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Accessing objects info in XSI

Accessing objects info in XSI

2004-06-11 - By Halfdan Ingvarsson

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mi_api_tag_lookup will give you almost what you need. It will return the name
of the object as pushed to mental ray.

There are two caveats, though:
First, you will have to strip off some suffixes from it to get the name as it
is in XSI.

Secondly, it will not work on render slaves as the name table is not
transferred to them (will return a NULL).

- ½

-- --Original Message-- --
From: owner-xsi@(protected) [mailto:owner-xsi@(protected)]On Behalf
Of Homam Bahnassi
Sent: Friday, 11 June, 2004 05:14
To: shader@(protected); XSI@(protected)
Subject: [MRay] Accessing objects info in XSI

I'm writing a shader for XSI and I need my shader to get some info from the
object being rendered. In my case I need to get the object's name.
I messed with mi_query but with no luck. If it's possible how could this
done?

Thanks,
Homam Bahnassi
3D Supervisor
In|Framez

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mi_api_tag_lookup will give you almost what you need. It will
return the name of the object as pushed to mental ray. 


There are two caveats, though:

 First, you will have to strip off some suffixes from it to get
the name as it is in XSI.


Secondly, it will not work on render slaves as the name table
is not transferred to them (will return a NULL).


- ½


-- --Original Message-- --

 From: owner-xsi@(protected) [<A HREF="mailto:owner-xsi
@(protected)">mailto:owner-xsi@(protected)</A>]On Behalf

 Of Homam Bahnassi

 Sent: Friday, 11 June, 2004 05:14

 To: shader@(protected); XSI@(protected)

 Subject: [MRay] Accessing objects info in XSI

 

I'm writing a shader for XSI and I need my shader to get some
info from the

 object being rendered. In my case I need to get the object's
name.

 I messed with mi_query but with no luck. If it's possible how
could this

 done?


Thanks,

 Homam Bahnassi

 3D Supervisor

 In|Framez

 

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