RE: IK FK switch with an On Selection Event

Date : Mon, 10 Dec 2007 18:25:59 +0100
To : <XSI(at)Softimage.COM>
From : JM Khayat - PÏNKA <jmkhayat(at)pinka-prod.com>
Subject : RE: IK FK switch with an On Selection Event

Those scripting guys are a bit weird …

 

Jm

 

Ps : …but we love them ;))

 

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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] On Behalf Of Guillaume Laforge
Sent: lundi 10 décembre 2007 18:05
To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
Subject: Re: IK FK switch with an On Selection Event

 

I mean :

 

var Thanks = "LogMessage(\"Completely forget this function :-). Thanks

Andre.\");"

 

eval(Thanks)

 

Better like this ;-)

 

 

Guillaume Laforge a écrit :

> var Thanks = LogMessage("Completely forget this function :-). Thanks

> Andre.");

> 

> eval(Thanks)

> 

> :)

> 

> 

> André Adam a écrit :

>>> how do you execute a script from within a script?

>> 

>> 

>> Evaluates JScript code and executes it.

>> 

>> *eval(*/codeString/*)*

>> The required /codeString/ argument is a string value that contains

>> valid JScript code. This string is parsed by the JScript parser and

>> executed.

>> 

>> 

>> Something like this? Cheers!

>> 

>> -André

>> 

>> 

>> Guillaume Laforge wrote:

>>> Hi Franck,

>>> 

>>> Glad it helps you !

>>> 

>>> >i was playing with your implementation. i wondered, is it mandantory

>>> >to put keys on the chains while manipulating it?

>>> 

>>> You can turn off "AutoKeys IK/FK rig on Selection" if you think it

>>> is not a good thing ;-). But as you should keep the IK and FK chains

>>> with same transformations on keyframes, you must key all the rig

>>> before moving in the timeline.

>>> 

>>> >how do you execute a script from within a script?

>>> 

>>> I don't know how to tell a string to be a command so ask Brad or

>>> maybe take a look at xproc from Halim Negadi

>>> <http://halim.negadi.free.fr/> ?

>>> 

>>> If you want to give some feedback on this IK/FK setup, feel free to

>>> post on my blog ;-).

>>> If this method looks valid I will send it as an article for XSI blog

>>> who is a great way to centralize xsi techniques.

>>> 

>>> 

>>> Cheers

>>> 

>>> Guillaume

>>> 

>>> 

>>> Frank Lenhard a écrit :

>>>> thanks gillaume!! thats a great help and starting point for me.

>>>> i didnt understand everything perfectly so far but it gets me started!

>>>> 

>>>> brad's idea is still in my head an i wonder how to implement it. he

>>>> basically suggested to create a onselection event handler that looks

>>>> for a certain property (like yours) but then, when it find one,

>>>> executes the code that is IN that property. so the code is not

>>>> prefixed to whats in the event handler.

>>>> how do you execute a script from within a script?

>>>> 

>>>> i was playing with your implementation. i wondered, is it mandantory

>>>> to put keys on the chains while manipulating it? i think of it more as

>>>> a perfect pose tool, where you can move or rotate everything in place.

>>>> IK/FK stays together always. if you set an ik key, and therefore lock

>>>> the hands in place, or an FK key and there get nice arcs, is up to the

>>>> type of key you set. not what you moved or rotated.

>>>> with setting keys while manipulating i see problems on the horizon.

>>>> 

>>>> beside my thoughts, i am very happy to have a example to study! thanks

>>>> so much.

>>>> 

>>>> ciao

>>>> franky

>>>> 

>>>> 

>>>> Monday, December 10, 2007, 11:16:27 AM, you wrote:

>>>> 

>>>> JKP> Thanks Guillaume for this.

>>>> 

>>>> JKP> JKP> We’ve setup our custom rig  EXACTLY the same way.

>>>> 

>>>> JKP> JKP> Cheers ;)

>>>> 

>>>> JKP> JKP> Jm

>>>> 

>>>> JKP> JKP> --- jm Khayat  / PINKA Studio ---

>>>> 

>>>> JKP> --- 04 50 08 41 12 / www.pinka-prod.com ---

>>>> 

>>>> JKP> JKP> JKP> JKP> From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM

>>>> [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] On Behalf Of

>>>> JKP> guillaume laforge

>>>> JKP> Sent: dimanche 9 décembre 2007 20:32

>>>> JKP> To: xsi

>>>> JKP> Subject: IK FK switch with an On Selection Event

>>>> 

>>>> JKP> JKP> Hi,

>>>> 

>>>> JKP> I just wrote something about IK / FK and the On Selection

>>>> Change event on my

>>>> JKP> blog <http://vol2blog.blogspot.com/> .

>>>> 

>>>> JKP> I put a project with plugins and scene demo.

>>>> 

>>>> JKP> Cheers

>>>> 

>>>> 

>>>> 

>>>> 

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