Re: Activating PaintTool from a script

["guillaume laforge" <guillaume.laforge.3d(at)gmail.com>]

> I think it would be great to open the paint tool in the SDK.

100% agree. There are a lot of things we can't do just because it is not possible to access the paint tool object.

On 2/28/07, Ahmidou Lyazidi <ahmidou.xsi(at)gmail.com> wrote:

Hi guillaume,
what I m after is more someting like LMB click to paint it: add a weightmap, add the deformer, paint and freeze)
but now lets say i want to make a custom thing like pinch , twirl or whatever on each click and i want to keep each operatio as simple as a move point ?
Should I rebuild a paint tool from the ground? I think it would be great to open the paint tool in the SDK.

Thanks anyway !!
A.

2007/2/28, guillaume laforge < guillaume.laforge.3d(at)gmail.com>:

>I would like to bypass the fact that you have to add a weight map, then add a smooth or push op...

You can create a command to group your new weight map and your new deformer operator like this :

var buttonPressed = XSIUIToolkit.Msgbox( "Clic Yes for a Smooth and No for a Push",
          siMsgYesNo, "Weighted Operators" ) ;

if ( buttonPressed == siMsgNo )
{
    var oWeight = CreateWeightMap(null, null, "PushWeightMap", null, null);
    var op = ApplyOp("Push", oWeight , 3, siPersistentOperation, null, 0);
    op.item(0).parameters("ampl").value = 2 ;
    PaintTool();
}
else
{
    var oWeight = CreateWeightMap(null, null, "SmoothWeightMap", null, null);
    ApplyOp("Smooth", oWeight , 3, siPersistentOperation, null, 0);
    PaintTool();
}

Nothing fancy but it can speed the modeling workflow.

Cheers

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Guillaume Laforge

On 2/28/07, Ahmidou Lyazidi <ahmidou.xsi(at)gmail.com> wrote:

Hi, about the paint tool, is it possible to access it via scripting to do custom things but directly? I mean access the hardness, softness, spacing for each vertex that is paint and do what ever you want with this?
I would like to bypass the fact that you have to add a weight map, then add a smooth or push op, then paint, then freeze then add a weight map and so on.....
Just paint>deform, paint>deform again to speed up the workflow
Or maybe we need some OnPaint_events?
I don t know, if this is clear?!

thanks
A.

2007/2/27, Bradley Gabe < withanar(at)stanwinston.com>:

Thanks. I figured that out only moments after posting. Seems like I
can't get anything done anymore without making my stupid mistakes
public.


> PaintTool();
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>         ______________________________________________________________
>         From: Bradley Gabe [mailto:withanar(at)stanwinston.com]
>         Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 1:50 PM
>         To: xsi(at)Softimage.COM
>         Subject: Activating PaintTool from a script
>
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>         Anyone know how to activate the PaintTool from scripting,
>         preferably from jscript?
>
>         I looked into the PaintPushTool script in the
>         $xsihome/Application/DSScripts/tools.vbs file, and they are
>         just doing a call to "PaintTool", but when I try the same
>         thing in my script, it raises an error.
>         Thanks!
>         -Brad

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