subCom = Application.Selection(0).SubComponent
subColl = Application.subCom.ComponentCollection
Access all the point object data from the component collection.
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>
> Another question to append to my list of questions I am able to obtain
> the pntSubComponent on the guide hair, however I can't figure out how
> get the point object that the subcomponent belongs to so I can absract
> the position vector of that point. It seems so trivial but for some
> reason, I'm stumped on that one too.
>
>
> On Wed, 2006-05-24 at 15:29 -0700, Greg Smith wrote:
> > Okay so I cracked my knuckles, and started to get into the nuts and
> > bolts of the hair geometry primitive and so far I am a little
> > frustrated. Maybe its because I am still a little wet behind the ears
> > when tinkering with the internals of xsi, I don't know.
> >
> > So down to the nitty gritty. Using python, I am trying to get access at
> > components of hair geometry object. one of the things I am having an
> > issue with is finding a direct method in finding the total amount of
> > guide hairs live on the hair object. Thus far I haven't found a direct
> > method. The only thing I have come up with so far is dividing the total
> > number of points found in the hair object by the total amount of points
> > found in a guid hair. This gives me the appropriate number, but I would
> > prefer something a little more elegent.
> >
> > Is there any way to grab the 2d array index of a point using the object
> > model?
> > when I select a point on one of the guide hairs, I get this line in the
> > history log.
> >
> > Application.SelectGeometryComponents("Hair.pnt[(27,3)]")
> >
> > However I don't want to use a string argument, I'd much rather use an
> > object method, however when I try, I can't figure out how to access a
> > point component in that method. I can gain access of a point by index
> > number from the pointcollection using the code below.
> >
> > xsi = Application
> > hr = xsi.ActiveSceneRoot.FindChild('Hair')
> > ohair = hr.ActivePrimitive.Geometry
> > oPnts = ohair.Points
> >
> > I tried appending .SubComponent to oPnts and work from there, but I
> > can't figure out where I am supposed to proceed.
> >
> > any Ideas?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Greg
> >
> >
> >
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