@zipit Will do. Thank you!

@zipit Your lambda is working better for my current project than the StackOverflow function. I assume this is because of the tolerance? Regardless, thank you very much for your help!!

I found this solution on StackOverflow

def isclose(a, b, rel_tol=1e-09, abs_tol=0.0):
    return abs(a-b) <= max(rel_tol * max(abs(a), abs(b)), abs_tol)

This seems to address the issue.

I am still confused as to why the Vectors do not compare equally though:

print obj[c4d.ID_BASEOBJECT_REL_POSITION] == c4d.Vector(0, 0, 0)
#False

It seems like the floating point issues would be addressed in Vector.__eq__ and Vector.__ne__

@zipit Thank you. So how do I compare it to 0? Currently it does not equate to zero.

Hello,
I'm having an issue where I'm trying to compare an object's relative transformation Vectors to another Vector.

As an example, if I print the values as such, I get a Vector with 0 values, just as can be seen in the Attributes Editor:

print obj[c4d.ID_BASEOBJECT_REL_POSITION]
#Vector(0, 0, 0)

If I compare the relative Position to a Vector with 0 values, however, it returns as False.

print obj[c4d.ID_BASEOBJECT_REL_POSITION] == c4d.Vector(0, 0, 0)
#False

If I print the Position.x it returns an unexpected number:

print obj[c4d.ID_BASEOBJECT_REL_POSITION,c4d.VECTOR_X]
#-3.552713678800501e-15

Can anyone explain what is happening? My objects do have frozen transformation values, but it seems like the relative values should ignore these.

Thank you.

Hello,
I'm trying to understand the workflows from the Plugin Licensing Manual. The third workflow in the manual uses online activation which is what I want to do:

1. the Customer buys and download the plugin from Vendor;
2. the Customer installs the plugin and run Cinema 4D;
3. at Cinema 4D start, if no valid plugin license is retrieved by on-line querying the Vendor Licensing System, the plugin asks the Customer via a question dialog if a Cinema 4D License Report should be send to the Vendor;
4. the Vendor automatically receive and process the report(s) based on their sales records and generates one or more plugin license(s) which are then stored in the Vendor Licensing System;
5. at next Cinema 4D start, the plugin license retrieves, by querying on-line Vendor Licensing System, a valid license.

Please forgive all of the questions: I've never created this kind of setup, so I am unclear about how to create the Vendor Licensing System on my server:

• How do I use the License Report to create a valid plugin license on the server?
• How do I 'bind' the plugin to a userID or a systemID?
• What would the plugin license file sent by the Vendor Licensing System contain?
• How could I allow the plugin to wait for a couple weeks before checking the license again (so the user doesn't always have to be online to use the software)?

Thank you very much!

@m_magalhaes Thank you for this workaround. I hope to see that bug fixed soon! It seems like one that would affect many scripts & plugins.

@zipit Thank you for checking.

I'm on a PC, Windows 10, Cinema 4D R21. I experienced this unpredictability in my Command Plugin, so then tried it again with this simple script in the Script Editor to the same results.

I'm wondering if window size preferences are getting set somehow. It's very bizarre (and frustrating!).

Hi!
I have a basic question, but I haven't been able to find an answer on the forums or internet search.

How do you open an GeDialog to its default width and height? I've tried using integers, 0, and gui.SizePix() (though I believe that is for UI gadgets) with defaultw and defaulth.

import c4d
from c4d import gui

class MyDialog(gui.GeDialog):
    def __init__(self):
        pass

def main():
    myDialog = MyDialog()
    myDialog.Open(c4d.DLG_TYPE_MODAL, xpos=-2, ypos=-2, defaultw=528,
        defaulth=228)

if __name__=='__main__':
    main()

My dialog is opening as a square.

I found this post but it only mentions that DLG_TYPE_ASYNC types cannot have their sizes set.

How can I open a modal to its default width and height?

Thank you.

@m_adam I got it working with your help! Thank you so much. I have a couple more questions (more for advice really):

1. Are there tools for creating C++ STRINGTABLES like the ones Cinema 4D uses?
2. I am currently using a spreadsheet for editing my stringtables. Are there any tools I can use to export the non-ascii characters as unicode that Cinema 4D will understand?
   Thank you!