Terragen reads in Chan file rotation values incorrectly

Started by Adam Chrystie, January 12, 2007, 03:16:37 AM

Previous topic - Next topic

Adam Chrystie

Terragen's Camera Chan file reader incorrectly reads the rotational values from chan file generated by Digital DOmains Chan File Export Mel script perhaps.

Terragen 2 seems to be inverting the Rotation Y & Z values which makes the camera view incorrect.

Example from Chan file exported out of Maya by a Mel script Digital Domain made available on Highend 3D:

1   0   1000   -1300   -20   -30   1.75291e-16   42.1034

is imported in to Terragen as

Frame 1
X: 0
Y: 1000
Z: -1300
RotX: -20
RotY: 30
RotZ: -1.75291e-16

Is DD's script wrong perhaps? I could easily tweak the Mel the invert the values..but i'd like
to be sure Terragen 2 is using the standard chan file specifications of course.

System Info:

Maya 8 32-Bit Ubuntu Linux
Mac OS X 10.4 Terragen Deep Animation 1.8.64.0

--------------------
Adam Chrystie
3D Artist & Infrastructure/Pipeline Developer

JimB

Is it changing the co-ordinates to a left hand system?
Some bits and bobs
The Galileo Fallacy, 'Argumentum ad Galileus':
"They laughed at Galileo. They're laughing at me. Therefore I am the next Galileo."

Nope. Galileo was right for the simpler reason that he was right.

Matt

Hi Adam,

Have you verified visually that the cameras do not match? TG2's coordinate system is not the same as the coordinate system used by the chan format, so TG needs to interpret the values differently to make them match.

Matt
Just because milk is white doesn't mean that clouds are made of milk.

Adam Chrystie

Hi Matt,

Sorry I've not reported back about this issue. I got a little side tracked.

I'll give it another try this weekend and post my results and some scene files too.

--------------------
Adam Chrystie
3D Artist & Infrastructure/Pipeline Developer

Adam Chrystie

Ok, I've done another test and the chan file motions imported from Maya seem top work fine.
I see no reversals in motion. I animated the camers and objects in maya and exported them to terragen with no troubles.

I've returned to the project which requires me to merge Terragen and Maya data so I'll kep reporting on how it goes.
--------------------
Adam Chrystie
3D Artist & Infrastructure/Pipeline Developer

Matt

Thanks for the update Adam. Please let us know how it goes.

Matt
Just because milk is white doesn't mean that clouds are made of milk.