RE: jscript: how to select points from a deformer weights?

["Andrew Skowronski" <askowron(at)Softimage.COM>]

You can build a jscript array with all the indexes of the points that have non-zero weights for a particular point.

Be sure that you determine the real geometry indexes, not the index of the point within a cluster.

 

The mapping infromation is available via the Cluster associated with the ClusterProperty that stores the deformation data.

Check out examples in the reference to learn more about that.

 

When you have the array of indexes you can call Geometry.CreateCluster. 

 

To Select the points build a string similar to the string that gets logged when to select some points,

e.g. objname.pnt[1,2,3]

The JScript array.join method is useful for turning an array into a comma separated string.

 

-Andrew

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM]On Behalf Of Oz Adi
Posted At: Tuesday, December 27, 2005 10:38 AM
Posted To: xsi
Conversation: jscript: how to select points from a deformer weights?
Subject: jscript: how to select points from a deformer weights?

let's say I got an envelope with two bones, all weights are set 100% to the closest bone.

 

I am trying to select through scripting, the points that are  assigned to each deformer.

 

I can access the weights using the GetDeformerWeights method,

but I just cant find a way to, then select those points, or make a point cluster of them.

 

I am still studying Jscript, so I am just a begginer.. so I've spent over 10 hours trying to figure it out.. and no success :)

 

any tip or direction would be greatly appreciated..

 

cheers,

 

Oz Adi

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