Topics

1

Substance Designer - Scripting - Get input parameter group?

 on: November 08, 2019, 11:43:50 am 

I'd need to get the group name an input parameter belongs to (for instance in Tile Sampler, size related parameters are into a Size group etc.), but I don't find this in the SD API documentation. Anyone knows a way to get this? Thanks.

2

Substance Designer - Scripting - How to get the actual value of an inherited property?

 on: November 03, 2019, 04:57:38 pm 

Hi,

I have a node whose Output Size ("$outputsize") is relative to parent. This node is inside a graph which also is relative to parent (actual parent size is indicated in the graph toolbar). How can I get the actual parent size? There is no parenting link from an SDNode to its parent, neither there is in the SDProperty. Also, when on the top graph whose size is relative to the parent size indicated in the toolbar, how do we get this size? Thanks!

3

Substance Designer - Scripting - Getting values of input properties of an sbsar graph returns default values

 on: October 30, 2019, 06:28:05 pm 

Hi, I am trying to retrieve current values of input parameters of an sbsar present into my current graph. It seems I am only getting the default values instead of the actual ones. I think this is a bug, can anyone please check/confirm? SD 2019.2.2

Code: [Select]

    @classmethod
    def logInputProperties(cls, graph):
        log("graph id=" + graph.getIdentifier())
        props = graph.getProperties(SDPropertyCategory.Input)
        psize = props.getSize()
        p = 0
        while p < psize:
            prop = props.getItem(p)
            propId = prop.getId()
            val = graph.getPropertyValue(prop)
            if isinstance(val, SDValueInt2):
                valInt2 = val.get()
                log(propId + " (int2): x=" + str(valInt2.x) + " y=" + str(valInt2.y))
            p += 1


4

Substance Designer - Scripting - Creating an sbsar node in a graph through the Python API

 on: October 23, 2019, 02:08:59 pm 

Hi, I am trying to create an sbsar node inside a graph using the Python API. I am not sure this is currently possible, I would appreciate any info about this. Currently here is what I am doing:

• I have the sbsar manually imported as a resource inside the current package. By inspecting package content I can see the sbsar and its graphs are imported as SDResourceCustom, which is not a good sign for what follows as the doc defines custom resources as "A valid resource whose type is not natively supported"
• I made code to access current graph and create a new instance inside it using SDGraph.newInstanceNode(sbsar) (sbsar being of type SDResourceCustom). As a result, I get an exception saying "not supported".

So it seems to me we cannot currently create sbsar instances in a graph, is this right?

5

Substance Designer - Scripting - Questions and requests about the Python API

 on: October 10, 2019, 08:57:31 am 

Hi,

Is there a way to open a graph or function in the UI using the plugin Python API? I cannot find this functionality in the API currently.

I would need to access the comment (SDGraphObjectComment) associated to a graph node (SDNode), I have been kooking at the code of SDGraphObjectComment.sNewAsChild and it seems this is using internal bindings, I am not sure we are able to get access to the comment from an SDNode. Is this possible and if not, can this be added?

It doesn't seem the Python API is currently handling the loading/saving of presets (not for MDL but regular graphs and sbsar), can this be added?

Thanks for your help!

6

Substance Painter - Technical Support - Deleting disabled texture sets is not saved

 on: January 30, 2019, 03:42:58 pm 

SP 2018.3.2:
- edit texture set settings
- delete disabled texture sets, Apply
- Save or Save As project
- close Painter
- reopen Painter
- open project
- check texture sets

Expected: previously deleted texture sets are not present
Actual: previously deleted texture sets are present

7

Substance Painter - Technical Support - Create Texture Set per UDIM tile broken?

 on: January 30, 2019, 03:33:21 pm 

SP 2018.3.2:  I have an fbx with UDIM tiles, I create new project in Painter, select the fbx mesh, check "create a texture set per UDIM tile" and Painter creates a texture set per material instead of per UDIM tile. Either the functionality is broken or there is a problem with my specific mesh (more likely). If you want to test with my mesh please contact me.

8

Substance Designer - Feature Requests - SD triangulating low poly mesh at import and when opening the bake dialog

 on: January 20, 2019, 06:38:03 pm 

SD 2018.3.1. When drag&dropping a low poly mesh (fbx with multiple objects inside, UDIM) inside SD it gets triangulated. Then when we open the bake dialog from it, it gets triangulated again. SD should triangulate only once.
The time spent triangulating is particularity visible when the fbx contains many objets totaling a relatively high number of polygons.

9

Substance Designer - Discussions - RTX ray tracing and AO baking

 on: November 08, 2018, 09:56:39 am 

Hi, I am wondering whether the new nVidia RTX cards raytracing capabilities could be used to speed up the AO/bent normal bakes and if you are planning to implement this in a future version of your bakers. Thanks!

10

Substance Painter - Technical Support - Map reload updates only thumbnail but not paint

 on: October 15, 2018, 12:50:08 pm 

SP 2018.2.3: I have a Painter project on which I used the Clone tool to fix textures. After a while I have reloaded the basecolor map which I changed externally (right-click on the basecolor map in Shelf/Project and Reload) -> the basecolor thumbnail got updated in Painter, but not all the cloning I did, I still have exactly the same stuff as before reloading.

11

Substance Painter - Feature Requests - Why does clone source need to be remote from destination?

 on: October 11, 2018, 12:59:00 pm 

Hi, when using the Clone tool, I usually cannot get a clone source (V key) close to where I want to paint. Painter will just not take the source if it is too close. I have to get the source from more remote areas. This is not always the case though, may be related to UVs, maybe the clone source cannot be taken inside the same UV polygon as where the paint will occur. Is this the case ? This limitation is quite annoying, can this be addressed?

12

Substance Designer - Technical Support - Vertex color support for obj files

 on: August 20, 2018, 03:34:14 pm 

SD does not support vertex colors in obj files. This is not standard, but a common way to support this is described on this wikipedia page  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wavefront_.obj_file

Implementation details are quite simple: "Some applications support vertex colors, by putting red, green and blue values after x y and z. The color values range from 0 to 1."
Please note this method is supported by ZBrush polypaint.

Would it be possible to implement this? Knowing FBX is limited in size, SD doesn't support PLY, OBJ might be the last option to enable very high poly meshes bakes in SD...

https://allegorithmic.uservoice.com/forums/257908-substance-designer/suggestions/35162923-support-for-vertex-colors-in-obj-files

13

Substance Designer - Technical Support - Bakers calculating vertex normals even though present in the mesh?

 on: July 25, 2018, 09:43:55 am 

Hi, recently I was using an FBX mesh with vertex colors but no vertex normals. I baked into SD and had no problem. I baked into another software and the bake was completely off. I concluded that this other baker needed vertex normals part of the mesh definition in order to work, and that SD was not needing this, so was probably calculating this information. If this is correct, then what about getting the vertex normal from the mesh instead of calculating it? Could this lead to a significant performance boost for bakes? Does this make sense?

14

Substance Painter - Technical Support - Painter messing up normal map

 on: April 16, 2018, 10:24:01 am 

SP 2018.1.1
I am using Painter to clean up a texture set mostly with the Clone tool. At some point during the clean up process, Painter issues a warning/error saying the normal is invalid and recalculates the normal, but the recalculated normal is bad looking, see pictures below.

15

Substance Painter - Feature Requests - Please add Bent Normal as preset channel

 on: April 11, 2018, 02:10:28 pm 

Hi, there are several predefined maps in SP already but not Bent Normal. Ok we can use User0 or others for it, but it would be good to have is as preset too. Thanks.