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Hi @neon please make use of the .

Regarding your question I would ask you for more information regarding your context, are you in a CommandData, ObjectData?
Normally as @zipit said the vertex map is automatically resized when obj.Message(c4d.MESSAGE_UPDATE) is called (which is normally done for each modeling operation).

So maybe you simply need this as "subdivided dynamically" is very obscure and could mean a lot of things.

Cheers,
Maxime.

Hi @dskeithbuck thanks for reaching us.

In fact, it's written in the C++ BaseDocument - Selection Manual but I agree maybe a note in the function will be welcome.

IN any case, I will add a note for the python doc.
Thanks again.

Cheers,
Maxime.

Hi @Cairyn, if you speak about C4DAtom.CheckType then yes it's only an alias for IsInstanceOf (I will add a note about it in the next documentation).
Why it's there I have no clue, to be honest.

Thanks a lot for this question/feedback.

Cheers,
Maxime.

hello,

can we change this to solved ?

Cheers,
Manuel

hello,
without more information from your part, i'll close this thread

Cheers,
Manuel

Hello,

as always, please use the Q&A system to mark your post as a question.

do you mean with GUI the parameter description of a NodeData based plugin?

You can only hide description elements through "description handling". So in your plugin, you must implement GetDDescription().

• NodeData.GetDDescription
• NodeData::GetDDescription() Manual

You can load the description defined in the *.res file using Description.LoadDescription().

• Description Manual

Then you can edit that description e.g. hide some parameter or some group. You access an existing parameter description using Description.GetParameterI().

• Description Manual - Edit

To hide an element, you have to set the setting DESC_HIDE.

• Description Settings Manual - Visibility

This example hides the ID_BASELIST_ICON_SETTINGS_GROUP group from the description:

def GetDDescription(self, node, description, flags):

    if not description.LoadDescription(node.GetType()):
        return False

    descID = c4d.DescID(c4d.DescLevel(c4d.ID_BASELIST_ICON_SETTINGS_GROUP, c4d.DTYPE_GROUP, 0))
    db = description.GetParameterI(descID)
    db.SetBool(c4d.DESC_HIDE, True)

    return True, flags | c4d.DESCFLAGS_DESC_LOADED

best wishes,
Sebastian

Hi @Cairyn thanks for spotting it out, it's an issue in the python documentation, if you take a look at the C++ documentation it's said that it supports only Objects and Tags (see BaseDocument Selections Manual). (I will fix the Python doc)

On other hand, I confirm to deselect all objects/tags the best way is to call SetSelection with None/nullptr.

And finally, as zipit said, in the end, it's only a wrapper around BIT_ACTIVE with the benefic of GetSelection, that the selection is cached so you avoid the iteration on the whole scene.

Cheers,
Maxime.

hi,

Don't my previous message solved your issue, using a message.
If you change the Orientation value, it will trigger a CoreMessage and you can catch that event in the Reference as i did.
You can initialize the reference gadget with the ID of the orientation to retrieve it value and update the GeUserArea as you wish.

Cheers,
Manuel

hello,

This thread will be considered as solve tomorrow.

Cheers,
Manuel

hello @rui_mac without futher information i'll change this thread as resolved tomorrow.