Re: changing standard values in property pages

[Andy Jones <andy(at)thefront.com>]

I usually use the hide trick and it works.  Maybe the explorer trick 
depends on features of the graphics card, and the way it is drawing and 
overlaying its buffers?  I also have two comments for improvements.

1) I think it would be nice to have the ability to have different click 
types pull up different default presets for operators.  The main reason 
for doing this would be to allow for a preset where the operator starts 
out muted.  But you could also have a third option that is a user 
default or something.  I think maybe that would be a nice feature.  The 
first thing I would do for myself would be to make a preset for the pose 
constraint that has scale disabled by default.

2) There are ways to set this up just with scripting and tools already 
available, but I think it would be worthwhile to think about how to make 
XSI systematically customizable on a project-by-project basis.  I mean, 
things like the default framerate can be set in the preferences, but 
really what I want is the ability to set defaults for a project, then 
have XSI smartly use the settings I've prepared for the project I'm 
currently working on.  So maybe there's like a pull-down for projects or 
something.

- Andy

Frank Lenhard wrote:

> ha, it works :)
> since i read the list (v4) i dont recall that this came up. i remember
> spdl hacking, but not just simply save a preset(or overwrite the
> original one).
>
> there is a similiar function in fusion, where you can save a preset
> for a tool AND you can save a new default right away. that is a very
> much easy and fast way to change the way the tools get created.
> something like this could be nice here as well. i dont know if i would
> always find the right preset for the operator iam opening.
>
> bradley, the explorer trick doesnt quite work for me. i import an obj
> and wanna weld it. i open an explorer (5), resize it so it covers all
> the viewports and then execute the weld operator. now xsi sits there
> and calculates the weld. anything i do wrong here?
>
>
> ciao
> franky
>
>
> Monday, July 16, 2007, 7:00:55 PM, you wrote:
>
> LER> (I must have posted this a thousand times) the 'default' value in a SPDL
>
> LER> is not used, the default values are taken from the preset file.
> LER> Objects and operators are created by applying preset files.
> LER> you could save a new preset file with your new defaults and apply that
> LER> instead.
>
>  
>
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM 
> > > [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] On Behalf Of Frank Lenhard
> > > Posted At: Monday, July 16, 2007 5:03 AM
> > > Posted To: xsi
> > > Conversation: Re[2]: changing standard values in property pages
> > > Subject: Re[2]: changing standard values in property pages
> > >
> > >
> > > it sounds like a very nifty trick. however it doesnt work with polygon
> > > reduction or my weld boundary points/edges.
> > > i added a value = 0.01 to my weld spdl, but it doesnt work. the value
> > > doesnt get set when i run the command (restarted xsi).
> > >
> > >
> > > ciao
> > > franky
> > >      
>
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