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    RE: Post import - Updating alembic path does not update scene ?

    @m_magalhaes Is there a way to get Cinema4D to update the object identifier ? When I import an alembic file, Cinema4D builds a hierarchy and all the paths recursively. Is there a way to tell Cinema4D to rebuild that hierarchy or is deleting and re-importing the only way to get the object identifier rebuilt ?

    posted in Cinema 4D SDK •
    Keeping text and edit UI component horizontally

    Hi,

    I have difficulty keeping the label for a edit UI component on the same line with the following code. I want the FRAME_CHUNK_EDIT to the right of FRAME_CHUNK_LABEL

        def CreateLayout(self) :
            '''
            Frame Chunk size,
            Render folder prefix
            Frame range (start, end)
            '''
            self.GroupBegin(id=1013, flags=c4d.BFH_SCALEFIT, cols=1)
            #
            self.GroupBegin(id=1014, flags=c4d.BFH_SCALEFIT|c4d.BFV_SCALEFIT, cols=1)
            self.AddStaticText(FRAME_CHUNK_LABEL, c4d.BFV_MASK, name="Frame Chunk size")
            self.AddEditNumberArrows(FRAME_CHUNK_EDIT, c4d.BFV_MASK, initw=100)
            self.GroupEnd()
            #
            self.AddButton(SUBMIT_BUTTON, c4d.BFV_MASK, initw=100, name="Submit")
            self.GroupEnd()
            return True
    

    Cheers

    posted in Cinema 4D SDK •

    Latest posts made by nicholas_yue

    Finding name/handle to last object merged into scene

    After calling MergeDocument()

    merge_status = c4d.documents.MergeDocument(doc, path,
                                               c4d.SCENEFILTER_MERGESCENE | c4d.SCENEFILTER_OBJECTS)
    

    I check merge_status to be true and wish to find some handle/name to the object associated with the call to MergeDocument(), how do I do that ?

    I tried the following on an empty scene

            doc = c4d.documents.GetActiveDocument()
            ao = doc.GetActiveObject()
    

    that works if I am calling MergeDocument for a single path but if I am calling MergeDocument (in a loop) for a collection of paths, GetActiveObject() points to the same object, not the next one corresponding to the next path I am merging into the scene

    Cheers

    posted in Cinema 4D SDK •
    C4DUnhandledExceptionFilter - debugging log ?

    I am troubleshooting a crash in C4D R21 commandline.exe on Windows 10

    Error: application crashed
    C4DUnhandledExceptionFilter: writing exception info
    C4DUnhandledExceptionFilter: writing call stacks
    

    Where are the likely place I can go to look at the exception info and call stacks that was being written out ?

    Cheers

    posted in Cinema 4D SDK •
    Object GetNext() method does not advance to next object

    We are using Arnold with C4D

    While iterating the scene, we have found that one of the node (create via the ArnoldtoC4D plugin), the GetNext() method does not return the next object but itself, this resulted in an infinite loop iterating the scene.

    Since we are now sitting between two different vendors, I am trying to narrow it down to who I need to follow up with regarding this issue.

    
    >>> doc = c4d.documents.GetActiveDocument()
    >>> obj = doc.GetFirstObject()
    >>> print(obj)
    <c4d.BaseObject object called 'Arnold distant_light/Arnold Light' with ID 1030424 at 0x0000027ACD423D10>
    >>> obj.GetNext()
    <c4d.BaseObject object called '<display driver>/Arnold Driver' with ID 1030141 at 0x0000027ACD423AD0>
    >>> obj.GetNext()
    <c4d.BaseObject object called '<display driver>/Arnold Driver' with ID 1030141 at 0x0000027ACD423FB0>
    >>> obj.GetNext()
    <c4d.BaseObject object called '<display driver>/Arnold Driver' with ID 1030141 at 0x0000027ACD423DF0>
    >>> obj.GetNext()
    <c4d.BaseObject object called '<display driver>/Arnold Driver' with ID 1030141 at 0x0000027ACD423AD0>
    >>> obj.GetNext()
    <c4d.BaseObject object called '<display driver>/Arnold Driver' with ID 1030141 at 0x0000027ACD423FB0>
    >>> obj.GetNext()
    <c4d.BaseObject object called '<display driver>/Arnold Driver' with ID 1030141 at 0x0000027ACD423DF0>
    >>> obj.GetNext()
    <c4d.BaseObject object called '<display driver>/Arnold Driver' with ID 1030141 at 0x0000027ACD423AD0>
    >>> obj.GetNext()
    <c4d.BaseObject object called '<display driver>/Arnold Driver' with ID 1030141 at 0x0000027ACD423FB0>
    >>> obj.GetNext()
    <c4d.BaseObject object called '<display driver>/Arnold Driver' with ID 1030141 at 0x0000027ACD423DF0>
    >>> obj.GetNext()
    <c4d.BaseObject object called '<display driver>/Arnold Driver' with ID 1030141 at 0x0000027ACD423AD0>
    >>> 
    

    Cheers

    posted in Cinema 4D SDK •
    RE: Dialog button hangs C4D

    @zipit There was a typo when updating to use the new IDs generated from Maxon, it has since been resolved and the plugins are loading.

    Cheers

    posted in Cinema 4D SDK •
    Alternative way to iterate list other than GetNext()?

    I am currently using this approach to iterate the objects in a document

    doc = c4d.documents.GetActiveDocument()
    obj = doc.GetFirstObject()
    next_obj = obj.GetNext()
    while next_obj:
    # Do stuff
    next_obj = obj.GetNext()

    Is there some equivalent of doing this via e.g. indexing in a for-loop ?

    Cheers

    posted in Cinema 4D SDK •
    RE: Dialog button hangs C4D

    I have generated the IDs from the site you recommended.

    When I replace the plugin IDs with those generated from https://plugincafe.maxon.net/c4dpluginid_cp the menu would not even load.

    Cheers

    posted in Cinema 4D SDK •
    Dialog button hangs C4D

    I have a dialog button which hangs when I click it but it only hangs for a specific scene.

    From looking at the printout in the python console window, it appears that when I click the 'Submit' button, it never reaches the call to Command()

    TTR_PLUGIN_ID = 999121032
    TTR_CANCEL_BUTTON = 12003
    TTR_SUBMIT_BUTTON = 12004
    
        def Command(self, id, msg):
            print('TurnTableRenderDialog::Command()')
            print('id = {}'.format(id))
            print('TTR_SUBMIT_BUTTON = {}'.format(TTR_SUBMIT_BUTTON))
            if (id == TTR_SUBMIT_BUTTON):
                print('TTR_SUBMIT_BUTTON')
    
        def CreateLayout(self):
            '''
            Frame Chunk size,
            Render folder prefix
            Frame range (start, end)
            '''
            self.SetTitle('Submit turn table to Tractor (PlutoWithDamage)')
            self.GroupBegin(id=1013, flags=c4d.BFH_SCALEFIT, cols=1)
            #
            self.GroupBegin(id=1014, flags=c4d.BFH_SCALEFIT, cols=2)
    
            self.AddStaticText(TTR_COMMENT_LABEL, c4d.BFV_MASK |
                               c4d.BFH_RIGHT, name="Comments")
            self.AddEditText(TTR_COMMENT_EDIT, c4d.BFV_MASK |
                             c4d.BFH_LEFT, initw=400)
    
            self.AddStaticText(TTR_FRAME_RANGE_LABEL, c4d.BFV_MASK |
                               c4d.BFH_RIGHT, name="Frame range (start,end,step)")
            self.GroupBegin(id=1015, flags=c4d.BFH_SCALEFIT, cols=3)
            self.AddEditNumberArrows(TTR_FRAME_RANGE_START, c4d.BFV_MASK, initw=100)
            self.AddEditNumberArrows(TTR_FRAME_RANGE_END, c4d.BFV_MASK, initw=100)
            self.AddEditNumberArrows(TTR_FRAME_RANGE_STEP, c4d.BFV_MASK, initw=100)
            self.GroupEnd()
    
            self.GroupEnd()
            #
            self.GroupBegin(id=1016, flags=c4d.BFV_MASK | c4d.BFH_RIGHT, cols=2)
            self.AddButton(TTR_CANCEL_BUTTON, c4d.BFV_MASK |
                           c4d.BFH_RIGHT, initw=100, name="Cancel")
            self.AddButton(TTR_SUBMIT_BUTTON, c4d.BFV_MASK |
                           c4d.BFH_RIGHT, initw=100, name="Submit")
            self.GroupEnd()
    
    posted in Cinema 4D SDK •
    Rendering with specific camera ?

    I am writing some scene assembly tool using C4D and c4dpy.

    I am bringing in Alembic cameras and other geometry assets.

    On the commandline.exe, there is no option to specify which camera I can render with so I am wondering if there is some python call I need to make to the C4D document before saving so that when I render the file, it knows which camera to use ?

    Cheers

    posted in General Talk •
    Detecting unsaved changes

    Hi,

    Is there a call to c4d to ascertain if there are unsaved changes in the current session. The current session was started from opening a file from disk.

    I am using R21 on Windows and using Python.

    Cheers

    posted in Cinema 4D SDK •
    Getting and setting frame range from RenderData

    Hi,

    I read that I can get the RenderData object via

    rdata = doc.GetActiveRenderData()

    I see that frame range values are documented here

    https://developers.maxon.net/docs/Cinema4DPythonSDK/html/modules/c4d.documents/RenderData/index.html?highlight=renderdata

    RDATA_FRAMEFROM
    RDATA_FRAMETO
    RDATA_FRAMESTEP

    Cheers

    posted in Cinema 4D SDK •