Eric Mootz is hard at work on his very first plugin for Modo called emReader. emReader will allow you to read and use geometry cache sequences into Modo from other applications such as RealFlow or simple and standard OBJ sequences…Any geo Cache files really. One of the great things is that the geometry cache files are actually only referenced and not imported – they are directly passed to the renderer as needed. You can check out and download a version of emReader for Modo 601 and above here.
…The plugin adds geometry cache files created by RealFlow, Wavefront or Softimage (emPolygonizer) to a scene without the need to import…
Although emReader is not quite out of beta yet, Eric provides a brief walkthrough of its use and usefulness showing emReader bringing in a RealFlow geo cache of a splash simulation as well as bringing in an animated geo cache of a walk cycle. emReader Supports RealFlow .bin, Wavefront .obj, Softimage Polygonizer .emp2, Mootzoid emPolygonizer3 .emp2, Mootzoid emPolygonizer4 .mzd
Eric Mootz is well known for being prolific in creating Plugins, ICE Compounds and Tools for Softimage such as emFlock2 – a Flocking Simulator for Softimage ICE, emFliud4 – a fluid solver for fire smoke and dust effects, emNewton2 – a field effect for simulations using Newtons law of universal gravity, and emPolygonizer – which allows for creating metaball, metaclay or polygonizing scalar fields in Soft.
