Python and layers

[Little_Devil]

i think it is not what you are looking for, bute you could use callcommand.

c4d.CallCommand(100004738)

edit : the Olayer baseobject is neither mentioned in the coffee sdk nor in the c++ sdk
(index > baseobject) i guess it is not public.

[donelgreeko]

Hi, instead of using BaseObject(Olayer) you can use:


import c4d
from c4d import documents
lay = documents.LayerObject()


Unfortunately the way to insert a layer is still not accessible. If you have a layer object which is already attached in the document you can use BaseList2D(layer).InsertAfter(newlayer), that's currently the only way how to get a layer into a document.

Cheers, donelgreeko

[Scott Ayers]

As long as you're answering layer questions Sebastian.
Could you please help me to figure out how to use your GetLayerData function?:

Here is as far as I can get with: import c4d
from c4d import gui

def main():
obj = doc.GetActiveObject()
lobj = obj.GetLayerObject(doc)
lobj.GetLayerData(doc[what goes in here?, rawdata=False])
print lobj

if __name__=='__main__':
main()


And here's another layer example that uses a LAYER_LINK_: import c4d
from c4d import gui

def main():
obj = doc.GetActiveObject()
layer = obj[c4d.ID_LAYER_LINK]
color = layer[c4d.ID_LAYER_COLOR] = c4d.Vector(0,0,0)# Sets layer color to black
c4d.EventAdd()
print color

if __name__=='__main__':
main()

Could you tell me if there are any other things I could get from layers using the ID_LAYER_LINK code?

Thanks,
-ScottA

[hausgross]

Thanx for the answers guys. I think I'll postpone my layer scripts. Hopefully it will be fully integrated in the future.

Cheers
Phil

[eikonoklastes]

import c4d
from c4d import gui

def main():
obj = doc.GetActiveObject()
layer = obj[c4d.ID_LAYER_LINK]
color = layer[c4d.ID_LAYER_COLOR] = c4d.Vector(0,0,0)# Sets layer color to black
c4d.EventAdd()
print color

if __name__=='__main__':
main()


Hi Scott,

I cannot get this code you've posted here to work. Any ideas?

[Scott Ayers]

Make sure you already have a layer on the selected object before executing that script.

That script just gets the layer that's on the selected object. Then set's it color to whatever you want . In this case black. C4D uses vectors to store RGB & HPB color values.

-ScottA

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