Supported nCache Attributes

 
 
 

Point clouds are sent from Softimage to other Autodesk products using the nCache format. The following tables list the nCache attributes that can be included in the files from Softimage, and the ICE attributes that they correspond to.

Required Attributes

nCache

Softimage

position

PointPosition

id

ID

rgbPP

Color (RGB channels)

opacityPP

Color (Alpha channel)

radiusPP

Size

mass

Mass

count

NbPoints

Optional Attributes

Optional attributes can be set in the ICEFlowState property. Note that ICE attributes must be used in Softimage or they will not be calculated and therefore not cached. See Beware of ICE Optimizations.

nCache

Softimage

velocity

PointVelocity

birthTime (calculated as CurrentTime – Age in Softimage)

Age

lifespanPP

AgeLimit

rotationPP

Orientation

angularVelocityPP

AngularVelocity