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A BaseOverrideGroup acts like a virtual null object. It can have multiple child objects. Tags applied to the group are applied to the child objects.

Warning: Override groups add tags to the scene and own these tags. It is not possible to delete these tags. NBIT::TAKE_LOCK can be used to check if a tag is owned by a BaseOverrideGroup.

  // This code creates a take with an override group for each selected material
  // and adds the object "object" to the newly created group.
 
  // get the active object
  BaseObject* const object = doc->GetActiveObject();
  if (object == nullptr)
    return maxon::IllegalArgumentError(MAXON_SOURCE_LOCATION);
 
  // get all active materials
  AutoAlloc<AtomArray> materials;
  if (materials == nullptr)
    return maxon::OutOfMemoryError(MAXON_SOURCE_LOCATION);
 
  doc->GetActiveMaterials(materials);
 
  // loop through all active materials
  for (Int32 i = 0; i < materials->GetCount(); ++i)
  {
    C4DAtom* const      mat = materials->GetIndex(i);
    BaseMaterial* const material = static_cast<BaseMaterial*>(mat);
 
    // create a new take
    const String    materialName = material->GetName();
    BaseTake* const take = takeData->AddTake(materialName, nullptr, nullptr);
    if (take == nullptr)
      return maxon::OutOfMemoryError(MAXON_SOURCE_LOCATION);
 
    // create an override group
    BaseOverrideGroup* const group = take->AddOverrideGroup();
    if (group == nullptr)
      return maxon::OutOfMemoryError(MAXON_SOURCE_LOCATION);
 
    // add the object to the group
    group->AddToGroup(takeData, object);
 
    // create a texture tag referencing this material
    BaseTag* const tag = group->AddTag(takeData, Ttexture, material);
    if (tag == nullptr)
      return maxon::OutOfMemoryError(MAXON_SOURCE_LOCATION);
 
    // set projection to UVW
    tag->SetParameter(DescID(TEXTURETAG_PROJECTION), TEXTURETAG_PROJECTION_UVW, DESCFLAGS_SET::NONE);
  }

Access

Existing override groups are accessed from the host BaseTake:

BaseTake::GetFirstOverrideGroup(): Returns the first override group of the take.
BaseTake::GetOverrideGroups(): Returns an array with all override groups of the take.

  // This example checks all override groups if they contain the object "activeObject".
 
  AutoAlloc<AtomArray> overrideGroups;
  if (overrideGroups == nullptr)
    return maxon::OutOfMemoryError(MAXON_SOURCE_LOCATION);
 
  take->GetOverrideGroups(overrideGroups);
 
  // loop through all BaseOverrideGroups
  for (Int32 i = 0; i < overrideGroups->GetCount(); ++i)
  {
    BaseOverrideGroup* const group = static_cast<BaseOverrideGroup*>(overrideGroups->GetIndex(i));
    if (group == nullptr)
      return maxon::UnexpectedError(MAXON_SOURCE_LOCATION);
 
    // check if the override group contains the given object
    if (group->Find(takeData, activeObject))
      ApplicationOutput("Override Group " + group->GetName() + " contains the active object!");
  }

Allocation/Deallocation

A BaseOverrideGroup is created using the host BaseTake.

BaseTake::AddOverrideGroup(): Adds a new override group.
BaseTake::DeleteOverrideGroup(): Deletes a given override group.

  // This example accesss the BaseOverrideGroup from the
  // given take and set the group name.
 
  BaseOverrideGroup* const group = take->AddOverrideGroup();
  if (group == nullptr)
    return maxon::OutOfMemoryError(MAXON_SOURCE_LOCATION);
 
  group->SetName("New Override Group"_s);

Navigation

BaseOverrideGroup instances are organized in a simple BaseList2D list.

BaseOverrideGroup::GetNext(): Returns the next override group in the list or nullptr.
BaseOverrideGroup::GetPred(): Returns the previous override group in the list or nullptr.

  // This example loops through all override groups and checks which groups are currently selected
 
  BaseOverrideGroup* overrideGroup = take->GetFirstOverrideGroup();
 
  while (overrideGroup != nullptr)
  {
    ApplicationOutput("OverrideGroup: " + overrideGroup->GetName());
 
    // check if override group is selected
    if (overrideGroup->GetBit(BIT_ACTIVE))
      ApplicationOutput("This is an active group.");
 
    overrideGroup = overrideGroup->GetNext();
  }

Read

BaseOverrideGroup::GetTake(): Returns the host BaseTake.

Override Group

Objects

A BaseOverrideGroup acts like a null object. Different scene objects can be added to this group.

BaseOverrideGroup::AddToGroup(): Adds the given object to the group.
BaseOverrideGroup::GetObjectsInGroup(): Returns the objects of the group.
BaseOverrideGroup::RemoveFromGroup(): Removes the given object from the group.
BaseOverrideGroup::Find(): Checks if the given object is part of the group.

  // This example adds the currently selected objects to the BaseOverrideGroup "group".
 
  AutoAlloc<AtomArray> objects;
  if (objects == nullptr)
    return maxon::OutOfMemoryError(MAXON_SOURCE_LOCATION);
 
  doc->GetActiveObjects(objects, GETACTIVEOBJECTFLAGS::NONE);
 
  // loop through all active objects
  for (Int32 i = 0; i < objects->GetCount(); ++i)
  {
    BaseObject* const object = static_cast<BaseObject*>(objects->GetIndex(i));
    group->AddToGroup(takeData, object);
  }

Modes

With these modes it is possible to control the visibility of the assigned objects when rendering and in the viewport.

BaseOverrideGroup::SetEditorMode(): Sets the editor mode.
BaseOverrideGroup::GetEditorMode(): Gets the editor mode.
BaseOverrideGroup::SetRenderMode(): Sets the render mode.
BaseOverrideGroup::GetRenderMode(): Gets the render mode.

The modes are:

MODE_OFF : off; elements are not visible.
MODE_ON : on; elements are always visible.
MODE_UNDEF : undefined; the parent mode applies.

  // This code adds the currently selected objects to a new group in the current take.
  // The objects of this group will only be visible in the renderer but not in the editor.
 
  BaseTake* const take = takeData->GetCurrentTake();
  if (take == nullptr)
    return maxon::UnexpectedError(MAXON_SOURCE_LOCATION);
 
  // get all active objects
  AutoAlloc<AtomArray> objects;
  if (objects == nullptr)
    return maxon::OutOfMemoryError(MAXON_SOURCE_LOCATION);
 
  doc->GetActiveObjects(objects, GETACTIVEOBJECTFLAGS::NONE);
 
  // create an override group
  BaseOverrideGroup* const group = take->AddOverrideGroup();
  if (group == nullptr)
    return maxon::OutOfMemoryError(MAXON_SOURCE_LOCATION);
 
  group->SetName("Render Objects"_s);
  group->SetEditorMode(MODE_OFF); // invisible in editor
  group->SetRenderMode(MODE_ON);  // visible in renderer
 
  // loop through all active objects
  for (Int32 i = 0; i < objects->GetCount(); ++i)
  {
    // add object to group
    BaseObject* const object = static_cast<BaseObject*>(objects->GetIndex(i));
    group->AddToGroup(takeData, object);
  }

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