Agreed, that looks mightily handy, thanks Brad!
On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 8:50 PM, Alan Fregtman <alan.fregt...@gmail.com>wrote: > Sweet tool, Brad! Good job. :) > > > On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 1:14 PM, Bradley Gabe <witha...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Greetings Folks- >> >> I'm releasing a new tool for the Softimage community that I had been >> using extensively on a recent project, and figured plenty of folks might >> find it helpful. >> >> In a nutshell, it's a tool that helps you find instances of strings >> inside ICE Trees. >> >> If you lose track of when and where you were getting or setting >> attributes, forgot if you were pointing to a specific geometry name in a >> Shape Instance node, or need to hunt down the names of cache files set in >> your tree, this tool will help. >> >> Here's the link to the download in google docs (Feel free to post this on >> whatever Softimage community sites you like). >> https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B1YpeWdrXDofSEFYWW9LUG5LclE >> >> Let me know if you find any glaring bugs. I'll do my best to repair >> things in the short term. >> >> -Bradley >> >> >> >> *ICE_TraceRefString: >> * >> >> Tool for tracing instances of strings inside ICE Trees. Can be used, for >> example, to track down the number of times a specific attribute is called. >> Via filters, may also be used to determine how an attribute is called, >> whether by Get Data, Set Data, or other ICE nodes that handle string >> parameters. >> >> ** >> ------------------------------ >> *Usage:* >> >> Specify search options, enter a Match String, then press the trace >> button. If matches are found, the address of the ICE Nodes are listed in >> the Match List at the bottom of the GUI. If items are selected in the Match >> List, their corresponding nodes are selected in the scene >> >> NOTE: At present, there is no access in the SDK to directly select nodes >> inside an ICE Tree node graph interface. ICE nodes are selected in the >> scene, and may be accessed via the explorer. >> >> ** >> ------------------------------ >> *GUI Parameters: >> >> * >> >> *Search Scope: * >> >> - Selected ICE Nodes - Search only within currently selected >> nodes in ICE Tree >> - Local ICE Tree - Search all nodes in the currently open ICE Tree >> - ICE Trees on Sel Scene Items - Any ICE Tree on selected scene >> items >> - Global Scene - All ICE Trees in the scene >> >> *ICE Node Filter:* >> >> - All ICE Nodes - No filter >> - Get Data only - Search for string matches only in Get Data nodes >> - Set Data only - Search for string matches only in Set Data nodes >> - Other Nodes - Search for string matches in nodes that are not Get >> Data or Set Data (Shape Instance, String nodes, etc) >> >> *Match String: *String to be searched for inside ICE Tree >> *Cap Sensitive:* Consider capitalization in search string (Overridden by >> RegExpr matching) >> >> *Use Regular Expression Matching:* Allows user to specify match strings >> using regular expression syntax >> >> >
