New CallUVcommand

On 05/10/2016 at 08:27, xxxxxxxx wrote:

`Hi all !

``c4d.modules.bodypaint.CallUVCommand( points , pointCount , polys , polyCount , uvw , polySelection , pointSelection , op , mode , cmdid , settings )

I'm trying to use this CallUvCommand to automatically do a cubic optimal mapping on any object. But I can't feed it with all the arguments it requires... If I just want it to be applied to the whole object, do I always need to specify all of them (point + polys + selections + uvw ...)? I tried to skip "useless" arguments with None but it always claims for them.

What would the command look like for applying such an optimal mapping on a polygon converted cube?
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>
> c4d.modules.bodypaint.CallUVCommand(points = op.GetAllPoints() , pointCount = len(op.GetAllPoints()), polys = ?, polyCount = ?,uvw = ?, polySelection = None, pointSelection = None, op = op, mode = c4d.Mobject, cmdid = c4d.UVCOMMAND_OPTIMALCUBICMAPPING, settings = settings)
>
> Thanks for some help on how to use this.
>
> Mike
>

On 06/10/2016 at 06:29, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Hi Mike,

we have an example script how to use the CallUVCommand(). See here: CallUVCommand.py
Let me know, if you are still missing anything.

On 06/10/2016 at 06:45, xxxxxxxx wrote:

This seems to be exactly what I was looking for !

I will dig into it, lots of thanks !

Mike

On 06/10/2016 at 16:15, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Hi Andreas,

I used your example, I can now fill all the needed arguments successfully, but even if the CallUVCommand is correctly executed there is no visible result in the UV set.

Do you obtain some result using it ? (I also directly tried the UVCOMMAND_TRANSFORM from the example, and no result neither... )

\> def main() :  
\>       
\>     op = doc.GetActiveObject()  
\>       
\>     handle = bodypaint.GetActiveUVSet(doc, c4d.GETACTIVEUVSET_ALL)  
\>     if not handle:  
\>         print "No active UVSet!"  
\>         return  
\>       
\>     # Prints UVSet information  
\>     print "UV handle data:"  
\>     print "handle:", handle  
\>     print "handle Mode:", handle.GetMode()  
\>     print "handle Points:", handle.GetPoints()  
\>     print "handle Polygons:", handle.GetPolys()  
\>     print "handle Polygon selection:", handle.GetPolySel()  
\>     print "handle hidden Polygons:", handle.GetPolyHid()  
\>     print "handle Point selection:", handle.GetUVPointSel()  
\>     print "handle Point count:", handle.GetPointCount()  
\>     print "handle Polygon count:", handle.GetPolyCount()  
\>     print "handle Object:", handle.GetBaseObject()  
\>     print "handle Editable:", handle.IsEditable()  
\>     uvw = handle.GetUVW()  
\>     print "handle UVW:", uvw  
\>     print "handle set UVW:", handle.SetUVW(uvw)  
\>     print "handle set UVW (from texture view) :", handle.SetUVWFromTextureView(uvw, True, True, True)  
\>       
\>       
\>     # Builds UVCOMMAND_TRANSFORM container for the command settings  
\>     settings = c4d.BaseContainer()  
\>     settings[c4d.OPTIMALMAPPING_PRESERVEORIENTATION] = 1  
\>     settings[c4d.OPTIMALMAPPING_STRETCHTOFIT] = 0  
\>     settings[c4d.OPTIMALMAPPING_SPACING] = 0.02  
\>     settings[c4d.OPTIMALMAPPING_AREAFAK] = 0  
\>     settings[c4d.OPTIMALMAPPING_TWOD] = 0  
\>     settings[c4d.OPTIMALMAPPING_PROGRESSBAR] = 0   
\>     settings[c4d.OPTIMALMAPPING_RELAXCOUNT] = 0   
\>     # Calls UVCOMMAND_TRANSFORM  
\>       
\>     ret =bodypaint.CallUVCommand(handle.GetPoints(), handle.GetPointCount(), handle.GetPolys(), handle.GetPolyCount(),handle.GetUVW(), handle.GetPolySel(), handle.GetUVPointSel(), op,handle.GetMode(), c4d.UVCOMMAND_OPTIMALCUBICMAPPING, settings)  
\>     if not ret:  
\>         print "CallUVCommand() failed!"  
\>         return  
\>       
\>     # Tries to set UVW from Texture View  
\>     print "CallUVCommand() successfully called"  
\>     if handle.SetUVWFromTextureView(handle.GetUVW(), True, True, True) :  
\>         print "UVW from Texture View successfully set"  
\>     else:  
\>         print "UVW from Texture View failed to be set!"  
\>   
\>     # Releases active UVSet  
\>     bodypaint.FreeActiveUVSet(handle)      
\>       
\>       
\>       
\> if __name__=='__main__':  
\>     main()  
\> 

>
> Any hint ?
>
>

On 07/10/2016 at 07:24, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Hi Mike,

Yannick will get back to you on Monday on this issue. Sorry, for the delay.

On 10/10/2016 at 09:36, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Hi Mike,

I'm terribly sorry I've bad news for this issue with the newly added CallUVCommand() in R18: it has an important issue and can't work in its current form.
The issue is CallUVCommand() doesn't change the passed UVW list so handle.SetUVWFromTextureView() is always called with the initial UVW list...

The example script hasn't been tested thoroughly. We have to make sure this won't happen again.

We will keep you updated when we know about a fix.

On 10/10/2016 at 15:42, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Hi Yannick,

No problem, as long as it is on the fix list ;)

Thanks for investigating and keeping me informed.

Mike

On 21/11/2016 at 12:42, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Do I understand correctly that the new CallUVCommand does not work ... for any of the UVcommands?
Or is there only a problem with handle.SetUVWFromTextureView ?

Additionally, when I tried using the relaxation command:

  
settings = c4d.BaseContainer()  
settings[c4d.RELAXUV_CUT_EDGESEL] = True  
bs = obj.GetSelectedEdges(nbr, c4d.EDGESELECTIONTYPE_SELECTION)  
settings[c4d.RELAXUV_EDGESEL_POINTER] = bs  
                            
ret = bodypaint.CallUVCommand(handle.GetPoints(), handle.GetPointCount(), handle.GetPolys(), handle.GetPolyCount(), handle.GetUVW(), handle.GetPolySel(), handle.GetUVPointSel(), obj, handle.GetMode(), c4d.UVCOMMAND_RELAX, settings)  

I got TypeError: could not convert 'c4d.BaseSelect',
settings[c4d.RELAXUV_EDGESEL_POINTER] doesn't seem to accept a c4d.BaseSelect ?

On 22/11/2016 at 00:31, xxxxxxxx wrote:

If i'm right [c4d.RELAXUV_EDGESEL_POINTER] is waiting for a string corresponding to the tag name not directly to the base select.

Like all others elements that work with a selection set.

On 22/11/2016 at 01:59, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Originally posted by xxxxxxxx

If i'm right [c4d.RELAXUV_EDGESEL_POINTER] is waiting for a string corresponding to the tag name not directly to the base select.

Like all others elements that work with a selection set.

Thanks gr4ph0s,
Didn't think about that. I tried creating a selectiontag, and passing the name via the settings container. This seemed to be OK as I didn't get any errors in the console, but no change in UVs. So I guess the whole CallUVCommand simply doesn't work.

Then again, why does the command require a selection tag? Why not allow to perform the relaxation via the currently selected edges ... just like the way it works in Cinema4D?

On 24/11/2016 at 08:31, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Hi,

Do not be confused by the dialog for UV Relax and the actual settings container to be passed to CallUVCommand(). These are different.
RELAXUV_EDGESEL_POINTER should be set a BaseSelect pointer like in C++ but that's not possible in Python. It's a limitation and this special case has to be handled by the Python API.

And yes CallUVCommand() is currently broken, the UVs aren't changed. We're aware of that.