Archive for March, 2005



Python Package Distribution

March 22nd, 2005 by Patrick Boucher. Viewed 1142 times.

If you do want to distribute packages there are a few things you should know that might make your life easier…

Python package goodness

March 20th, 2005 by Patrick Boucher. Viewed 1511 times.

A little while back I spoke of Python’’s win32com module and why you have to know it exists in the XSI context… Well why not make things a little simpler still.

XML- SceneToc vs. dotXSI

March 15th, 2005 by Helge Mathee. Viewed 4549 times.

XML is going to be the next standard for 3d scene descriptions, is it not?

Particle Initial State

March 11th, 2005 by Helge Mathee. Viewed 1767 times.

What happens when you use too many particles… and what the workarounds are…

Print statement in XSI

March 8th, 2005 by Patrick Boucher. Viewed 1687 times.

I get an e-mail from Rick Walia at The Mill this morning…
[...snip...]
Anyways, you know you can use the print statement with python & XSI right?
Nope! I hadn”t even tried it out. And check this out:
from time import time
from win32com.client import constants as c

t1 = time()
for x in range(500):
Application.LogMessage(x, c.siComment)
t1 = time() [...]