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TwoSided-ness for main material, looking forward to do the same for polygon clusters ~cough cough sarcasm~
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====Materials and textures==== | |||
'''get all targets of an image clip''' | '''get all targets of an image clip''' | ||
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'''check an object's main material for TwoSided-ness''' | |||
' test and toggles an object's main material for TwoSided-ness | |||
' this is also a prerequired test for transparency | |||
' the difficulty is to get the TextureObject (often named Image) | |||
' the magic happens at FindShaders, I often fail to find such trivial stuff | |||
' imo the xsi is terrible incomplete/unintuitive | |||
' e.g. look at "Find (ShaderCollection)" in the help | |||
' it will give you information about meshes such as cubes ... | |||
matLib = selection(0).Materials(0).Library.name | |||
set mat = selection(0).Material | |||
materialName = mat.name | |||
' let us see if there is an Image TextureObject | |||
set shaders = mat.FindShaders(siShaderFilter) | |||
textureObj = "Image" | |||
'if typename(shaders(textureObj)) = "Texture" then ' if not it is Nothing | |||
' logmessage "material has texture object ""Image""" | |||
'end if | |||
Set list = CreateObject("System.Collections.ArrayList") | |||
for each n in shaders | |||
list.Add n.name | |||
next | |||
foundShaderParameterTransparency = false | |||
'foundUniqueShaderName = false | |||
shaderName = "" | |||
if list.Contains(textureObj) = true then | |||
set oColorShareShader = GetValue("Sources.Materials." & matLib & "." & mat.name & "." & textureObj) | |||
set oTargets = oColorShareShader.GetShaderParameterTargets("") | |||
scriptObjArray = split(oTargets(0), ".") | |||
'logmessage scriptObjArray(0) ' Sources (fixed name? Could be considered a folder.) | |||
'logmessage scriptObjArray(1) ' Materials (fixed name? Could be considered a folder.) | |||
'logmessage scriptObjArray(2) ' MaterialsLib (usually each object has its own MaterialsLib) | |||
'logmessage scriptObjArray(3) ' Material | |||
'logmessage scriptObjArray(4) ' Shader e.g. Phong | |||
shaderName = scriptObjArray(4) | |||
for each t in oTargets | |||
logmessage t | |||
if t.name = "transparency" then | |||
foundShaderParameterTransparency = true | |||
exit for | |||
end if | |||
next | |||
end if | |||
if foundShaderParameterTransparency = false then | |||
logmessage "material is not TwoSided, lets reverse now" | |||
SIConnectShaderToCnxPoint "Sources.Materials." & matLib & "." & materialName & ".Image", "Sources.Materials." & matLib & "." & materialName & "." & shaderName & ".transparency", False | |||
else | |||
logmessage "material is TwoSided, lets reverse now" | |||
RemoveAllShadersFromCnxPoint "Sources.Materials." & matLib & "." & materialName & "." & shaderName & ".transparency", siShaderCnxPointBasePorts | |||
end if | |||
Output example: | |||
' INFO : Sources.Materials.DefaultLib.Material.Phong.diffuse | |||
' INFO : material is not TwoSided, lets reverse now | |||
SIConnectShaderToCnxPoint "Sources.Materials.DefaultLib.Material.Image", "Sources.Materials.DefaultLib.Material.Phong.transparency", False | |||
' INFO : Sources.Materials.DefaultLib.Material.Phong.diffuse | |||
' INFO : Sources.Materials.DefaultLib.Material.Phong.transparency | |||
' INFO : material is TwoSided, lets reverse now | |||
RemoveAllShadersFromCnxPoint "Sources.Materials.DefaultLib.Material.Phong.transparency", siShaderCnxPointBasePorts | |||
====Clusters==== | |||
'does a certain cluster type exist ? | |||
'set cls = selection(0).activeprimitive.geometry.clusters.find( siPolygonCluster ) | |||
' more interesting is how many of that type exist | |||
for each n in selection(0).activeprimitive.geometry.clusters | |||
logmessage "Cluster " & n.name & " is of type " & n.type | |||
next | |||
' "poly" = polygon cluster | |||
' "sample" = UV cluster | |||
Output example: | |||
' INFO : Cluster Polygon4 is of type poly | |||
' INFO : Cluster Polygon1 is of type poly | |||
' INFO : Cluster Texture_Coordinates_AUTO is of type sample | |||
====layers==== | |||
'''check if obj is member of layer''' | '''check if obj is member of layer''' | ||
logmessage isMemberOfLayer(selection(0), "layerNameToTest") | logmessage isMemberOfLayer(selection(0), "layerNameToTest") | ||