Shape Correction Limitation / Bug? 2005-04-06 - By Adam Sale
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heres what you need to do..
In SHape modeling mode
Store shape Key on mesh or on cluster (default shape)
this saves your cluster shape combiner in the shape model stack
In Animation mode
Set Envelope on Deformers
In Secondary Shape modeling mode
you already have a cluster shape combiner at the lower shape modeling mode..
all you do here is author move points in the stack, and store the shape while
in this mode..
All of the shapes are still managed by the cluster shape combiner in the shape
modeling stack...
after the shape is stored, you can drop the shape clip (the 2nd one) onto a
track and drive it with expressions,scripts links or scripted operators.
The envelope op needs to be above the cluster shape combiner and they need to
be in different construction mode stacks..
Adam
-- -- Original Message -- --
From: Jabbar Raisani
To: XSI@(protected)
Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 6:37 PM
Subject: Shape Correction Limitation / Bug?
Hello,
I am trying to do some shape correction on an object after is has been
animated.
Essentially I want the shape correction to happen after the Envelope Operator.
If I switch to Secondary Shape Modeling mode and move points to make my
correction
everything works great. Now I want to save that correction out as a shape
that is applied
after the envelope op. I can't seem to find a way to get this type of
functionality. If I use
Save Shape Key, the mesh looks the same on the frame that the save shape key
was
applied, but not on all of the other frames. I have also tried moving the
Envelope Operator
underneath the Cluster Shape Combiner, but this gives me a different shape
that isn't the
one that I want.
At the bottom of this email is a script that will recreate the situation I am
referring to.
Any Suggestions. Thanks in advance,
-Jabbar
NewScene(null, null);
CreatePrim("Sphere", "MeshSurface", null, null);
Create2DSkeleton(0, -4.0240106737179, 2.11615939152983, 0, 4.66715683959918,
-1.45631506687308, 0, 90, 0, 4, null, null);
ActivateObjectSelTool(null);
ActivateObjectSelTool(null);
DeselectAll();
SelectObj("sphere", null, true);
SetValue("Context.constructionmode", 2, null);
ApplyFlexEnv("sphere;bone,eff", false, 2);
ActivateVertexSelTool(null);
ActivateVertexSelTool(null);
SelectGeometryComponents("sphere.pnt[14,15,21,22,28,29]");
Translate(null, 1.77524985665421, 0, 0, siRelative, siGlobal, siObj, siXYZ,
null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, 2);
Undo();
Translate(null, -1.35337857256848E-16, 3.75417294953933, 2.21030793829245,
siRelative, siView, siObj, siXYZ, null, null, null, null, null, null, null,
null, null, 2);
ActivateObjectSelTool(null);
ActivateObjectSelTool(null);
SelectObj("bone", null, true);
Undo();
Undo();
Undo();
SetValue("Context.constructionmode", 3, null);
Translate(null, -1.33764161242234E-16, 3.98559456971641, 2.18460668319603,
siRelative, siView, siObj, siXYZ, null, null, null, null, null, null, null,
null, null, 3);
ActivateObjectSelTool(null);
ActivateObjectSelTool(null);
SelectObj("sphere", null, true);
SelectObj("bone", null, true);
Rotate(null, 0, 0, 66.6621366768366, siRelative, siLocal, siObj, siXYZ, null,
true, null, null, null, null, null, 3);
Undo();
SaveKey("bone.kine.local.rotx,bone.kine.local.roty,bone.kine.local.rotz", 1,
null, null);
SetValue("PlayControl.Current", 100, null);
Rotate(null, 0, 0, -41.982738824779, siRelative, siLocal, siObj, siXYZ, null,
true, null, null, null, null, null, 3);
SaveKey("bone.kine.local.rotx,bone.kine.local.roty,bone.kine.local.rotz", 100
, null, null);
SelectObj("sphere", null, null);
SetValue("PlayControl.Key", 100, null);
SetValue("PlayControl.Current", 100, null);
Duplicate("sphere", null, 2, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, null, null, null, null,
null, null, null, null, null, null, 0);
Duplicate("sphere1", null, 2, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, null, null, null, null,
null, null, null, null, null, null, 0);
SelectObj("sphere1", null, null);
SelectObj("sphere.polymsh", null, null);
//ERROR : Object doesn't support this property or method - [line 59]
SelectObj("sphere", null, null);
SetValue("sphere.Name", "No_Shapes", null);
SetValue("No_Shapes.Name", "No_Shape_Correction", null);
SelectObj("sphere1", null, null);
SetValue("sphere1.Name", "Shape_Correction", null);
SaveShapeKey("Shape_Correction", null, null, 100, null, null, null, null,
siShapeLocalReferenceMode);
SetValue("PlayControl.Key", 8, null);
SetValue("PlayControl.Current", 8, null);
SelectObj("sphere2", null, null);
SelectObj("Shape_Correction", null, null);
SetValue("Shape_Correction.Name", "Shape_Correction_EnvOp_After_ClsShapComb",
null);
SelectObj("sphere2", null, null);
SaveShapeKey("sphere2", null, null, 8, null, null, null, null,
siShapeLocalReferenceMode);
SelectObj("sphere2.polymsh.envelopop", null, null);
CopyPaste("sphere2.polymsh.envelopop", null, "sphere2.polymsh.modelingmarker"
, 1);
SelectObj("sphere2", null, null);
SelectObj("Shape_Correction_EnvOp_After_ClsShapComb", null, null);
SetValue("Shape_Correction_EnvOp_After_ClsShapComb.Name", "Shape_Correction
_EnvOp_After_ClsShapComb", null);
SelectObj("sphere2", null, null);
SetValue("sphere2.Name", "Shape_Correction_EnvOp_Before_ClsShapComb", null);
ActivateObjectSelTool(null);
ActivateObjectSelTool(null);
DeselectAll();
MakeLocal("Shape_Correction_EnvOp_Before_ClsShapComb.display",
siNodePropagation);
SetValue("Shape_Correction_EnvOp_Before_ClsShapComb.display.wirecol", 15,
null);
MakeLocal("No_Shape_Correction.display", siNodePropagation);
SetValue("No_Shape_Correction.display.wirecol", 242, null);
MakeLocal("Shape_Correction_EnvOp_After_ClsShapComb.display",
siNodePropagation);
SetValue("Shape_Correction_EnvOp_After_ClsShapComb.display.wirecol", 656,
null);
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>heres what you need to do..</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>In SHape modeling mode</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Store shape Key on mesh or on
cluster (default shape)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> this saves
your cluster shape combiner in the shape model stack</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>In Animation mode</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Set Envelope on
Deformers</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>In Secondary Shape modeling mode</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> you already have a cluster
shape
combiner at the lower shape modeling mode..</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>all you do here is author move points in the stack
,
and store the shape while in this mode..</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>All of the shapes are still managed by the cluster
shape combiner in the shape modeling stack...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>after the shape is stored, you can drop the shape
clip (the 2nd one) onto a track and drive it with expressions,scripts
links
or scripted operators. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The envelope op needs to be above the cluster
shape
combiner and they need to be in different construction mode stacks..
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Adam</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">-- -- Original Message -- -- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=jabbar@(protected) href="mailto:jabbar@(protected)">Jabbar
Raisani</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=XSI@(protected)
href="mailto:XSI@(protected)">XSI@(protected)</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, April 06, 2005 6:37
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Shape Correction Limitation /
Bug?</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am trying to do some shape correction on an
object after is has been animated.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Essentially I want the shape correction to
happen
after the Envelope Operator.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If I switch to Secondary Shape Modeling mode and
move points to make my correction</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>everything works great. Now I want to save
that correction out as a shape that is applied</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>after the envelope op. I can't seem to
find
a way to get this type of functionality. If I use</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Save Shape Key, the mesh looks the
same on the frame that the save shape key was</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>applied, but not on all of the </FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=2>other frames. I have also tried moving the Envelope
Operator </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>underneath the </FONT><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Cluster Shape Combiner, but this gives me a different shape that isn't
the</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>one that I want.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>At the bottom of this email is a script that
will
recreate the situation I am referring to.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Any Suggestions. Thanks in
advance,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>-Jabbar</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
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<P>NewScene(null, null);</P>
<P>CreatePrim("Sphere", "MeshSurface", null, null);</P>
<P>Create2DSkeleton(0, -4.0240106737179, 2.11615939152983, 0,
4.66715683959918, -1.45631506687308, 0, 90, 0, 4, null, null);</P>
<P>ActivateObjectSelTool(null);</P>
<P>ActivateObjectSelTool(null);</P>
<P>DeselectAll();</P>
<P>SelectObj("sphere", null, true);</P>
<P>SetValue("Context.constructionmode", 2, null);</P>
<P>ApplyFlexEnv("sphere;bone,eff", false, 2);</P>
<P>ActivateVertexSelTool(null);</P>
<P>ActivateVertexSelTool(null);</P>
<P>SelectGeometryComponents("sphere.pnt[14,15,21,22,28,29]");</P>
<P>Translate(null, 1.77524985665421, 0, 0, siRelative, siGlobal, siObj, siXYZ
,
null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, 2);</P>
<P>Undo();</P>
<P>Translate(null, -1.35337857256848E-16, 3.75417294953933, 2.21030793829245,
siRelative, siView, siObj, siXYZ, null, null, null, null, null, null, null,
null, null, 2);</P>
<P>ActivateObjectSelTool(null);</P>
<P>ActivateObjectSelTool(null);</P>
<P>SelectObj("bone", null, true);</P>
<P>Undo();</P>
<P>Undo();</P>
<P>Undo();</P>
<P>SetValue("Context.constructionmode", 3, null);</P>
<P>Translate(null, -1.33764161242234E-16, 3.98559456971641, 2.18460668319603,
siRelative, siView, siObj, siXYZ, null, null, null, null, null, null, null,
null, null, 3);</P>
<P>ActivateObjectSelTool(null);</P>
<P>ActivateObjectSelTool(null);</P>
<P>SelectObj("sphere", null, true);</P>
<P>SelectObj("bone", null, true);</P>
<P>Rotate(null, 0, 0, 66.6621366768366, siRelative, siLocal, siObj, siXYZ,
null, true, null, null, null, null, null, 3);</P>
<P>Undo();</P>
<P>SaveKey("bone.kine.local.rotx,bone.kine.local.roty,bone.kine.local.rotz",
1, null, null);</P>
<P>SetValue("PlayControl.Current", 100, null);</P>
<P>Rotate(null, 0, 0, -41.982738824779, siRelative, siLocal, siObj, siXYZ,
null, true, null, null, null, null, null, 3);</P>
<P>SaveKey("bone.kine.local.rotx,bone.kine.local.roty,bone.kine.local.rotz",
100, null, null);</P>
<P>SelectObj("sphere", null, null);</P>
<P>SetValue("PlayControl.Key", 100, null);</P>
<P>SetValue("PlayControl.Current", 100, null);</P>
<P>Duplicate("sphere", null, 2, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, null, null, null, null,
null, null, null, null, null, null, 0);</P>
<P>Duplicate("sphere1", null, 2, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, null, null, null, null,
null, null, null, null, null, null, 0);</P>
<P>SelectObj("sphere1", null, null);</P>
<P>SelectObj("sphere.polymsh", null, null);</P>
<P>//ERROR : Object doesn't support this property or method - [line 59]</P>
<P>SelectObj("sphere", null, null);</P>
<P>SetValue("sphere.Name", "No_Shapes", null);</P>
<P>SetValue("No_Shapes.Name", "No_Shape_Correction", null);</P>
<P>SelectObj("sphere1", null, null);</P>
<P>SetValue("sphere1.Name", "Shape_Correction", null);</P>
<P>SaveShapeKey("Shape_Correction", null, null, 100, null, null, null, null,
siShapeLocalReferenceMode);</P>
<P>SetValue("PlayControl.Key", 8, null);</P>
<P>SetValue("PlayControl.Current", 8, null);</P>
<P>SelectObj("sphere2", null, null);</P>
<P>SelectObj("Shape_Correction", null, null);</P>
<P>SetValue("Shape_Correction.Name",
"Shape_Correction_EnvOp_After_ClsShapComb", null);</P>
<P>SelectObj("sphere2", null, null);</P>
<P>SaveShapeKey("sphere2", null, null, 8, null, null, null, null,
siShapeLocalReferenceMode);</P>
<P>SelectObj("sphere2.polymsh.envelopop", null, null);</P>
<P>CopyPaste("sphere2.polymsh.envelopop", null,
"sphere2.polymsh.modelingmarker", 1);</P>
<P>SelectObj("sphere2", null, null);</P>
<P>SelectObj("Shape_Correction_EnvOp_After_ClsShapComb", null, null);</P>
<P>SetValue("Shape_Correction_EnvOp_After_ClsShapComb.Name",
"Shape_Correction_EnvOp_After_ClsShapComb", null);</P>
<P>SelectObj("sphere2", null, null);</P>
<P>SetValue("sphere2.Name", "Shape_Correction_EnvOp_Before_ClsShapComb",
null);</P>
<P>ActivateObjectSelTool(null);</P>
<P>ActivateObjectSelTool(null);</P>
<P>DeselectAll();</P>
<P>MakeLocal("Shape_Correction_EnvOp_Before_ClsShapComb.display",
siNodePropagation);</P>
<P>SetValue("Shape_Correction_EnvOp_Before_ClsShapComb.display.wirecol", 15,
null);</P>
<P>MakeLocal("No_Shape_Correction.display", siNodePropagation);</P>
<P>SetValue("No_Shape_Correction.display.wirecol", 242, null);</P>
<P>MakeLocal("Shape_Correction_EnvOp_After_ClsShapComb.display",
siNodePropagation);</P>
<P>SetValue("Shape_Correction_EnvOp_After_ClsShapComb.display.wirecol", 656,
null);</P></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>
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