[Maya][Partio][Houdini] Partio for Maya 2015

This locator node is visualize for Partio.
It can display for Legacy Default Viewport and Viewport 2.0.

This movie is reading sequence files.
https://vimeo.com/138285059

I recommend using Legacy Default Viewport.
Because Viewport2.0 is slower the default.

It was released maya 2015 for Windows 64bit,
And it can be downloaded from following URL.
http://www.creativecrash.com/maya/plugin/partio-for-maya

Known Issues

• The GEO/BGEO format was changed from Houdini12.These are instead of using The HCLASSIC/BHCLASSIC
• Supports Houdini's HCLASSIC and BHCLASSIC, Maya's PDB and PDA, RenderMan's PTC

[Houdini] if expression

if(expression, true_value, false_value)

An Ambient Occlusion for Maya 2015 Windows 64 bit version

An Ambient Occlusion for Maya 2015 Windows 64 bit version is available to download from here. http://www.creativecrash.com/maya/downloads/shaders/c/ambient-occlusion-for-maya-software Let's me know if you have any problems. Enjoy!!

Degree to Radian

\[Radian = Degree \times\left(\frac{\pi}{180^\circ}\right)\]

Radian to Degree

\[Degree = Radian \times\left(\frac{180^\circ}{\pi}\right)\]

[Link] Physically Based Rendering

Collecting links for Physically Based Rendering

PBRT
http://www.pbrt.org/index.php

Mituba - Physically Based Renderer
http://www.mitsuba-renderer.org/

Octane Render
http://render.otoy.com/

DONTNOD specular chart
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http://seblagarde.wordpress.com/2012/04/30/dontnod-specular-and-glossiness-chart/

http://seblagarde.wordpress.com/2014/04/14/dontnod-physically-based-rendering-chart-for-unreal-engine-4/

[Maya] iff Z buffer channel sequence writes other image format

fchek can not read sequence of iff Z buffer for default option.
but, It can read it when it use command line version.
like this.
fcheck -Z -n 0 100 1 c:/tmp/test.#.iff