Re: Object View to Orthorgraphic via scripting
I previously use this code for creating a view with headlight on. but this should also be useful for your case, sexy Eric. xsi = Application import win32com.client def getLastView(): coll = win32com.client.Dispatch( XSI.Collection ) coll.Items = Views.View* return coll(coll.Count-1) def createOrthoView(objColl=None): layout = xsi.Desktop.ActiveLayout orthoView = layout.CreateView2( Object View, OrthoCam) orthoView.Resize(400,500) # this has to be called to force xsi to immediately create the view # then we can set it's attribute xsi.Desktop.RedrawUI() # get last view returns the latest created view viewName = getLastView().Fullname # get the active camera cameraName = orthoView.GetAttributeValue(camera) if cameraName == default: cameraName = %s.UserCamera%viewName orthoCam = xsi.Dictionary.GetObject(cameraName) # enable headlight orthoCam.Properties(Camera Display).Parameters(headlight).Value = True # set ortho orthoCam.Parameters(proj).Value = 0 orthoView.SetAttributeValue(autoframe,True) if objColl: orthoView.SetAttributeValue(targetcontent, objColl.GetAsText() ) orthoView.SetAttributeValue(displayall,False) orthoView.SetAttributeValue(autoframe,False) orthoView.SetAttributeValue(lockstatus,True) orthoView.SetAttributeValue(autoalign,True) orthoView.SetAttributeValue(displaymode,shaded) orthoView.SetAttributeValue(modifycameras, False) # test create cylinder and create a view for it xsi.CreatePrim(Cylinder, MeshSurface, , ) createOrthoView(xsi.Selection) Have fun, edy On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 11:52 PM, Jon Swindells squi...@gmail.com wrote: yup, i was missing something :) add me to the list of +1's On 13 September 2013 18:10, Daniel Brassard dbrassar...@gmail.com wrote: I understand Eric predicament. The objectview by default open to perspective, if you tick orthographic, the objectview does not retain the setting when closed and their is not current setting in the attributes to change it in the preference setting either. http://download.autodesk.com/global/docs/softimage2014/en_us/sdkguide/si_cmds/ObjectViewAttributes.html I tried the SetValue(preferences.objectview. ) way and it is not accessible. +1 on Eric request. On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 4:35 PM, Jon Swindells squi...@gmail.com wrote: wouldn't a relational view with max instance prop set to 1 be the way to go ? if you are popping it up through script i don't see a problem with getting the camera properties also, you'd have an easy to search for named singleton if you need it or am i missing the obvious here ? On 12 September 2013 20:40, Eric Thivierge ethivie...@hybride.comwrote: I'd like to open the object view and have it set to ortho automatically. For creating and editing bone chains and other things that need to lay flat on the plane between root, 2nd bone and effector orthographic is usually best. I'd like to not have to add additional objects or edit objects already in the scene but looks like I'll have to do so. If I could get at the camera under the view I could automatically set the ortho so the user doesn't have to and I don't change anything else in the scene and I can create a simple and streamlined workflow for the tools I'm building. On September-12-13 1:35:16 PM, Luc-Eric Rousseau wrote: there is no technical reason for that attribute return value to be so terse, but I'm not sure exactly what you need. maybe you need a user pref to the default camera mode, or maybe you want to open the object view with a scene camera that you control (which should be possible with setattribute) On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 12:59 PM, Eric Thivierge ethivie...@hybride.com wrote: Should I even bother logging a feature request or is it something that isn't possible because they are dynamic and tied to the view? -- Jon Swindells squi...@gmail.com -- Jon Swindells squi...@gmail.com -- Edy Susanto Lim TD http://sawamura.neorack.com
Re: Object View to Orthorgraphic via scripting
Thanks Edy, Thought about doing that but seems so hacky. While it will work, I'll submit the request anyway. Eric Thivierge http://www.ethivierge.com On Sat, Sep 14, 2013 at 9:46 AM, Edy Susanto Lim edysusant...@gmail.comwrote: I previously use this code for creating a view with headlight on. but this should also be useful for your case, sexy Eric. xsi = Application import win32com.client def getLastView(): coll = win32com.client.Dispatch( XSI.Collection ) coll.Items = Views.View* return coll(coll.Count-1) def createOrthoView(objColl=None): layout = xsi.Desktop.ActiveLayout orthoView = layout.CreateView2( Object View, OrthoCam) orthoView.Resize(400,500) # this has to be called to force xsi to immediately create the view # then we can set it's attribute xsi.Desktop.RedrawUI() # get last view returns the latest created view viewName = getLastView().Fullname # get the active camera cameraName = orthoView.GetAttributeValue(camera) if cameraName == default: cameraName = %s.UserCamera%viewName orthoCam = xsi.Dictionary.GetObject(cameraName) # enable headlight orthoCam.Properties(Camera Display).Parameters(headlight).Value = True # set ortho orthoCam.Parameters(proj).Value = 0 orthoView.SetAttributeValue(autoframe,True) if objColl: orthoView.SetAttributeValue(targetcontent, objColl.GetAsText() ) orthoView.SetAttributeValue(displayall,False) orthoView.SetAttributeValue(autoframe,False) orthoView.SetAttributeValue(lockstatus,True) orthoView.SetAttributeValue(autoalign,True) orthoView.SetAttributeValue(displaymode,shaded) orthoView.SetAttributeValue(modifycameras, False) # test create cylinder and create a view for it xsi.CreatePrim(Cylinder, MeshSurface, , ) createOrthoView(xsi.Selection) Have fun, edy On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 11:52 PM, Jon Swindells squi...@gmail.com wrote: yup, i was missing something :) add me to the list of +1's On 13 September 2013 18:10, Daniel Brassard dbrassar...@gmail.comwrote: I understand Eric predicament. The objectview by default open to perspective, if you tick orthographic, the objectview does not retain the setting when closed and their is not current setting in the attributes to change it in the preference setting either. http://download.autodesk.com/global/docs/softimage2014/en_us/sdkguide/si_cmds/ObjectViewAttributes.html I tried the SetValue(preferences.objectview. ) way and it is not accessible. +1 on Eric request. On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 4:35 PM, Jon Swindells squi...@gmail.comwrote: wouldn't a relational view with max instance prop set to 1 be the way to go ? if you are popping it up through script i don't see a problem with getting the camera properties also, you'd have an easy to search for named singleton if you need it or am i missing the obvious here ? On 12 September 2013 20:40, Eric Thivierge ethivie...@hybride.comwrote: I'd like to open the object view and have it set to ortho automatically. For creating and editing bone chains and other things that need to lay flat on the plane between root, 2nd bone and effector orthographic is usually best. I'd like to not have to add additional objects or edit objects already in the scene but looks like I'll have to do so. If I could get at the camera under the view I could automatically set the ortho so the user doesn't have to and I don't change anything else in the scene and I can create a simple and streamlined workflow for the tools I'm building. On September-12-13 1:35:16 PM, Luc-Eric Rousseau wrote: there is no technical reason for that attribute return value to be so terse, but I'm not sure exactly what you need. maybe you need a user pref to the default camera mode, or maybe you want to open the object view with a scene camera that you control (which should be possible with setattribute) On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 12:59 PM, Eric Thivierge ethivie...@hybride.com wrote: Should I even bother logging a feature request or is it something that isn't possible because they are dynamic and tied to the view? -- Jon Swindells squi...@gmail.com -- Jon Swindells squi...@gmail.com -- Edy Susanto Lim TD http://sawamura.neorack.com
Re: Object View to Orthorgraphic via scripting
I understand Eric predicament. The objectview by default open to perspective, if you tick orthographic, the objectview does not retain the setting when closed and their is not current setting in the attributes to change it in the preference setting either. http://download.autodesk.com/global/docs/softimage2014/en_us/sdkguide/si_cmds/ObjectViewAttributes.html I tried the SetValue(preferences.objectview. ) way and it is not accessible. +1 on Eric request. On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 4:35 PM, Jon Swindells squi...@gmail.com wrote: wouldn't a relational view with max instance prop set to 1 be the way to go ? if you are popping it up through script i don't see a problem with getting the camera properties also, you'd have an easy to search for named singleton if you need it or am i missing the obvious here ? On 12 September 2013 20:40, Eric Thivierge ethivie...@hybride.com wrote: I'd like to open the object view and have it set to ortho automatically. For creating and editing bone chains and other things that need to lay flat on the plane between root, 2nd bone and effector orthographic is usually best. I'd like to not have to add additional objects or edit objects already in the scene but looks like I'll have to do so. If I could get at the camera under the view I could automatically set the ortho so the user doesn't have to and I don't change anything else in the scene and I can create a simple and streamlined workflow for the tools I'm building. On September-12-13 1:35:16 PM, Luc-Eric Rousseau wrote: there is no technical reason for that attribute return value to be so terse, but I'm not sure exactly what you need. maybe you need a user pref to the default camera mode, or maybe you want to open the object view with a scene camera that you control (which should be possible with setattribute) On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 12:59 PM, Eric Thivierge ethivie...@hybride.com wrote: Should I even bother logging a feature request or is it something that isn't possible because they are dynamic and tied to the view? -- Jon Swindells squi...@gmail.com
Re: Object View to Orthorgraphic via scripting
yup, i was missing something :) add me to the list of +1's On 13 September 2013 18:10, Daniel Brassard dbrassar...@gmail.com wrote: I understand Eric predicament. The objectview by default open to perspective, if you tick orthographic, the objectview does not retain the setting when closed and their is not current setting in the attributes to change it in the preference setting either. http://download.autodesk.com/global/docs/softimage2014/en_us/sdkguide/si_cmds/ObjectViewAttributes.html I tried the SetValue(preferences.objectview. ) way and it is not accessible. +1 on Eric request. On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 4:35 PM, Jon Swindells squi...@gmail.com wrote: wouldn't a relational view with max instance prop set to 1 be the way to go ? if you are popping it up through script i don't see a problem with getting the camera properties also, you'd have an easy to search for named singleton if you need it or am i missing the obvious here ? On 12 September 2013 20:40, Eric Thivierge ethivie...@hybride.comwrote: I'd like to open the object view and have it set to ortho automatically. For creating and editing bone chains and other things that need to lay flat on the plane between root, 2nd bone and effector orthographic is usually best. I'd like to not have to add additional objects or edit objects already in the scene but looks like I'll have to do so. If I could get at the camera under the view I could automatically set the ortho so the user doesn't have to and I don't change anything else in the scene and I can create a simple and streamlined workflow for the tools I'm building. On September-12-13 1:35:16 PM, Luc-Eric Rousseau wrote: there is no technical reason for that attribute return value to be so terse, but I'm not sure exactly what you need. maybe you need a user pref to the default camera mode, or maybe you want to open the object view with a scene camera that you control (which should be possible with setattribute) On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 12:59 PM, Eric Thivierge ethivie...@hybride.com wrote: Should I even bother logging a feature request or is it something that isn't possible because they are dynamic and tied to the view? -- Jon Swindells squi...@gmail.com -- Jon Swindells squi...@gmail.com
Re: Object View to Orthorgraphic via scripting
Thanks Daniel but I'm using the default camera for the view which seems to be dynamically created with the view and is removed with it when you close it. I haven't found a way to find the camera object from the View object. All I get returned from the camera attribute from the view is the generic name and can't get the full name / path to it via scripting. Otherwise it's a piece of cake like you show. On September-12-13 12:15:08 PM, Daniel Brassard wrote: oCamera.Parameters( “proj” ).value 1 (perspective) , 0 (orthographic) On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 11:58 AM, Eric Thivierge ethivie...@hybride.com mailto:ethivie...@hybride.com wrote: I feel like I asked this before but came up with nothing from searching google. Can you set an object view to orthorgraphic via scripting? No view attributes are able to get me to the embedded camera it's using to set this. Eric T.
Re: Object View to Orthorgraphic via scripting
I'd like to open the object view and have it set to ortho automatically. For creating and editing bone chains and other things that need to lay flat on the plane between root, 2nd bone and effector orthographic is usually best. I'd like to not have to add additional objects or edit objects already in the scene but looks like I'll have to do so. If I could get at the camera under the view I could automatically set the ortho so the user doesn't have to and I don't change anything else in the scene and I can create a simple and streamlined workflow for the tools I'm building. On September-12-13 1:35:16 PM, Luc-Eric Rousseau wrote: there is no technical reason for that attribute return value to be so terse, but I'm not sure exactly what you need. maybe you need a user pref to the default camera mode, or maybe you want to open the object view with a scene camera that you control (which should be possible with setattribute) On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 12:59 PM, Eric Thivierge ethivie...@hybride.com wrote: Should I even bother logging a feature request or is it something that isn't possible because they are dynamic and tied to the view?
Re: Object View to Orthorgraphic via scripting
wouldn't a relational view with max instance prop set to 1 be the way to go ? if you are popping it up through script i don't see a problem with getting the camera properties also, you'd have an easy to search for named singleton if you need it or am i missing the obvious here ? On 12 September 2013 20:40, Eric Thivierge ethivie...@hybride.com wrote: I'd like to open the object view and have it set to ortho automatically. For creating and editing bone chains and other things that need to lay flat on the plane between root, 2nd bone and effector orthographic is usually best. I'd like to not have to add additional objects or edit objects already in the scene but looks like I'll have to do so. If I could get at the camera under the view I could automatically set the ortho so the user doesn't have to and I don't change anything else in the scene and I can create a simple and streamlined workflow for the tools I'm building. On September-12-13 1:35:16 PM, Luc-Eric Rousseau wrote: there is no technical reason for that attribute return value to be so terse, but I'm not sure exactly what you need. maybe you need a user pref to the default camera mode, or maybe you want to open the object view with a scene camera that you control (which should be possible with setattribute) On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 12:59 PM, Eric Thivierge ethivie...@hybride.com wrote: Should I even bother logging a feature request or is it something that isn't possible because they are dynamic and tied to the view? -- Jon Swindells squi...@gmail.com
Re: Object View to Orthorgraphic via scripting
Should I even bother logging a feature request or is it something that isn't possible because they are dynamic and tied to the view? On September-12-13 12:52:03 PM, Luc-Eric Rousseau wrote: I think there is nothing you can do to know the real name of the camera if it's not a scene camera. The camera will be one of those under Application/Views/List/View#/UserCamera. but there is no way for you to know for sure the # if you have multiple object views. On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 11:58 AM, Eric Thivierge ethivie...@hybride.com wrote: I feel like I asked this before but came up with nothing from searching google. Can you set an object view to orthorgraphic via scripting? No view attributes are able to get me to the embedded camera it's using to set this. Eric T.
Re: Object View to Orthorgraphic via scripting
I think there is nothing you can do to know the real name of the camera if it's not a scene camera. The camera will be one of those under Application/Views/List/View#/UserCamera. but there is no way for you to know for sure the # if you have multiple object views. On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 11:58 AM, Eric Thivierge ethivie...@hybride.com wrote: I feel like I asked this before but came up with nothing from searching google. Can you set an object view to orthorgraphic via scripting? No view attributes are able to get me to the embedded camera it's using to set this. Eric T.
Re: Object View to Orthorgraphic via scripting
there is no technical reason for that attribute return value to be so terse, but I'm not sure exactly what you need. maybe you need a user pref to the default camera mode, or maybe you want to open the object view with a scene camera that you control (which should be possible with setattribute) On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 12:59 PM, Eric Thivierge ethivie...@hybride.com wrote: Should I even bother logging a feature request or is it something that isn't possible because they are dynamic and tied to the view?
Object View to Orthorgraphic via scripting
I feel like I asked this before but came up with nothing from searching google. Can you set an object view to orthorgraphic via scripting? No view attributes are able to get me to the embedded camera it's using to set this. Eric T.
Re: Object View to Orthorgraphic via scripting
oCamera.Parameters( “proj” ).value 1 (perspective) , 0 (orthographic) On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 11:58 AM, Eric Thivierge ethivie...@hybride.comwrote: I feel like I asked this before but came up with nothing from searching google. Can you set an object view to orthorgraphic via scripting? No view attributes are able to get me to the embedded camera it's using to set this. Eric T.
Re: Object View to Orthorgraphic via scripting
Sorry about the double post. The link should had been: http://download.autodesk.com/global/docs/softimage2014/en_us/sdkguide/si_om/Camera.html On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 12:59 PM, Eric Thivierge ethivie...@hybride.comwrote: Should I even bother logging a feature request or is it something that isn't possible because they are dynamic and tied to the view? On September-12-13 12:52:03 PM, Luc-Eric Rousseau wrote: I think there is nothing you can do to know the real name of the camera if it's not a scene camera. The camera will be one of those under Application/Views/List/View#/**UserCamera. but there is no way for you to know for sure the # if you have multiple object views. On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 11:58 AM, Eric Thivierge ethivie...@hybride.com wrote: I feel like I asked this before but came up with nothing from searching google. Can you set an object view to orthorgraphic via scripting? No view attributes are able to get me to the embedded camera it's using to set this. Eric T.
