List of Supported Features

The following table gives the support status of this plug-in for the main features of Softimage.

O: Supported

-: Not supported (future support is planned)

X: No plan to support

Feature Support
Status
Comments
Modeling
Hierarchy-Related Hierarchical output
Hierarchical (Softimage) scaling Supports settings at the scene level.
Visibility Node visibility
Polygon Modeling Vertex coordinates
Normals
Vertex color Up to 1 per vertex (surface vertex).
UV values Up to 3 per vertex (surface vertex).
NURBS Modeling NURBS surfaces × Not recognized.
NURBS and Bezier curves × Not recognized.
Implicit Objects
Implicit objects Output as a single node.
Control Objects
Gravity, wind, lattice icons, and so on ×
Chains
XSI/SI3D chains Output as a single node.
Copy Instances Outputs an instance master.
However, envelope model instances are not supported.
Clones Outputs a clone of the original shape.
Reference Model
Reference models Outputs an instantiated reference model.
Subdivision Surfaces Create > Poly.Mesh > Subdivision Output as a regular polygon model.
GeometryApproximation Output using the shape before subdivision.
Material Supported shaders The following shaders are supported.
Phong/Simple Phong
Lambert/Simple Lambert
Blinn/Simple Blinn
Constant
Color
Transparency
Ambient Output with RGB fixed to (1, 1, 1).
Specular color
Global/Local
Material libraries
Textures UV mapping
Environment mapping ×
Parallel projection mapping
Bump/Normal mapping Use normal map.
Texture layer Supports up to three texture layers.
Wrapping Only supports UV.
Mirror ×
UVW Transformation - Scale Only UV values (s,t) are supported.
UVW Transformation - Rotate Only supports W values.
UVW Transformation - Translate Only UV values (s,t) are supported.
Repeat UV × Substitute with UVW Transformation - Scale and Wrapping.
Groups Group materials/textures In this case, each separate material/texture is not output.
Animation
General Key frame animation -
Animation mute - Supported by baking.
Expressions Supported by baking.
Animation mixer Supported by scripts.
Script operators Supported by baking.
Characters IK animation Supported by baking.
FK animations
Constraints
Path animation
Dynamics animation
Visibility Node visibility animation
Material Color animation
Transparency animation
Ambient animation × Not supported for animation because fixed to RGB (1,1,1).
Specular color animation
Textures UVW transformation animation Only supports ScaleUV, RotateW, and TranslateUV.
Texture pattern animation Support for SCR files and sequence textures.
Envelope Smooth envelope
Shape Animation Animation using blend shaping -
Camera Parameter output
Position, roll animation
Aspect ratio animation
Near/Far plane clipping animation
FOV animation
Lights Light type Infinite, point, and spot.
Visibility animation
Position
Color animation
Cone angle animation ×
Fog Color animation ×
Fog near/far animation ×
Particles ×
Fur × The Softimage fur feature is not supported.
Cloth ×
Command-Line-Based Batch Processing
Expressed Using ICE (XSI 7) ×





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