Re: PlotShape and offset clip

[javier <javier.vdp(at)gmail.com>]

hey,,, you might be right... I ve iterated thru NestedObjects extensively and never had trouble. I havent dealt with the special case of plot shape however. 
cheers
j

On 7/14/07, guillaume laforge <guillaume.laforge.3d(at)gmail.com> wrote:

> As you point out, NestedObjects feel dirty but they are the best way...

I don't know if NestedObjects feel dirty ( it is their problem after all ).
I was thinking of Jscript, output arguments and  ISIVTCollection when I said "dirty" :-).

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Guillaume

On 7/14/07, guillaume laforge < guillaume.laforge.3d(at)gmail.com > wrote:

Hi Jaiviier,

I always use the enumerator object with collections. I find it faster to write it using a right clic in the script editor ( of course you can also choose a "for loop" in the right clic menu but you must write ".count"  and clean up the line ).
From the Jscript documentation, the enumerator object is designed  to enumerate a collection so it should always work fine with ... collection :-) .

With PlotShape command ( and I guess all the commands returning an ISIVTCollection ) your code with a for loop doesn't work ( or I missed something ).

Cheers

GUILLAUME LAFORGE :-)

On 7/14/07, javier < javier.vdp(at)gmail.com> wrote:

Gilliaume,

your method seems correct but you dont need to create an Enumerator for nested objects as nested objects are a collection so you can iterate them as such

>for (i=0;i< oNested.Count;i++){
if (oNested(i).Name == ...etc

As you point out, NestedObjects feel dirty but they are the best way to get to properties and parameters of objects that have no OM connection built. Thus very useful.

Otherwise, there is a more direct -- if dirtier way -- if you are sure that you have a clip and an instanced action, you know that "startoffset" is a parameter of the action, so you can check the full parameter name ( select your action and logmessage(selection(0).FullName  and put the path below

SetValue( oClip.FullName+". --you have to check this om string yourself--   .startoffset", 15,null);


javier

On 7/12/07, Guillaume Laforge <guillaume(at)alamaison.fr> wrote:

In Jscript it can be tricky sometime...

PlotShape command hide your new clip under two collections.

Here is my try :

var oPlot = PlotShape("cube", "plotMerged", 1, 40, 1, true, 1, 3, 2, true, null, null);
var oClip = oPlot.item(1).item(1);//The joy of jscript...

oEnum = new Enumerator(oClip.nestedobjects ) ;
for (;!oEnum.atEnd();oEnum.moveNext() )
{
    var ;
    if( oNested.name == "Instanced Action" )
    {
        var oInstancedAction = oNested;
    }
}
var oTimeCtrl = oInstancedAction.nestedobjects.item(0);
oTimeCtrl.parameters.item("startoffset").value = 15;


Hope this help

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On Thu, 12 Jul 2007 17:20:21 -0400, "Mathieu Leclaire" < mleclair(at)hybride.com> wrote:
> No, I'm in 5.11. but the point is to track down the track and the clip from
> the PlotShape command so I can offset it.
>
> Mathieu Leclaire
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> Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2007 5:12 PM
> To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
> Subject: RE: PlotShape and offset clip
>
> If you are using 6.x there is there offset method, though i am not 100%
> sure
> if it only applies to Fcurve sources.
>
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> Subject: PlotShape and offset clip
>
> Once I called the PlotShape command { PlotShape(newMergedObj,
> "plotMerged",
> startFrame, endFrame, 1, true, 1, 3, 2, true, null, null); }, how can I
> offset the start time of that newly plotted shape in JScript?
>
>
> Mathieu Leclaire
> R&D Programmer
> Hybride Technologies
>
> "Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift and that is
> why it's called the present"
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