RE: You have to find a way to avoid that unnecessary rebuild of your layout after user interaction in your dialog.
I'm not really sure how to do that. Since I just butchered the code from a sample plug-in.
That will probably a problem for another thread.
Anyway, it's functional at the moment. I'll settle for this.
Thanks again and sorry for the trouble.
Will close the thread now.
Have a great day ahead!
Hi @s_bach
Thanks for the response. I change the askChannel to c4d.KEY_TAB.
It works as expected, but it doesn't continue to the next line when I hit tab. It goes back to the first line.
You can see an illustration of the problem here:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/wwf72tkc0pmar96/c4d137_change_name_plug_in_03_move_fifth.mp4?dl=0
I was expecting when I hit Tab from the fourth line it would continue to all the parameters until it reaches to the fifth line.
Is this possible? Or is this a limitation on the GetInputState?
Thanks for the response. I used the code. It works but I'm unable to type anything other than a single stroke. I think the c4d.EventAdd updates so fast.
You can check the illustration of the problem here:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/klbljd5w3uvak2t/c4d137_change_name_plug_in_02.mp4?dl=0
I tried removing the c4d.EventAdd(). It lets me type something but it only updates when I click outside the plug-in.
Is there a possibility of both worlds? Update only when I move to a next field (i.e. tab) perhaps?
Where to you get the velocity port manually?
I tried it on a cube but I couldn't find any. Is it specific to an object?
Sure sure. There is not much in the Command function except the return True.
Here is the working code so far (it 's the same code as I previously asked in my previous threads.
Thank you for looking at it.
import c4d
import os
from c4d import gui, plugins, bitmaps, utils, documents
PLUGIN_ID = 1811321
class MyDialog(gui.GeDialog):
def __init__(self):
# Be sure that we have the object list before building the UI
# as InitValues is called after CreateLayout()
self.objectsList = []
self.GetAllObjects()
self.object_count = len(self.objectsList)
def InitValues(self):
# Use to Init and in Case of an Update needed.
self.objectsList = []
self.GetAllObjects()
self.object_count = len(self.objectsList)
self.Update()
return True
def GetNextObject(self, op ):
# use a non-recursive method to iterate the hierarchy
# https://developers.maxon.net/?p=596
# allow to not hit the recursive stack limit.
if not op:
return None
if op.GetDown():
return op.GetDown()
while not op.GetNext() and op.GetUp():
op = op.GetUp()
return op.GetNext()
def GetAllObjects(self):
doc = c4d.documents.GetActiveDocument()
op = doc.GetFirstObject()
self.objectsList = []
while op:
self.objectsList.append(op)
op = self.GetNextObject(op)
def Update(self): # NEW CODE
if self.object_count == 0:
self.LayoutFlushGroup(1001)
self.AddStaticText(0, c4d.BFH_CENTER, name="There are no objects in the scene")
self.LayoutChanged(1001)
if self.object_count > 0 :
self.LayoutFlushGroup(1001)
self.AddStaticText(0, 1, name="Name")
self.AddStaticText(0, 0, name="Enable")
self.AddStaticText(0, 0, name="Xray")
self.AddSeparatorV(0)
self.AddSeparatorV(0)
self.AddSeparatorV(0)
for idx, object in enumerate(self.objectsList): # where the glitch happens
text_ID = 100000 + idx
enable_ID = 200000 + idx
xray_ID = 300000 + idx
self.AddEditText(text_ID, flags=c4d.BFH_LEFT, initw=200, editflags=c4d.EDITTEXT_HELPTEXT)
self.AddCheckbox(enable_ID, flags=c4d.BFH_LEFT, initw=20, inith=10, name="Enable")
self.AddCheckbox(xray_ID, flags=c4d.BFH_LEFT, initw=20, inith=10, name="Xray")
self.SetString(text_ID, value=object.GetName())
self.SetInt32(enable_ID, value=object[c4d.ID_BASEOBJECT_GENERATOR_FLAG])
self.SetInt32(xray_ID, value=object[c4d.ID_BASEOBJECT_XRAY])
newString = self.GetString(text_ID)
object.SetName(newString)
object.Message(c4d.MSG_UPDATE)
self.LayoutChanged(1001)
def CreateLayout(self):
print "nombre d'objet ", self.object_count
self.GroupBegin(id=1001, flags=c4d.BFH_FIT, cols=3, rows=20, title="Rigging")
self.GroupEnd()
self.Update()
return True
def Command(self, id, msg):
return True
def CoreMessage(self, id, msg):
if id == c4d.EVMSG_CHANGE:
self.InitValues()
return True
class MyMenuPlugin(plugins.CommandData):
dialog = None
def Execute(self, doc):
if self.dialog is None:
self.dialog = MyDialog()
return self.dialog.Open(dlgtype=c4d.DLG_TYPE_ASYNC, pluginid=PLUGIN_ID, defaultw=200, defaulth=150, xpos=-1, ypos=-1)
if __name__ == "__main__":
plugins.RegisterCommandPlugin(PLUGIN_ID, "test_dynamic_update",0, None, "test_dynamic_update", MyMenuPlugin())
Thanks for the response.
Yes, I tried both commands but it does not work as expected (i.e. typing something in the plug-in does not change the object)
Also I think c4d.EventAdd() is only necessary on script. And the Message I think only works if you are going to modify a parameter specific to an object (say a point). Correct me if I'm wrong.
Hi,
I have a plug-in that lists objects along with their attributes. It updates correctly, but I want the update to be mutual.
Currently, the scene/object manager updates the plug-in but it does not work the other way around.
You can see the illustration of the problem here:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/4zm0utiixuqwxez/c4d137_change_name_plug_in.mp4?dl=0
In the same block, I have this lines:
# retrieve the data from the scene/object manager
self.SetString(text_ID, value=object.GetName())
# retrieve data from the plug-in and apply the changes to the scene/object (This block is not working as seen in the video above)
newString = self.GetString(text_ID)
object.SetName(newString)
Is there a way around this?
Thank you for looking at my problem.
Thanks for the response and for pointing out the steps. By nbit handler, I guess you are referring to the NBIT_EHIDE parameter. That's indeed a bit hefty procedure. Plug-ins are new to me. I'm guessing the need for the plug-in is for it to constantly execute Draw() and BaseDraw() method?
Thanks for the response. One of my intended is when animation. One viewport is for perspective. The other is for camera_shot and reference. The reference is a plane with an image sequence attached to it.
The reference plane should be present in the camera_shot viewport but not in the perspective viewport.
If its confusing, I can try sending what the set-up looks like in Maya (video screencap).
I tried using the solo command but it also works for all the viewports. Correct me if I'm wrong.
Please see the illustration here:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/m76nrqz744ofysy/c4d136_localized_viewport.jpg?dl=0
Thank you
Hi,
I understand there is a "localized" feature on viewports where meshes are visible in one viewport and not in other.
However, it is general (i.e. all meshes). Is there any API function that would let me specify what specific object is present in one viewport and not in others?
Thank you for looking at my problem.