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›› Metaballs v3 is the latest version of the metaball animation and simulation plug-in for Autodesk Softimage.

Visit the plug-in page to watch some movieclips of the plug-ins in action, to download the evaluation version, the manual and the example scenes, or to to purchase a License Key.

Metaballs version 3 introduces many new features and enhancements:

• Completely rewritten to improve performance, stability and workflow
• Added support for ICE point clouds
• Metaballs supports vertex color blending
• Metapaint (formerly called "grid mode") creates simple ink and liquid-like effects, simulates viscosity and painting, using keyframe animation instead of complex fluid dynamic simulations
• Metapaint supports simulation oversampling to greatly reduce animation artifacts
• Added volumetric noise and volumetric blur
• Added geometry normals smoothing to generate smooth surfaces

• Added geometry instancing › any polygon object can be used as a "building block" instead of triangles or cubes
• Every control object now has a separate settings property
• Other new features include a welding threshold, a geometry push option, a 2D mode for metapaint and many stability fixes
• This version includes a detailed PDF manual with tutorials and many example scenes
• The activation mechanism is very simple
• Supported platform › windows x32/x64

The PDF manual shows the new features in detail in the "What's new" chapter.

Free Plug-ins & Tools for Autodesk Softimage XSI

The plug-ins contained in this section can be downloaded and used for free.
Documentation has been moved inside the zip archives.


›› Free ICE Compound Pack v1.5 › NEW / UPDATED
The pack contains:

• Flocking Target Force › a force that drives particles towards a target using steering behaviors
• Mitosis › a compound that simulates cellular nuclear separation
• Xsi Perlin Noise v3 › Noise Displacement
• Displace by Texture Map
• Displace by Weight Map
• F-Curves to strands › a compound that converts F-Curves to strands
• Distribute instances on surface › a compound that distributes instances on a polygonmesh surface
• Curve to cloud › a compound that generates particles from curves
• Deform Smooth with Weight Map › built-in deformer re-created as ICE compound with Weight Map support
• Deform by Volume with Weight Map › built-in deformer re-created as ICE compound with Weight Map support

Developed & tested under Xsi 7.5
Download - zip contains compounds + documentation.

›› Xsi Increment And Save v1 › NEW / UPDATED
File - Increment And Save (JScript).
Developed & tested under Xsi 7.5
Download - zip contains xsiaddon + documentation.

›› Xsi Text fx v1 › NEW / UPDATED
Animated Text Tool (scripted operator, JScript).
Developed & tested under Xsi 7.5
Download - zip contains xsiaddon + documentation.

›› Xsi Shatter v4.1
Breakup polygon objects into 3D fragments.
Developed & tested under Xsi 5.11
Download - zip contains xsiaddon + documentation + version 3.

›› Xsi RT Instance Display v1
Particle instance viewport display (compiled operator + display callback, C++).
Developed & tested under Xsi 5.11
Download - zip contains xsiaddon win x86/x64 + source code + documentation.

›› Xsi Perlin Noise v1
Noise (compiled operator, C++).
Developed & tested under Xsi 5.11
Download - zip contains xsiaddon win x86 + DLL win x64 + SO linux x86 + source code + documentation.
© Copyright by Ken Perlin

›› Xsi Metaballs v2
Metaballs (compiled operator, C++).
Developed & tested under Xsi 4.2
Download - zip contains xsiaddon win x86 + DLL win x64 + SO linux x86 + example scenes + documentation.

›› Xsi Wire / String v1
Wire/Rope simulator (scripted operator).
Developed & tested under Xsi 4.0
Download - zip contains xsiaddon + documentation.

›› XsiAMP v1
Converts WAV audio files to animation fcurves (compiled, Visual Basic).
Developed & tested under Xsi 4.0
Download - zip contains xsiaddon + documentation.
NOTE: support for old VB compiled plug-ins has been discontinued starting with Softimage XSI 6.x.

›› Camera converter v2.2
Crossplatform camera converter (Xsi - Maya - Max).
Developed & tested under Xsi 4.0, Maya 5.0 & Max 6.0
Download - zip contains scripts + examples + documentation.

›› Xsi Mirror / Side select v1
Fast subcomponent selection / mirroring helpers.
Developed & tested under Xsi 4.0
Download - zip contains xsiaddon + documentation.

›› Xsi Flow polygons v2
Break polygon objects into polygons at runtime (scripted operator).
Developed & tested under Xsi 4.0
Download - zip contains xsiaddon + documentation.

Contact info & feedback

Michele Sandroni
www.threesixty3d.com
Milan, Italy


Feel free to drop me a line about suggestions, comments, etc.

In case you find a software bug, please email me:

• a description of the problem;
• an explanation about how to reproduce the problem or a small scene containing a simplified reproduction of the problem;
• your system configuration including operating system, architecture (x86/x64), CPU, graphics card, graphics card drivers version, ram, regional language.

Thanks!

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