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iC4
06-07-2002, 01:36 PM
I want a tool that switches between local and world space

At the moment I have two buttons....and now I want one :)

the commands are:

manipMoveContext -e -mode 2 Move;

and

anipMoveContext -e -mode 0 Move;

My problem is that I don't know how to control which option is actually used.

Anybody knows how I can do this? I want one button on my shelf, if I press it and it is local on it should switch to world, if world is on it should switch to local
svenip
06-07-2002, 01:44 PM
make an if statement where you question the mode

float $test;
$test = manipMoveContext -q -mode;

if($test == 2)
....

if($test == 0)
....

or put the question right into the if

---=== edited ===---

the help actually says that you must specify one

manipMoveContext -q -mode manipMoveContext1;
iC4
06-07-2002, 03:51 PM
Originally posted by svenip
the help actually says that you must specify one

manipMoveContext -q -mode manipMoveContext1; [/B]

and this does mean what?
svenip
06-07-2002, 03:56 PM
manipMoveContext -q -mode Move; this one asks for the Move Tool and so on. it means you have to specify which transformation tool.
bigfatMELon
06-07-2002, 06:10 PM
Since you are toggling (and hense, testing for) values that are either zero or something greater than zero, the following works.

if(`manipMoveContext -q -mode Move`)
manipMoveContext -e -mode 0 Move;
else
manipMoveContext -e -mode 2 Move;

This is because true, on, 1 and false, off, 0 are equal boolean constants within each of their respective sets (ie: they mean the same thing). It also happens that any value greater than 1 also equates to boolean true.

Specifying the context name as Move appears to work perfectly as well.

-jl
iC4
06-07-2002, 09:24 PM
thx very much to both, works fine :):thumbsup:
bigfatMELon
06-07-2002, 10:15 PM
After goofing around with this I find that I like the following script the most:

int $test = `manipMoveContext -q -mode Move`;

switch ($test){
case 0:
manipMoveContext -e -mode 1 Move;
break;
case 1:
manipMoveContext -e -mode 2 Move;
break;
case 2:
manipMoveContext -e -mode 3 Move;
break;
case 3:
manipMoveContext -e -mode 0 Move;
break;
}

It will increment the state of the move tool through each of it's contexts.

-jl
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