,
any thoughts on when an ArchiCAD plug-in for Octane 2020.2 is likely to be ready?
Very keen to start using the new Octane Surface Scatter tools. What testing I've been able to do in standalone so far looks like it will transform using scatters on "Landscape Surfaces". Being able to use masks to control object selection and distribution seems to be really powerful and the speed and almost instant feedback of changing scatter distributions is awesome.
Cheers, Dan.
Hi Dan
I would not expect to see the surface scatter tools in the plugin, as I don't think there is really anyway to integrate the nodes into the ArchiCAD geometry system (ie. where would the scatter nodes be? How would you plug an ArchiCAD mesh into them?). The only possibility could be inside the current plugin proxy/scatter system, but a) how would all the Octane "Scatter on Surface" pins be exposed to the user, and b) as the Octane Scatter nodes require the "surface" mesh to be a separate Octane Mesh node, and that is not how the current Octane plugin works (it puts all geometry into a single Mesh node). So a major reworking on the plugin geometry system would be needed, and I don't think the current userbase size of the plugin would support this level of effort.
As an idea of the functionality to expect, please see the release notes for Rhino 2020.2.0.124 at
https://render.otoy.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=41&t=73466.
I will do a build of the plugin with Octane 2020.2 in the next week or so.
Thanks
Paul