Selecting multiple objects and grouping.

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On 08/02/2003 at 20:31, xxxxxxxx wrote:

User Information:
Cinema 4D Version:   8.012 
Platform:   Windows  ;   
Language(s) :   C.O.F.F.E.E  ;

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Can't seem to find any information on selecting multiple objects (per R8) in the documentation (no surprise) or anything on grouping objects.  Also need to "Connect" objects.  Since the R8 COFFEE documentation has yet to be made available and I'm still scouring the current documentation, can you please give me some hints on grouping or connecting a "selection" of objects?
Thanks again,
Robert Templeton

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On 09/02/2003 at 01:23, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Multiple selection isn't available in C.O.F.F.E.E. in R8. (Not because there is no R8 documentation for C.O.F.F.E.E., but because no R8 features have been added to C.O.F.F.E.E. yet.)

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On 09/02/2003 at 09:01, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Ah.  I figured the COFFEE in R8 would be updated already (at release).  No biggy there.   So I can group "manually" by creating a NullObject and setting the objects' parent to it.  How do I Functions->Connect a set of objects, if possible?
Thanks, Mikael,
Robert Templeton

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On 09/02/2003 at 10:47, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Hi,
Multiselection is possible with COFFEE, just set the bit of the object to active
op->SetBit(BIT_AOBJ) should be in COFFEE. But it´s not useable with the connect function. You can use the sendmodelingcommands (see COFFEE doc) to connect a group of objects (parented null-object as you already stated).
Samir

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On 09/02/2003 at 11:48, xxxxxxxx wrote:

That's cool!
Now, I'm having some difficulty setting a group of existing objects as children of a Null Object.  The only thing that I'm succeeding in is crashing C4D.   It doesn't seem to like the InsertUnder() function (at the end of the code section).  If this in the incorrect approach to doing this or you find anything else strange, please let me know.  Here's the code:

    
    
    
    
    { ...
    
    
    
    
     // Prepare to create .obj file path  
     ObjFile_Filename = new(Filename);  
     ObjFile_Filename->SetFullString(stradd(configuration->GetPath(), token));  
     println("ObjFile ", ObjFile_Filename->GetFullString());  
     // Load .obj file into Cinema4D (New Document)  
     if(!LoadDocument(ObjFile_Filename))  
     {  
      errdlgType = ERRDLG_NOREADFILE;  
      errdlgText = ObjFile_Filename->GetFullString();  
      var d = new(Error_GeModalDialog);  
      d->Open(-1,-1);  
      return FALSE;  
     }  
     baseDocument = GetActiveDocument();  
     // Create a list array of objects loaded  
     var object = baseDocument->GetFirstObject();  
     if (object == NULL)  
     {  
      errdlgType = ERRDLG_NOOBJECTS;  
      errdlgText = ObjFile_Filename->GetFullString();  
      var d = new(Error_GeModalDialog);  
      d->Open(-1,-1);  
      return FALSE;  
     }
    
    
    
    
     var objectArray;  
     var numObjects;  
     var i;  
     // Count number of objects  
     for (numObjects = 0; object != NULL; numObjects++) object = object->GetNext();  
     println("NumObjects = ", numObjects);  
     objectArray = new(array, numObjects);  
     // Insert objects into array  
     objectArray[0] = baseDocument->GetFirstObject();  
     for(i = 1; i < numObjects; i++) objectArray[i] = (objectArray[i-1])->GetNext();
    
    
    
    
     // Ask user how to handle object  
     var d = new(ObjectSettings_GeModalDialog);  
     d->Open(-1,-1);  
     if (d->GetResult())  
     {  
      // Perform object modification  
      if (d->GROUP == d->GetSet())  
      {  
       objectSet = d->GROUP;  
       // Insert a Null Object into Document  
       mainObject = new(NullObject);  
       baseDocument->InsertObject(mainObject, NULL, NULL);  
       GeEventAdd(DOCUMENT_CHANGED);  
       // Set NullObject name if user gave one  
       if (d->GetSetname())  mainObject->SetName(d->GetName());  
         
       // Set all other objects as children of mainObject  
       for (i = 0; i < numObjects; i++)  
       {  
        (objectArray[i])->InsertUnder(mainObject);  
        GeEventAdd(DOCUMENT_CHANGED);  
       }  
      }
    
    
    
    
    ...}