@PluginStudent You mentioning the BITMAPBUTTON and with the help of ExampleSculptGrabBrush::GetDDescription from the cinemasdk I was able to make it work. Thanks.

Yes, I use the auto way. I thought that using ScrollArea() it would only display that part (no need to draw the other parts). So, fill the virtual UA once and then display parts of it using ScrollArea(). But if "you still need to draw completely the GeUserArea with all the DrawBitmap", there will be no speed benefit. I will try it under R21 and will read "Profiling Python Plugins". Thank you, Pim [image: 1586507628642-24fbc034-a80c-42f0-acb3-77deffeadaec-image.png]

It's actually due to a lower number of bits used to store the floating value.

@m_adam @zipit @PluginStudent OK, thank you guys!

@zipit @m_adam Apologies for the late response. Thank you for the confirmation both. I will close this for now.

Looking at the doc in R19: [image: 1586334998271-5fdf5fb0-1327-4589-b6b6-d68af8869c11-image.png] [image: 1586334983049-821d97fa-e103-4cca-84b1-85f0f50304f0-image.png] So I'm afraid there is no simple solution that will work on each version maxon::String being introduced in R20, you will need to adapt your code. Cheers, Maxime.

Hi @JuicyJuggles , I apologize for coming late here but luckly you've been already provided in the meanwhile of some good guidance from @PluginStudent and @zipit . Rest assured that the API documentation is, by far, the best place where to look for answers although I can see that, due to huge number of covered topics, it could take time to get used to browse it effectively. Last but not least, if the issue is addressed, don't forget to mark the right post as correct answer or if it's not possible to identify a specific one, to set the whole topic as Solved Cheers, Riccardo

Thanks @m_adam for the insights! Works like a charm!! Cheers, Lasse

Hi sorry to jump on this topic so late, and I agree that if you could do what you want in a Python Scripting tag its preferred, the mains issue with xpresso is that its a whole system that assumes certain things and was really not designed to be embedded within a generator. So the issue about the AddNode, not working is because user data things, as an object xpresso node, is something dynamic (they will change according to the linked object) and I found no way except via the UI (by asking a UI Redraw or a whole scene execution) to refresh these data so the GvPort can be created. But since you are in a Generator you don't have access to the GUI since all GUI operation should be done in the Main thread see Threading Information. Cheers, Maxime.

Okay! Thanks for the info @m_adam ! Oh, and on macOS it is General - Text - Flag Edit Saved [image: 1586176239242-bildschirmfoto-2020-04-06-um-14.28.13.png] ¯_(ツ)_/¯ Cheers, Lasse

While the method provided by Zipit Is fine, it is not 100% reliable. here how to achieve, unfortunately, the ELEMENT_Count value is hardcoded and no way for you to retrieve it. constraintTag = doc.GetActiveTag() targetCount = constraintTag[c4d.ID_CA_CONSTRAINT_TAG_PARENT_TARGET_COUNT] for i in range(targetCount): CONSTRAINT_ELEMENT = 10 # This is hardcoded targetId = c4d.ID_CA_CONSTRAINT_TAG_PARENT_TARGET_COUNT + i * CONSTRAINT_ELEMENT + 1 print(constraintTag[targetId]) Cheers, Maxime.

Thank you Manuel !! this is exactly what I was looking for

@mp5gosu Ah brilliant. Thanks for that! And apologies for being such a noob at this.

Yes, I must read the manuals more throroughly (RTFMS). Excuses: it is so much and I just wanted to compiler R20 in R21. But you are correct. BUT, adding iferr to the code worked, AND also solved the other issue. Everything is working now! Thanks!

hi, that really depends on what you are doing. There's different type of lock for different cases and scenario. That also depends on what you care first, speed or memory. but the manual is pretty easy to understand, just pass the lock as a reference to your lambda function and you should be good to go. Cheers, Manuel

Hi @lasselauch there is actually no plan to update ResEdit. There is the R20 Resource Editor but for the moment it's only for Node stuff. Cheers, Maxime.

Thanks for the drag'n'drop tip Maxime, that feature is extremely useful!

Hi Pim sorry for the late reply, this is possible by using the lib_py.h (typically this is somehow what we used before R20 to expose feature in python, but it's way elder, not everything is possible to do, you have less control than with the new python.framework, and the lib_py.h is not maintained (so don't expect any enhancement in it) Only the python.framework will be enhanced. // Init Python GePython pythonScope; pythonScope.Init(); // Acquiere the GIL GePythonGIL gil_state; pythonScope.SetNode("doc", doc); // If doc->GetFirstObject() is nullptr, op variable will not be declared in the python scope, and you cant add a None. pythonScope.SetNode("op", doc->GetFirstObject()); maxon::String pythonCode = "\ import c4d\n\ \n\ def main():\n\ print(doc, op)\n\ \n\ if __name__ == '__main__' :\n\ main()\n\ "_s; StopAllThreads(); pythonScope.Run(pythonCode); Cheers, Maxime.

Ah, you probably expect the toroids to also rotate around their own axis exactly. Thanks

@mp5gosu thanks for the addition. Cheers, Manuel