Point Instance node doesn't instance meta objects. #87230

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Michael George · 2021-04-06T10:17:48+02:00

Michael George commented

2021-04-06 10:17:48 +02:00

System Information
Operating system: Windows-10-10.0.18362-SP0 64 Bits
Graphics card: GeForce GT 710/PCIe/SSE2 NVIDIA Corporation 4.5.0 NVIDIA 390.65

Blender Version
Broken: version: 2.93.0 Alpha, branch: master, commit date: 2021-03-15 19:47, hash: be51d671b5
Worked: (newest version of Blender that worked as expected)

Short description of error
For Geo Nodes, Point Instance node doesn't work (doesn't copy) meta objects (like metaball).

Exact steps for others to reproduce the error
I used a very basic setup. The original input and output nodes plus one point instance node. I selected the object to be a meatball. Nothing happens! I selected any other object (non-meta). The object is instanced. Geo nodes were added to the default cube.

**System Information** Operating system: Windows-10-10.0.18362-SP0 64 Bits Graphics card: GeForce GT 710/PCIe/SSE2 NVIDIA Corporation 4.5.0 NVIDIA 390.65 **Blender Version** Broken: version: 2.93.0 Alpha, branch: master, commit date: 2021-03-15 19:47, hash: `be51d671b5` Worked: (newest version of Blender that worked as expected) **Short description of error** For Geo Nodes, Point Instance node doesn't work (doesn't copy) meta objects (like metaball). **Exact steps for others to reproduce the error** I used a very basic setup. The original input and output nodes plus one point instance node. I selected the object to be a meatball. Nothing happens! I selected any other object (non-meta). The object is instanced. Geo nodes were added to the default cube.

Michael George commented

2021-04-06 10:17:48 +02:00

Added subscriber: @MikeBlenderLover

blender-admin commented

2021-04-06 10:17:48 +02:00

#99848 was marked as duplicate of this issue

blender-admin commented

2021-04-06 10:17:48 +02:00

#95436 was marked as duplicate of this issue

blender-admin commented

2021-04-06 10:17:48 +02:00

#92749 was marked as duplicate of this issue

Lloyd commented

2021-04-06 12:36:34 +02:00

Added subscriber: @LloydAlmeida

Philipp Oeser commented

2021-04-06 13:30:17 +02:00

Added subscriber: @lichtwerk

Philipp Oeser commented

2021-04-06 13:30:17 +02:00

Changed status from 'Needs Triage' to: 'Confirmed'

Philipp Oeser commented

2021-04-06 13:30:17 +02:00

Can confirm.

This might be a current limitation, but since it is not listed in https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/dev/modeling/geometry_nodes/point/point_instance.html, will confirm for now.

Can confirm. This might be a current limitation, but since it is not listed in https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/dev/modeling/geometry_nodes/point/point_instance.html, will confirm for now.

Dalai Felinto commented

2021-04-06 15:30:05 +02:00

Added subscriber: @dfelinto

Dalai Felinto commented

2021-04-06 15:30:05 +02:00

Confirmed bugs need to be tagged to one of the modules to show in the queries.

Dalai Felinto commented

2021-04-06 17:11:16 +02:00

I used the wrong option when setting Nodes & Physics projects. I didn't mean to remove BF Blender and the Geomtry Nodes projects.

Michael George commented

2021-04-14 19:46:46 +02:00

Who much time does it take for a bug like this to be solved? Just curious.

Dalai Felinto commented

2021-04-29 17:40:03 +02:00

@MikeBlenderLover hard to tell. Meta-balls are not on the top of the list in terms of priority. But if anyone from the community wants to help with this a patch would be welcome.

Hans Goudey commented

2021-11-02 23:06:36 +01:00

Added subscribers: @taroumaso, @HooglyBoogly

Hans Goudey commented

2021-11-02 23:07:42 +01:00

I'll classify this as a known issue, since I think this is related to the implementation of meta-balls, which isn't high on the priority list for refactoring, like Dalai mentioned.