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Spring-op - rendering

Spring-op - rendering

2005-06-03       - By Lee Hallett

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Thanks Sandy, you are an absolute star... Saved my ass right there...




  Lee|3d animation and design..

  Pixel pusher & 'telly colouring in' bloke

There are only 10 sorts of people in the World - those that understand
binary, and those that don't.


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-- --Original Message-- --
From: owner-xsi@(protected) [mailto:owner-xsi@(protected)] On Behalf
Of Sandy Sutherland
Sent: 03 June 2005 10:08
To: XSI@(protected)
Subject: Re: Spring-op - rendering


Try this:

#########################

HairPlot

' test new code
' logmessage GetOutputPorts(GetSpringCompOp()(0))

'-- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---
' returns all scripted operators within scene
'-- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---
function GetScriptedOperators()
siScriptedOperatorID = "{CCECD9D9-10A3-11d4-879F-00A0C983050D}"
set GetScriptedOperators = FindObjects(,siScriptedOperatorID)

if typename(GetScriptedOperators) = "Nothing" then
 set GetScriptedOperators = CreateObject("XSI.Collection")
end if
end function


'-- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
' return all springcomp operators
' within scene
'-- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
function GetSpringCompOps()

siScriptedOperatorID = "{88E2C4DE-B0CA-4044-A289-EF1985593D52}"

set GetSpringCompOps= FindObjects(,siScriptedOperatorID)

if typename(GetSpringCompOps) = "Nothing" then

 set GetSpringCompOps= CreateObject("XSI.Collection")

end if

end function


'-- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
' return operator output ports
'-- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
function GetOutputPorts(op)
if typename(op) <> "Operator" then
 
end if
 
set GetOutputPorts= CreateObject("XSI.Collection")

' get the parent of the op using enumelements
' this will return all object that the operator writes to.
set elems = enumelements(op,false)
if typename(elems) <> "Nothing" then
 for each elem in elems
   GetOutputPorts.add elem
 next
end if
 
end function

'-- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
' Hair Plot
'-- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
function HairPlot

preRoll = 20 'in frames

DeselectAll

set springSources = GetSpringCompOps()

set springParams = CreateObject("XSI.Collection")

for each springSource in springSources
 springParams.additems GetOutputPorts(springSource)
next

if springParams.count > 0 then

 'get the first obj

     set firstObj = springSources(0).OutputPorts(0).Target2

 dim Fstart, Fend

 Fstart = GetValue ("PlayControl.In")
 RollStart = Fstart - preRoll
 'SetValue "PlayControl.In", RollStart

 Fend = GetValue ("PlayControl.Out")

 'PlotToAction "trakk_with_hair_01.cube25",
"trakk_with_hair_01.cube25.kine.local.posx", "est", 82, 100, 1, 20, 3,
False, 0.01

   set newAction = PlotToAction(firstObj, springParams, , RollStart,
Fend, 1, 20, 3, False, 0.01, True)

 SelectObj springSources.getastext
 DeleteObj

 
 
 ApplyAction newAction
 DeleteObj newAction
 

end if


end function

-- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- -----
Sandy Sutherland  Digital Doodeller - TD
The Refinery (Cape)  http://www.refinery.co.za
mailto:sandy@(protected)
(P) (+27 21) 480 3132  (F) (+27 21) 480 3101
-- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- -----


  -- -- Original Message -- --
  From: Lee Hallett <mailto:lee.hallett@(protected)>  
  To: XSI@(protected)
  Sent: Friday, June 03, 2005 10:50 AM
  Subject: RE: Spring-op - rendering

  Sorry guys - resending with the *URGENT* ammendment, coz it's,
well Urgent...
 
  Quick one - how do you 'plot' the spring op ( tail from default
quad rig) for renedering a sequence across multiple machines
(batchserve)?
 
 


    Lee|3d animation and design..

    Pixel pusher & 'telly colouring in' bloke

  There are only 10 sorts of people in the World - those that
understand binary, and those that don't.


    *       BBC Wales | C4 graphics area | Broadcasting
House| Llandaff, Cardiff. CF5 2QY.
    *       +44 (0)29 203 23370
    e-*     lee.hallett@(protected)


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<DIV><SPAN class=390052510-03062005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2
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Sandy, you are an absolute star... Saved my ass right
there...</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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 <P align=center><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT face=Arial size=2>Lee|3d animation and
 design..<U></U></FONT></SPAN></P>
 <P align=center><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT face=Arial size=2>Pixel pusher &amp;
 'telly colouring in' bloke</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN
 lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN></P></UL>
<P align=center><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT face=Arial size=1>There are only 10
sorts
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don't.</FONT></SPAN></P><BR>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-- --Original Message-- --<BR><B>From:</B> owner-xsi@(protected)
[mailto:owner-xsi@(protected)] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Sandy
Sutherland<BR><B>Sent:</B> 03 June 2005 10:08<BR><B>To:</B>
XSI@(protected)<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: Spring-op -
rendering<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Try this:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>#########################</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>HairPlot</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>' test new code<BR>' logmessage
GetOutputPorts(GetSpringCompOp()(0))</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial
size=2>'-- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---<BR>'
returns all scripted operators within
scene<BR>'-- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---<BR
>function
GetScriptedOperators()<BR>&nbsp;siScriptedOperatorID =
"{CCECD9D9-10A3-11d4-879F-00A0C983050D}"<BR>&nbsp;set GetScriptedOperators =
FindObjects(,siScriptedOperatorID)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>&nbsp;if typename(GetScriptedOperators) = "Nothing
"
then<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;set GetScriptedOperators =
CreateObject("XSI.Collection")<BR>&nbsp;end if<BR>end function</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>
<DIV><BR>'-- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----<BR>' return all springcomp operators
<BR>' within scene<BR>'-- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----<BR>&nbsp;function
GetSpringCompOps()</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;siScriptedOperatorID = "{88E2C4DE-B0CA-4044-A289-EF1985593D52}"</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;set GetSpringCompOps= FindObjects(,siScriptedOperatorID)</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;if typename(GetSpringCompOps) = "Nothing" then</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;&nbsp;set GetSpringCompOps= CreateObject("XSI.Collection")</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;end if</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>end function</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><BR>'-- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----<BR>' return operator output
ports<BR>'-- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----<BR>function
GetOutputPorts(op)<BR>&nbsp;if typename(op) &lt;&gt; "Operator"
then<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;end if<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;set
GetOutputPorts= CreateObject("XSI.Collection")<BR>&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;' get the
parent of the op using enumelements<BR>&nbsp;' this will return all object that
the operator writes to.<BR>&nbsp;set elems = enumelements(op,false)<BR>&nbsp;if
typename(elems) &lt;&gt; "Nothing" then<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;for each elem in
elems<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;GetOutputPorts.add
elem<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;next<BR>&nbsp;end if<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>end
function</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>'-- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----<BR>' Hair
Plot<BR>'-- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----<BR>function
HairPlot<BR>&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;preRoll = 20 'in frames</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;DeselectAll</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;set springSources = GetSpringCompOps()</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;set springParams =
CreateObject("XSI.Collection")<BR>&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;for each springSource in
springSources <BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;springParams.additems
GetOutputPorts(springSource)<BR>&nbsp;next<BR>&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;if
springParams.count &gt; 0 then<BR>&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;'get the first obj</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; set firstObj =
springSources(0).OutputPorts(0).Target2<BR>&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;dim Fstart,
Fend<BR>&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;Fstart = GetValue
("PlayControl.In")<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;RollStart = Fstart -
preRoll<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;'SetValue "PlayControl.In", RollStart</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;&nbsp;Fend = GetValue
("PlayControl.Out")<BR>&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;'PlotToAction
"trakk_with_hair_01.cube25", "trakk_with_hair_01.cube25.kine.local.posx", "est"
,
82, 100, 1, 20, 3, False, 0.01</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;set newAction = PlotToAction(firstObj, springParams, ,
RollStart, Fend, 1, 20, 3, False, 0.01, True)</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;&nbsp;SelectObj springSources.getastext <BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;DeleteObj
</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;ApplyAction
newAction<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;DeleteObj newAction<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;end if<BR>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>end function<BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV>-- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- -----<BR>Sandy
Sutherland&nbsp;&nbsp;Digital Doodeller - TD<BR>The Refinery
(Cape)&nbsp;&nbsp;<A
href="http://www.refinery.co.za">http://www.refinery.co.za</A><BR><A
href="mailto:sandy@(protected)">mailto:sandy@(protected)</A><BR>(P) (+27
21) 480 3132&nbsp; (F) (+27 21) 480
3101<BR>-- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- -----<BR></DIV>
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 <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">-- -- Original Message -- -- </DIV>
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 <A title=lee.hallett@(protected) href="mailto:lee.hallett@(protected)">Lee
 Hallett</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> Friday, June 03, 2005 10:50
AM</DIV>
 <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: Spring-op - rendering</DIV>
 <DIV><BR></DIV>
 <DIV><SPAN class=976224908-03062005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
 size=2>Sorry guys - resending with the *URGENT* ammendment, coz it's, well
 Urgent...</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
 <DIV><SPAN class=976224908-03062005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
 size=2></FONT></SPAN>&nbsp;</DIV>
 <DIV><SPAN class=976224908-03062005><FONT face=Arial size=2>Quick one - how
do
 you 'plot' the spring op ( tail from default quad rig) for renedering a
 sequence across multiple machines (batchserve)?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
 <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
 <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><!-- Converted from text/rtf format --><BR>
 <UL>
   <P align=center><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT face=Arial size=2>Lee|3d animation
   and design..<U></U></FONT></SPAN></P>
   <P align=center><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT face=Arial size=2>Pixel pusher &amp;
   'telly colouring in' bloke</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN
   lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN></P></UL>
 <P align=center><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT face=Arial size=1>There are only 10
 sorts of people in the World - those that understand binary, and those that
 don't.</FONT></SPAN></P><BR>
 <UL>
   <P><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Wingdings size=1><FONT
   face="Courier New"></FONT></FONT><FONT face="Courier New">&nbsp;</FONT>
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