Thank you everyone for the additional tips!
On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 8:20 AM, Stefan Kubicek <s...@tidbit-images.com> wrote: > The cleanest way I suppose would be to have the PPG reside on the > operator directly. > > Write a command to apply the op and display its PPG (points 1 and 2 in > your list), then on the PPG there could be a button (calling a second > command for instance) that freezes the object and performs your additional > modeling operations (points 3 and 4). > > That's what I'd do. You could even create menu items for your command(s) > and anchor them in one of the existing menus so you can call the > operation(s) from there. > > Thank you for the links, I think these contain what I need. > > What would be the standard way for controlling operators? I'm not trying > to do anything special, really just looking for the most straightforward > way to: > 1) Add a bevel operator > 2) Allow the user to change settings of the bevel operator > 3) Freeze the object > 4) Perform additional modeling operations > > Step 2) is the only part where I need interactive user input. Once the > user is happy and clicks OK, steps 3) and 4) must be automatically > performed by the script. > > > On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 1:12 PM, Stefan Kubicek <s...@tidbit-images.com>wrote: > >> It is quite unusual to update operators based on another global PPG's >> parameter I think, though theoretically it should work if the operator uses >> the Property's relevant parameters as an input. >> >> Check out >> http://download.autodesk.com/global/docs/softimage2014/en_us/sdkguide/si_om/CustomOperator.html >> >> and in particular: >> http://download.autodesk.com/global/docs/softimage2014/en_us/sdkguide/si_om/CustomOperator.AddInputPort.html >> >> >> >> No, it's not Immediate Mode. After the PPG is closed, the operator values >> update correctly. But they don't update when changing the slider value >> while the PPG is open. >> I will delete the custom property once the user closes the PPG, so I >> think it's not too important where it's stored. >> >> >> On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 12:37 PM, Stefan Kubicek >> <s...@tidbit-images.com>wrote: >> >>> Could it be that you have immediate mode enabled? >>> Also, why do you store the parameters in a global PPG in the SceneRoot >>> rather than on the actual operator per object? >>> >>> >>> Hi list, >>> >>> My script generates a bevel operator on an object. I then want a PPG to >>> pop up that allows the user to change certain parameters of the bevel >>> operator. These parameters should update whenever the values in the PPG are >>> changed. However, they only update after the PPG is closed via OK. Can >>> someone point me in the right direction here? >>> >>> Script is roughly as follows: >>> >>> # Lots of stuff after which a bevel operator (op) is generated >>> MyPSet = A.ActiveSceneRoot.AddProperty("CustomProperty", False, >>> "Bevel_Options") >>> MyLayout = MyPSet.PPGLayout >>> MyPSet.AddParameter3("PBevelRatio", c.siFloat, 10, 0.01, 100) >>> MySlider = MyLayout.AddItem("PBevelRatio", "Ratio", c.siControlNumber) >>> >>> A.InspectObj(MyPSet, "", "Choose Bevel Options", c.siModal, False) >>> >>> op.Parameters("ratio").Value = MyPSet.Parameters("PBevelRatio").Value >>> >>> >>> Thank you >>> Christian >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> ------------------------------------------- >>> Stefan Kubicek >>> ------------------------------------------- >>> keyvis digital imagery >>> Alfred Feierfeilstraße 3 >>> A-2380 Perchtoldsdorf bei Wien >>> Phone: +43/699/12614231 >>> www.keyvis.at ste...@keyvis.at >>> -- This email and its attachments are -- >>> --confidential and for the recipient only-- >>> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> ------------------------------------------- >> Stefan Kubicek >> ------------------------------------------- >> keyvis digital imagery >> Alfred Feierfeilstraße 3 >> A-2380 Perchtoldsdorf bei Wien >> Phone: +43/699/12614231 >> www.keyvis.at ste...@keyvis.at >> -- This email and its attachments are -- >> --confidential and for the recipient only-- >> > > > > > -- > ------------------------------------------- > Stefan Kubicek > ------------------------------------------- > keyvis digital imagery > Alfred Feierfeilstraße 3 > A-2380 Perchtoldsdorf bei Wien > Phone: +43/699/12614231 > www.keyvis.at ste...@keyvis.at > -- This email and its attachments are -- > --confidential and for the recipient only-- >
