octex-lib-user — Users of the Octex lib API

[Octex-lib-user] code released!

[Grue <gr...@th...>]

    i bet you never thought you'd see this mail, did you?

    neither did i.  in fact, i was in the middle of the final sentence of this
message when the power went out a few minutes ago.  so now i'm rewriting
it, dreading what's going to happen next to prevent me from getting this
out.

    sheesh.

    anyway, it's out!  the libraries, the command line tools, the 3D paint
program... it's all there, released under the GPL.  finally.

    we're calling it a "Sample Implementation" because it's all code that came
from the research.  it's not in a state meant for commercial or production
use.  it's buggy and messy.  there are README and INSTALL and TODO files to
explain the state, how to use it, and where we'd like to take it, but as
far as documentation goes, that's it.

    what we'd like to do is get the libraries and API cleaned up, and
re-released under an open source license that allows them to be used in
commercial products.  the details of that plan are all in the release
itself.

    the code is available at SourceForge.  you can get to the sourceforge
project most easily via the Octex homepage:
http://www.thrownclear.com/octex

    you'll also note that the Thrown Clear site and the Octex page are both in
a state of disarray at the moment.  we're trying to get them working again,
but we thought it was important to get the code out first, considering how
long it's been since we said we'd release it.  sorry about that.

    please keep discussion of the sample implementation on the octex-lib-dev list.

    thanks!

- grue

[Octex-lib-user] octree texture maps

[Ivan D. <iv...@ma...>]

well, I am interested in implementing octree textures in Houdini's Vmantra as a
commercial plugin.  There was talk some time ago about making a paint package
that works with them, but I have heard nothing. I could partner up with Tom
Benoit at Amazon paint, if he's interested, or I could create a system based on
film gimp. Is there a single solitary soul at all interested in this subject
other than me? am I the only one on this mailing list? It sure is lonely on the
cutting edge.

-Ivan

[Octex-lib-user] PFF! PFF!

[Ivan D. <iv...@ma...>]

TESTING! ONE, TWO!

PFF! PFF!

Hey, is this thing on? 

Hello?


-Ivan

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[Octex-lib-user] octex code

[Grue <gr...@th...>]

         heya...

         i'm sending this to the octex list, as well as all those people 
who have been writing us hoping to find out when the octex code would be 
released.

         jono and i both have real jobs outside of Thrown Clear, and those 
jobs wanted some of our time after siggraph was over to do some work.  "you 
know," they said, "work.  the stuff you come in and do so that we continue 
to give you money.  you do want us to continue to give you money, don't you?"

         we here at Thrown Clear enjoy paying rent and eating, so we 
buckled down and worked on stuff we actually get paid for.

         the upshot, of course, was that some people we've never met were 
suddenly irate with us.  for this we apologize profusely.

         we're shooting for releasing the core library and a few example 
programs around november 4.

         thanks for putting up with our delays.


- grue
  www.thrownclear.com
  www.perp.com/~grue