Re: scripting lights... associated models group

[Nick <nick.petit(at)gmail.com>]

the only downfall with the Dictionary.GetObject method is you need to know 100% that the group name won't have changed... you don't need strings of nested objects, you can get to it pretty quickly...
in Python:

oLight = 
Application.Selection(0)
AssocLightGroup = list(Application.EnumElements(oSel.ActivePrimitive))[-1]

#or by forcing a classname verification on each elem of the lights ActivePrim ( a bit safer )...

AssocLightGroup = filter(lambda x: ClassName(x) == "Group",  
Application.EnumElements(oSel.ActivePrimitive))[0]

On 8/31/06, Steven Caron <carons(at)gmail.com> wrote:

forgot about dictionary.getobject() will give that a shot.

 

my string of nestedobjects one after another looks nasty.

 

thanks

Steven

 

On 8/30/06, Martin Bélanger <martinb(at)softimage.com > wrote:

I just helped someone recently with this issue. The idea was to add a selected Model in Branch mode into the Associated model group list. I cheated when it was time to get the associated model group as you can see.

 

My vb script looked something like this:

 

'oModelLight is defined has a Model which contains all the scene ligths amongs other things...

 

set oLights = oModelLight.FindChildren("*",siLightPrimType, ,True)

for each light in oLights

    'We just want to process the spot lights...

    if light.ActivePrimitive.Parameters("Type").value = 2 then

    set groupAL = Dictionary.GetObject(light&".light.Associated Models")

    groupAL.AddMember oModel2Add ,True

    End if

Next

-Martin

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From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM [mailto: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] On Behalf Of Steven Caron
Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 2:40 PM
To: xsi(at)Softimage.COM
Subject: scripting lights... associated models group

 

Hey

 

can someone recommend a way to work with the associated models group under a light?

 

i am creating the light in scripting so i have the object, i dont see a simple OM shortcut or any method to return the associated models group.

 

thank

steven