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Here it is...

Changes since the test release.

• The image filename can written in the file dialog as before.
• Strands are now working again. The size of the instance shape is irrelevant. It should be scaled down to 1x1x1.
  Scaling profiles aren´t working.
  The center should be in the near from the center.
  I don´t know how strands are working in MentalRay, but if the position of the center of the shape is greater then the half of the overall size, the strand is going in the inverse direction where the center lies by the factor 0.025.
  Means, if you have a cube with a size of 3x3x3 and the center lies on -1.6x/0y/0z, the strand is going to + x0.25.
  The calculation is:
  geometric_center_x = 3x/2 = 1.5x. real center = -1.6x difference from absolut values = 0.1. The real center lies on -, means the strand goes to +. 0.1x0.025 = +0.25.
  Sounds realy simple
  But I have not implement this calculation, because, if you set a discontinuity angle of 0, the strand jumps in the center again...
  I thought, it´s easier for you, to move the center to the bounding box and all is ok
• I have added a custom toolbar. To show they, you can use the View->Toolbar->Octane command.
  To move the button to an other toolbar it´s simple. Open both toolbars and rightclick on one. Choose "Customize Toolbar" and drag&drop the button...

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The plugin works with 2010-2012 32/64bit Windows.
Haven´t test it on 32bit, but it should work

Have fun
face

Thank you for update Face!
Great plugin that you've been working on, please keep up the good work!

Thanks Face, i'll give it a try tomorrow.

Thanks for the plugin,

But what is the "Export Camera only" option?

I thought that it exports only the camera movemont for an animation, so that you don't have to export an .obj for every single frame. But it's not working i only get errors with that option.

Mugga wrote:Thanks for the plugin,

But what is the "Export Camera only" option?

I thought that it exports only the camera movemont for an animation, so that you don't have to export an .obj for every single frame. But it's not working i only get errors with that option.

Thanks, i will look at it...

face

face wrote:

Mugga wrote:Thanks for the plugin,

But what is the "Export Camera only" option?

I thought that it exports only the camera movemont for an animation, so that you don't have to export an .obj for every single frame. But it's not working i only get errors with that option.

Thanks, i will look at it...

face

Have tested it and found no errors, only one error in the debug system.
Maybe you can give me more information about the error and your software specs...

face

Ooh, weird. I just tested it again and it worked.

Before i got an error which said that he couldn't find a file.

But another thing, now that i got it working, but octane opens after every frame new. I thought that he just changes the camera movement directly in octane.

Mugga wrote:But another thing, now that i got it working, but octane opens after every frame new. I thought that he just changes the camera movement directly in octane.

Thats correct, because there is no connection between Octane and Softimage.
This option let you only save the export time.

face

I found the problem which i had before with the "only camera" option.

You can't do "render frame" setup everything in octane and then render an animation with the "camera only" option turned on. Because he searches for "filename_anim" which he could not find. So you have to render an animation once with "camera only" option turned off let him export and then cancel the animation. Because only after that he creates a file with the "_anim" suffix.

Mugga wrote:I found the problem which i had before with the "only camera" option.

You can't do "render frame" setup everything in octane and then render an animation with the "camera only" option turned on. Because he searches for "filename_anim" which he could not find. So you have to render an animation once with "camera only" option turned off let him export and then cancel the animation. Because only after that he creates a file with the "_anim" suffix.

Ah, many thanks, I will fix it in the next release...

face