> Andrew who?
Skronski... Skawronskee... um, Skaronovitch? You know, Andrew. The bearded scripting guy at Softimage.
>
> On 4/13/06, brad <brad(at)cg-soup.com> wrote:
> > Interesting... it looks to me like the XSICollection is changing the object type as a result of dumping it into the collection:
> >
> > SelectObj("cube", null, true);
> > obj = Selection(0);
> >
> > // Get a pointer to the object Facets
> > oFacets = obj.ActivePrimitive.Geometry.Facets;
> >
> > LogMessage(oFacets(0))
> > LogMessage(oFacets(1).type)
> >
> > // Dump the objects into an XSICollection
> > XSIColl = new ActiveXObject('XSI.Collection')
> > XSIColl.AddItems(oFacets)
> > LogMessage(XSIColl(0))
> > LogMessage(XSIColl(1).type)
> >
> >
> > This looks like a job for Andrew!
> > -Brad
> >
> > > -------Original Message-------
> > > Stephen,
> > > Thanks, this worked perfecly for my oFilter.Subset input, however I am
> > > now more confused than ever. I have two pieces of code that are supposed
> > > to select all the edges of a particular facet, one works, one doesnt,
> > > they are:
> > >
> > >
> > > //1.DOES NOT WORK
> > > SelectObj("cube", null, true);
> > > var oColl = XSIFactory.CreateActiveXObject("XSI.Collection")
> > > oColl.AddItems(Selection(0).ActivePrimitive.Geometry.Facets);
> > > SelectGeometryComponents(oColl(0).Edges);
> > >
> > > //2.WORKS
> > > SelectObj("cube", null, true);
> > > var oSelList = Selection(0).ActivePrimitive.Geometry.Facets;
> > > SelectGeometryComponents(oSelList(1).Edges);
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > If Selection(0).ActivePrimitive.Geometry.Facets is a facet collection,
> > > how does it differ from an XSI Collection? In this case it would seem
> > > that the XSI Collection is being passed to SelectGeometryComponents in
> > > example 1 and a Facet Collection is being sent to
> > > SelectGeometryComponents in example 2. Why would the XSI Collection work
> > > in the case of filter.subset but not here?
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > Joey Ponthieux
> > > NCI Information Systems Inc.
> > > NASA Langley Research Center
> > > ____________________________________________________________
> > > Opinions stated here-in are strictly those of the author and
> > > do not represent the opinions of NASA or any other party.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Stephen Blair wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hi Joey
> > > >
> > > > Instead of messing about with the selection, just get all the edges into
> > > > a collection and then filter the collection.
> > > >
> > > > Here's an example, but with polygons and the Quad filter:
> > > >
> > > > var oCone = ActiveSceneRoot.AddGeometry("Cone","MeshSurface");
> > > > var oPolygons = oCone.ActivePrimitive.Geometry.Polygons;
> > > >
> > > > var oColl = XSIFactory.CreateActiveXObject("XSI.Collection");
> > > > oColl.AddItems(oPolygons);
> > > > LogMessage( oColl.Count );
> > > >
> > > > var oFilter = Application.Filters("Quad");
> > > > var oQuads = oFilter.Subset( oColl );
> > > > LogMessage( oQuads.Count );
> > > >
> > > > Also
> > > >
> > > > Application.Selection is a Selection object
> > > > Selection(0).ActivePrimitive.Geometry.Segments is a SegmentCollection
> > > >
> > > > that's why you get the error
> > > >
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