Subobjects' transforms exposed to maxscript?!

[Bobo]

Hi there guys,

I'm trying to solve a big problem right now!

Are Subobject elements (faces, vertexes etc...) actually exposed to maxscript transform wise?

Ok, I have a Editable Poly object, I have a Polygon selected and I need to ROTATE that polygon along it's local Z axis... I can extract all the maxtrix3 data necessary to make the rotation by any angle... HOWEVER... How the hell do I say to maxscript that I wanna ROTATE that polygon?!

Rotate() works only with nodes
RotateZ() only changes the Quat values of the rotation matrix :(

How do I do that?!

Thanks in advance for any suggestions, help, answers...

cheers,

- loocas


Rotations are actually position changes using a matrix transformation :)

Here is an example which creates a plane and rotates one polygon about its center around the face normal - 360 times at 1 degree


--create a plane with some arbitrary location and orientation
theObj = convertTo (plane pos:[10,20,30] rotation:(quat 45 [1,1,0])) editable_poly
select theObj --select the plane
thePolyIndex = 1 --decide which poly to rotate
theVerts = polyop.getVertsUsingFace theObj thePolyIndex --get all its vertices

in coordsys local --all operations in object space
(
theCenter = polyOp.getFaceCenter theObj thePolyIndex --get the face center in object space
theNormal = polyOp.getFaceNormal theObj thePolyIndex --get the face normal in object space
theTM = matrixFromNormal theNormal --build a matrix from the normal - the face local space matrix
theTM.row4 = theCenter --set the center of the matrix to the center of the face in object space
theInvTM = inverse theTM --calculate the inverse of the matrix
theRotTM = (rotateZMatrix 1.0) * theTM --calculate the rotation matrix for 1 degree about Z

for t = 1 to 360 do --repeat 36 times
(
for i in theVerts do --loop through all vertices
(
theVert = (polyop.getVert theObj i) * theInvTM --get the vertex in the face normal space
theVert *= theRotTM --rotate the vertex in the face normal space at 1 degree about Z
polyop.setVert theObj i theVert -- write the vertex back into the mesh
)--end i loop
max views redraw --force a redraw
sleep 0.01 --and wait a bit to see the result
)--end t loop
)--end local space

[loocas]

Rotations are actually position changes using a matrix transformation :)

Here is an example which creates a plane and rotates one polygon about its center around the face normal - 360 times at 1 degree


--create a plane with some arbitrary location and orientation
theObj = convertTo (plane pos:[10,20,30] rotation:(quat 45 [1,1,0])) editable_poly
select theObj --select the plane
thePolyIndex = 1 --decide which poly to rotate
theVerts = polyop.getVertsUsingFace theObj thePolyIndex --get all its vertices

in coordsys local --all operations in object space
(
theCenter = polyOp.getFaceCenter theObj thePolyIndex --get the face center in object space
theNormal = polyOp.getFaceNormal theObj thePolyIndex --get the face normal in object space
theTM = matrixFromNormal theNormal --build a matrix from the normal - the face local space matrix
theTM.row4 = theCenter --set the center of the matrix to the center of the face in object space
theInvTM = inverse theTM --calculate the inverse of the matrix
theRotTM = (rotateZMatrix 1.0) * theTM --calculate the rotation matrix for 1 degree about Z

for t = 1 to 360 do --repeat 36 times
(
for i in theVerts do --loop through all vertices
(
theVert = (polyop.getVert theObj i) * theInvTM --get the vertex in the face normal space
theVert *= theRotTM --rotate the vertex in the face normal space at 1 degree about Z
polyop.setVert theObj i theVert -- write the vertex back into the mesh
)--end i loop
max views redraw --force a redraw
sleep 0.01 --and wait a bit to see the result
)--end t loop
)--end local space



You are the man Bobo! :buttrock: You're da man! :bowdown:

Thanks a lot! :thumbsup:

[Bobo]

You are the man Bobo! :buttrock: You're da man! :bowdown:

Thanks a lot! :thumbsup:

No problem, here is a much shorter version with less matrix transformations:

theObj = convertTo (plane pos:[10,20,30] rotation:(quat 45 [1,1,0])) editable_poly
select theObj --select the plane
thePolyIndex = 6 --decide which poly to rotate
theVerts = polyop.getVertsUsingFace theObj thePolyIndex --get all its vertices

theTM = matrixFromNormal (polyOp.getFaceNormal theObj thePolyIndex )
theTM.row4 = polyOp.getFaceCenter theObj thePolyIndex
theRotTM = (rotateZMatrix 1.0) * theTM

for t = 1 to 360 do
(
for i in theVerts do
(
in coordsys theTM theVert = (polyop.getVert theObj i)
theVert *= theRotTM
polyop.setVert theObj i theVert
)--end i loop
redrawViews()
)--end t loop

[loocas]

No problem, here is a much shorter version with less matrix transformations:

theObj = convertTo (plane pos:[10,20,30] rotation:(quat 45 [1,1,0])) editable_poly
select theObj --select the plane
thePolyIndex = 6 --decide which poly to rotate
theVerts = polyop.getVertsUsingFace theObj thePolyIndex --get all its vertices

theTM = matrixFromNormal (polyOp.getFaceNormal theObj thePolyIndex )
theTM.row4 = polyOp.getFaceCenter theObj thePolyIndex
theRotTM = (rotateZMatrix 1.0) * theTM

for t = 1 to 360 do
(
for i in theVerts do
(
in coordsys theTM theVert = (polyop.getVert theObj i)
theVert *= theRotTM
polyop.setVert theObj i theVert
)--end i loop
redrawViews()
)--end t loop


Thanks a lot man! I really appretiate it! :thumbsup:

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