Custom Attributes? How to store my array?

[fabman]

This should work...

ca = attributes MyDef
(
parameters main (
NumMapFaces type:#intTab tabSizeVariable:true
NumMapVerts type:#intTab tabSizeVariable:true
)
)


#intTab is a Array of integers.... #floatTab is a Array of floats... you got all the types in the Max help under... "Scripted Plug-in Clauses" , tabSizeVariable:true let's you modify the size of the array in dinamically at runtime.


Cheers.

[antonv]

Also you can try saving node data with the file for later use in two other ways:

1: appdata - this is probably the fastest with huge amounts of data. You just set it for the nodes you need and accessing it is very easy

2: setuserpropbuffer - you need a string for this one and you have the chance to mess with all the vray object properties this way but it's still a solid way to do it.

Hope this helps.

[Gibbz]

cheers guys, ill try this tonight.

[PEN]

I have a tutorial that shows building a custom attribute definition that will store weak references. That might help you out.

[djlane]

Hi I got a similar Issue and was wondering if you guys could tell me what my options are.
At the moment I have some finger bones and I have written a script to capture their pose as an array of matrix3 values. The script actually creates a multi dimensional array

theArrayPose_01[1]
holds the an array of matrix3 values for finger 1 etc..

so:
theArrayPose_01[1][2]
is the matrix3 value for the 2nd bone in finger 1 and so on.


if I capture another pose with my script it will create another multi dimensional array
holding all the matrix3 values for that pose

theArrayPose_02

I am thinking I might need to create an array to store all these arrays!

what I want to be able to do is store these arrays on say the Hand Bone. Then my custom attribute UI could have a drop down list of available arrays.

It seems I can not store a multi dimensinal array in a cust attribute, so would AppData be the way to go.


Thanks

Dan

[PEN]

Down Load PEN Attribute Holder from my site and have a look at that. It is designed for storing poses for custom attributes.

[Gibbz]

Is there a tab array? for example i may want to store an array of an array?

[Gibbz]

or what if i wanted using the following

ca = attributes MyDef
(
parameters main (
NumMapFaces type:#intTab tabSizeVariable:true
NumMapVerts type:#intTab tabSizeVariable:true
)
)
something along the lines of
$.myDef.backup1.numMapFaces
$.myDef.backup2.numMapFaces
etc?

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