Hey Sebastian,
It's sound for me really complicated :)
What I would like to achieve is this :
Based on the distance between two object, remove points from the object_1 while the object_2 is close enough to the object_1.
Would that be possible in Xpresso and its point node?
Thanks again for your input.
Thanks,
Andrzej
Hey zipit,
Thanks for your suggestions.
I am coming from vex Houdini so I can picture the code here how I can get this type of effect in Houdini I know it's not relevant to C4D but I am trying to make this simple effect in C4D.
In H it would be like this :
Hope that make sense:)
I did never script in c4d so I can not post here any examples:(
Ta
@andmotion The question is what kind of user interaction do you have in mind. As far as I can see, the Point operator in Xpresso does not allow to delete points.
If a simple script is good enough, the desired effect of deleting points in a given radius is not that complicated. This is the code for a script executed in the Script Manager:
import c4d
def main():
# get null object by name
nullObj = doc.SearchObject("null")
# get polygon object by name
polyObj = doc.SearchObject("polygon")
if nullObj is None:
return
if polyObj is None:
return
# get world space position of null object
nullObjPos = nullObj.GetMg().off
# get world space matrix and points of the polygon object
mg = polyObj.GetMg()
points = polyObj.GetAllPoints()
# prepare the point selection of the polygon object
selection = polyObj.GetPointS()
selection.DeselectAll()
# check each point
for idx, point in enumerate(points):
# get world space position of the point
pointPos = mg * point
# get the distance from the point to the null object
diff = pointPos - nullObjPos
distance = diff.GetLength()
# check distance
if distance < 100:
selection.Select(idx)
# delete selected points
mode = c4d.MODELINGCOMMANDMODE_POINTSELECTION
res = c4d.utils.SendModelingCommand(c4d.MCOMMAND_DELETE, list = [polyObj], doc = doc, mode = mode)
c4d.EventAdd()
if __name__=='__main__':
main()
MAXON SDK Specialist
@s_bach
Thanks for the quick reply.
That's is simply awesome that you made this code so I can dive in and actually grasp some python basic.
I noticed that also yesterday, Xpresso wont allow me to delete points, I can iterate thru them but I could find the way how to literally delete it.
Will go thru the code and let you know my thoughts, for now THANKS A LOT for help.
Thanks
While trying to understand your code some questions raised in my head :
polyObj.GetAllPoints(). Is it not each point vector? If it's I don't
understand the idea of looping thru those vectors to get each pointPos.....
It's hard for me also to pick up the idea of calculation pointPos
inside the for loop. In your code you are multiplying polyObj global Matrix with point.....
At the moment if I have both null and Sphere at 0,0,0 coordinates all points are deleted. if I move sphere a few units in Y axis strangely the middle of the sphere get deleted.
I will spend more time on it to find out the solution. It seems like I will need some kind of channel(slider) while doing if distance < 100 so I could specified the radius by the slider.
I would also need to have this distance updated in real time so when I move null close to the sphere in the viewport the points inside the radius are automatically deleted.
I am really appreciated Sebastian your input here...Thanks
Here is the code I am playing with now
import c4d
from c4d import gui
from c4d import utils
#Welcome to the world of Python
def main():
nullObj = doc.SearchObject("Null")
polyObj = doc.SearchObject("Sphere")
if nullObj:
print("Null is")
if not nullObj:
print("no Null")
if polyObj:
print("Sphere is")
if not polyObj:
print("no Sphere")
#get nullObj world space position
nullWSMg = nullObj.GetMg().off
print nullWSMg
#get matrix and points from polyObj
polyObjWSMg = polyObj.GetMg().off
polyObjPointsPos = polyObj.GetAllPoints()
#print polyObjPointsPos
print polyObjWSMg
#point selection of the polygon object
selection = polyObj.GetPointS()
selection.DeselectAll()
#check each point
for i, point in enumerate(polyObjPointsPos):
#get WS pos of the points
pointPos = polyObjWSMg * point
#get the distance from point to the null
diff = nullWSMg - pointPos
distance = diff.GetLength()
#check distance
if distance < 100:
selection.Select(i)
#delete selected points
mode = c4d.MODELINGCOMMANDMODE_POINTSELECTION
res = c4d.utils.SendModelingCommand(c4d.MCOMMAND_DELETE, list = [polyObj], doc = doc, mode = mode)
c4d.EventAdd()
if __name__=='__main__':
main()
Here I uploaded the effect I am after :
I know that using Boole in C4D I can have exactly the same effect BUT my goal is to start from this simple effect as a python journey.
Thanks for any suggestion.
Thanks
Hi,
@andmotion said:
#get matrix and points from polyObj polyObjWSMg = polyObj.GetMg().off
You did not assign a matrix topolyObjWSMg but the offset vector off the global matrix of polyObj.
@andmotion said:
pointPos = polyObjWSMg * point
Which will make pointPos here not a c4d.Vector but a float - the dot product of two vectors. You also don't have to calculate the global point positions in your loop if you find that distracting, you can just do:
mg = polyObj.GetMg()
global_points = [mg * p for p in polyObj.GetAllPoints()]
distance_squared = 100 ** 2
null_mg = null.GetMg()
for pid, point in enumerate(global_points):
if (null_mg * point).GetLengthSquared() < distance_squared:
selection.Select(pid)
And regarding odd behaviour and want you want to do, I would point to my first post. Still sounds to me you actually want to evaluate a gradient.
Cheers
zipit
MAXON SDK Specialist
developers.maxon.net
Hello,
PointObject.GetAllPoints() returns a list of vectors; each vector is the object space position of the point of the corresponding index.
To get the world space position, you have to multiply that object space position with the world space matrix.
You find some information on matrix calculations here: Matrix Fundamentals.
If you want to have an interactive slider, you cannot use a script anymore. You have to write a plugin.
As described above, the best way would be to implement the functionality as a ObjectData based generator. This way a procedural workflow could be maintained.
Best wishes,
Sebastian
MAXON SDK Specialist