CGTalk - Node or MaxObject

djlane

06-08-2006, 02:23 PM

Hello,

I think I may have to store some refrences/pointers in a custom attribute def about some objects in my rig, after a look in the docs I noticed it mentions "node" and "maxobject" parameter types. I assume I need Node, but can anybody tell me what the "maxobject" parameter type is for and how it is used?

Cheers

Dan

PEN

06-08-2006, 09:52 PM

Drop by my site and have a look at the tutorial I have set up on using weak references instead of nodes. This will use the maxObject type.

djlane

06-08-2006, 11:53 PM

Thanks, I will take a look.

Cheers

Dan

djlane

06-09-2006, 12:41 AM

Hi Paul,

I dissected the example and tried an experiment which was to add another button to your script which would move the object currently selected in the list.

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on btn_move pressed do

(

num=nodesListLb.selection

if num>0 then

(

nodeArray = for n in refNodes collect n.node

move nodeArray[num] [34,88,99]

)

)
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Is this the best way to go about accessing and manipulating the objects stored in the refNodes.

Thanks

Dan

PEN

06-09-2006, 01:26 AM

Ya that looks like it should work. Or you could just loop through the array of refNodes and set the position with something like refNodeArray[x].node.pos=[0,0,0].

djlane

06-09-2006, 10:20 AM

Thanks for the help.

Dan

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