pixelranger
07-15-2009, 04:17 PM
Hi all.
I want to take on a small scripting project and I'm starting to wonder if I should do it in C++ instead of MEL (performance and interactivity in terms of openGL click and draw curves).
Basicly, what I want to do is make something that works like LightWave's Magic Bevel. What it does is recursively extrude along the mouse's path with options of progressively tapering the resulting tube/appendage. I also eventually want to add options for the parallell creation of a Nurbs Curve that could be used to adjust the path afterwards and maybe to use for automatic rigging (f. ex. splineIK with hair dynamics or particle based wiggle).
I'm guessing this is a task that should be done with c++ and the api, no?
Any obvious libraries I should be aware of or anything else that might kick me off in the right direction? I'm new to c++ but fairly proficient with mel.
I want to take on a small scripting project and I'm starting to wonder if I should do it in C++ instead of MEL (performance and interactivity in terms of openGL click and draw curves).
Basicly, what I want to do is make something that works like LightWave's Magic Bevel. What it does is recursively extrude along the mouse's path with options of progressively tapering the resulting tube/appendage. I also eventually want to add options for the parallell creation of a Nurbs Curve that could be used to adjust the path afterwards and maybe to use for automatic rigging (f. ex. splineIK with hair dynamics or particle based wiggle).
I'm guessing this is a task that should be done with c++ and the api, no?
Any obvious libraries I should be aware of or anything else that might kick me off in the right direction? I'm new to c++ but fairly proficient with mel.