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SPECULATIS workshop Hi all.  Sorry for the delay on posts recently, but there have been a lot of changes. But back to the...
Custon Maya MEL Text File Procedures Recently, I’ve been using an outside file to do my Maya MEL rendering process.  There are some benefits to this...
PARAsite USC Blog Launched Big News.  Neil Leach and Roland Ritter et al have established a new blog documenting the new work coming out...
Maya MEL Scripting File and Folder Recursion Maya has some simple file and folder query functions.  By setting up a simple recursive procedure, scripters can cycle through...
Genotower project showed up on Death By Architecture Something I missed early last year, was the review of the book eVolo: Skyscraper for the XXI Century by Chris...
Genotower showcased on new Evolo website This was a pleasant surprise.  Back in 2006, I submitted my Genotower to the first evolo competition, where it didn’t...
Rounding Vectors in MEL Scripting Here’s a simple code for getting the center of gravity or average center of several vectors.   This comes in handy...
Intensive Fields Comments and Reception Hats off to Neil Leach, Roland Ritter, and Dean Ma for the best conference of 2009.  I was on the...
NOTICE! Intensive Fields is being webcast. Quick note from Neil Leach:  Intensive Fields is being webcast. Video Feed.
UPDATE: Intensive Fields Conference is moved to a larger auditorium. UPDATE:  Neil Leach informed me about the latest change in the Intensive Fields Conference: ‘Due to the unprecedented interest in the...
Nothing Says “I Love You” like the MEL Scripting Manual “YSYT.” Still wondering what to give your significant other and friends for the holidays?  Give the gift that keeps on giving: ...
Newcastle University I got a message from Carlos Calderon at Newcastle University about posting a new position.  Turns out they are looking...
Intensive Fields: New Parametric Techniques for Urbanism Mark this down in your calendar (This is an outstanding line-up): Intensive Fields: New Parametric Techniques for Urbanism Conference, Harris 101, University...
Automated Map Placement on Surfaces with MEL I’ve had some questions about the placement of bitmaps on surfaces in Maya, and it was about time I make...
Swarming Sub Functions for Finding Closest Agents in MEL I’ve been getting a good deal of questions about different types of swarming systems in MEL, and I thought I...
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    Linear Congruence Method of Randomness in RhinoScript

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    Pisca and McCaughey selected as Exhibitors in Rouse D

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    Good News on the VB IFC Export in DP

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