Yepp, good point.
Thanks for the help.

/Christian


On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 6:38 AM, Ofer Koren <[email protected]> wrote:

> m.listConnections() will list all connections (inputs and outputs).
> better use m.outputs() so you check only outgoing connections
> (implying this shape is indeed contributing to a deformation chain).
> Input connections can exist even when the shape isn't used in a
> deformation chain (such as connections to a poly-creation node, a
> layer, for example)
>
> - Ofer
> www.mrbroken.com
>
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 8:43 PM, Christian Akesson
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Not sure if it is overkill to do both, but this seems to do that trick
> and
> > get rid of what you want to get rid of regardless if the mesh is deformed
> or
> > not...
> > for m in meshes:
> > if not m.isReferenced():
> > shapes = m.getShapes()
> > for s in shapes:
> > if s.intermediateObject.get():
> > if not s.listConnections():
> > delete(s)
> > rename(m.getShape(), '%sShape' % m.name())
> > /Christian
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 9:18 AM, Christian Akesson <
> [email protected]>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> Gotcha, I misread your original post. Thanks!
> >> /Christian
> >>
> >>
> >> On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 8:07 AM, Viktoras <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> On 2010.11.17 18:04, Christian Akesson wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Viktoras:
> >>> I want to remove the intermediate shape nodes, but only if the mesh is
> >>> not being deformed by any deformer in which case those are needed
> >>> (meshNameShapeOrig, sometimes meshNameShapeDeformed when referenced).
> These
> >>> intermediate shapes are sometimes retained on the mesh when duplicating
> or
> >>> delete history to get rid of deformers. They cause some issues in our
> >>> pipeline....
> >>>
> >>> that's exactly what i said. if you list outgoing connections from a
> >>> shape, which is marked as intermediate, and it does not connect
> anywhere
> >>> (usually garbage shapes won't at all) - you can delete it.
> >>>
> >>> --
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> >>
> >
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