Hi Guys,
first off, thanks for the insights provided. I´ll check out your scripts
Guillaime (the other ones are cool as well) but will stay away from
using the share_tree_section.js - as I´m not expected to risk anything:-)
Checked the docs on using overrides a bit more, there´s a section
about "Editing Multiple Objects" (can´t provide a link, the
XSI documentation seems not to support this, seach for
overrides, it´s a link in the middle of page 1, about).
I´ll give it a try now, hope it doesn´t need groups or partitions
to work as this would make things even more complicated, if
all I want is to add an overriding parameter regardless of partition...
Would you guys mind if I´d submit a feature request to softimage
asking for a revamp of the rendertree to display multiple materials
and allow for crossconnections? Plus addig something like a Maya
attribute spreadsheet (all parameters of selection, orderly editable)?
Cheers
tim
P.S: Sometimes I wish I had attended programming classes,
now I´ll submit a feature request instead...
----- Original Message -----
From: "guillaume laforge" <guillaume.laforge.3d(at)gmail.com>
To: <XSI(at)Softimage.COM>
Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 7:55 AM
Subject: Re: sharing nodes between materials?
http://www.vol2nuit.fr/guillaume/xsi_scripts/rendering/scripts/share_tree_section.js
1 In a material select the node you want to share from an explorer.
2 Run the script and pick the parameter you want to connect in the other
material.
In the XSI object model you will find the source object. From the sdk doc :
"Sources are references to data which are instantiated. For example, a shape
source becomes a
ShapeClip<mk:(at)MSITStore:C:\Softimage\XSI_5.1\Doc\XSISDK\xsidevref.chm::/ShapeClip.htm#ShapeClip>in
the animation mixer when it is instantiated there."
To find a node connected to an other in the render tree we use "NodeB =
NodeA.parameters("something").Source". So we can imagine than all the render
tree nodes are like image or shape clip ! Why it is not exposed in the
material explorer is a mystery for me ?
I think I used this script only for two projects and in one I suspect lot of
crash because of this nodes, Use it at your own risk !
Cheers
On 4/21/06, Bernard Lebel <3dbernard(at)gmail.com> wrote:
Strange, last time I tried it was perfectly possible in XSI 4.2. But
only through scripting :-)
Cheers
Bernard
On 4/20/06, Perry Harovas <perryh(at)netzero.net> wrote:
> It still isn't possible in 5.0 or 5.1
>
> For me, this is a huge issue that would be very welcome
> as a change in a future version.
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