Hi everyone!

When C4D is in Polygon mode Grow selection can be done using SendModelingCommand e.g.

utils.SendModelingCommand(
        c4d.MCOMMAND_SELECTGROW,
        [op],
        c4d.MODELINGCOMMANDMODE_POLYGONSELECTION,
        c4d.BaseContainer(),
        doc
    )

After that, selection grows to neighbour polygons. Everithing is ok.
However, when active mode is UV Polygon then code above select neighbour polygons the same way how it was in previous case. Sometime it's ok, but not always.

The second way to grow selection is to use CallCommand

c4d.CallCommand(12558, 12558) # Grow Selection

In this case selection grows correctly in both modes.
I'll show an example. There is a simple sphere that separated by UVs in the middle. So it has 2 UV islands.

From 1 selected polygon (the first image) I want to get the result which is shown on the last image.
But I don't know how to get it without CallCommand
Sorry for mistakes. English is not my szcznek language
Cheers

Thank you very much guys!
I think that plugin will be better solution then script in this case.
Cheers

Hi @mp5gosu, thank you for your feedback!
Yep, it has Undo problem. I assume, it's because the script uses CallCommand. And there are 2 places where I still don't understand how to avoid this :(

the selection should be restored after the process
Thank you for this remark. I'm gonna fix it asap.
Cheers.

EDIT: I've fixed the script. Now it restores the selection after the process.

I've wrote it by myself :)
Its presentation is here: https://plugincafe.maxon.net/topic/11336/script-harden-edges-of-all-uv-borders-break-phong-shading
May be it'll be useful for someone
Cheers

Hi, I'd like to present you a simple script.
It let you automatically select all UV borders and break their Phong shading, that might be useful for game modeling, especially with hardsurface props.
More info about hard edges - http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=107196

Unfortunately, the 'Texture View' window must be opened at least once for properly work :(
Just close 'Texture View' and continue work.

Video: https://vimeo.com/317072443

Download link: https://github.com/rocketjump4d/UV2PhongEdges

I've wrote a script which must make some calculations only once and then use these values until C4D is closed.
After C4D is opened again the script must recalculate values again, but only once.
It's not a plugin, but only python script.
Is it possible to realize?
Cheers

Hi, guys!
For Maya and 3ds max there are super useful scripts to harden all edges that are attached to UV borders. But I cannot find something like this for C4D. Does it exist?

Example MEL script:
https://jonathonstewart.blogspot.com/2012/10/script-harden-edges-of-all-uv-borders.html

I hope posted this question in right sub-forum.
Sorry for ma poor Englisch.

Hi @m_adam, thank you for your answer! I'll try command line.
Cheers

Hello!
It seems like Cinema 4D uses more plugins then c4dpy.
I've written (copypasted) this code:

import c4d

def main():
    importPlugins = c4d.plugins.FilterPluginList(c4d.PLUGINTYPE_SCENELOADER, True)
    for p in importPlugins:
        print('{} : {}'.format(p.GetName(), p.GetID()))

if __name__=='__main__':
    main()

If it runs within Cinema 4D it returns this list:

3D Studio (*.3ds) : 1001037
Alembic (*.abc) : 1028081
BVH (*.bvh) : 1001048
CATIA (*.CATPart *.CATProduct *.cgr) : 1039778
Cinema 4D (*.c4d) : 1001025
COLLADA 1.4 (*.dae) : 1022315
COLLADA 1.5 (*.dae) : 1025754
DEM (*.dem) : 1001046
DWG (*.dwg) : 1021372
DXF (*.dxf) : 1001035
FBX (*.fbx) : 1026369
IGES (*.igs *.iges) : 1039779
Illustrator (*.ai) : 1001045
JT (*.jt) : 1039780
Lightwave (*.lws) : 1001043
Lightwave Object (*.lwo) : 1001044
MeshObject JSON Asset : 1040819
SKP (*.skp) : 1033845
Solidworks (*.SLDPrt *.SLDAsm *.SLDDrw) : 1039781
STEP (*.stp *.step *.p21) : 1039777
STL (*.stl) : 1001020
Updater loader : 450000233
Volume (*.vdb) : 1039864
VRML 2 (*.wrl) : 1001033
Wavefront OBJ (*.obj) : 1030177

However when it runs via console

c4dpy *pathToScript*

it logged this one

3D Studio (*.3ds) : 1001037
Alembic (*.abc) : 1028081
BVH (*.bvh) : 1001048
CATIA (*.CATPart *.CATProduct *.cgr) : 1039778
Cinema 4D (*.c4d) : 1001025
DEM (*.dem) : 1001046
DXF (*.dxf) : 1001035
IGES (*.igs *.iges) : 1039779
Illustrator (*.ai) : 1001045
JT (*.jt) : 1039780
Lightwave (*.lws) : 1001043
Lightwave Object (*.lwo) : 1001044
MeshObject JSON Asset : 1040819
SKP (*.skp) : 1033845
Solidworks (*.SLDPrt *.SLDAsm *.SLDDrw) : 1039781
STEP (*.stp *.step *.p21) : 1039777
STL (*.stl) : 1001020
Updater loader : 450000233
Volume (*.vdb) : 1039864
VRML 2 (*.wrl) : 1001033
Wavefront OBJ (*.obj) : 1030177

It's a little bit shorter. And there is no FBX :(
Is it bug? May be I do something wrong?

I use Cinema 4D R20.030 on Windows.

P.S. I'm sorry for any grammar mistakes.
P.P.S. C4D developers! You're awesome! C4D is just amazing! I really love it!