#include <c4d_tooldata.h>

Inheritance diagram for ToolData:

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Detailed Description

A data class for creating tool plugins.
Use RegisterToolPlugin() to register a tool plugin.

Note: To make modeling tools that support the Transform/Apply buttons use DescriptionToolData instead.

Private Member Functions
virtual CDialog *	AllocDialog (BaseContainer bc, CDialog cd_parent, Int32 dlg_id)

virtual void	FreeDialog (CDialog *cd)

Friends
Bool	RegisterToolPlugin (Int32 id, const maxon::String &str, Int32 info, BaseBitmap icon, const maxon::String &help, ToolData dat)

Bool	RegisterPyToolPlugin (Int32 id, const maxon::String &str, Int32 info, BaseBitmap icon, const maxon::String &help, ToolData dat, GeResource *res)

Init/Free Tool
virtual Bool	InitTool (BaseDocument doc, BaseContainer &data, BaseThread bt)

virtual void	FreeTool (BaseDocument *doc, BaseContainer &data)

Input
virtual Bool	MouseInput (BaseDocument doc, BaseContainer &data, BaseDraw bd, EditorWindow *win, const BaseContainer &msg)

virtual Bool	KeyboardInput (BaseDocument doc, BaseContainer &data, BaseDraw bd, EditorWindow *win, const BaseContainer &msg)

Draw
virtual TOOLDRAW	Draw (BaseDocument doc, BaseContainer &data, BaseDraw bd, BaseDrawHelp bh, BaseThread bt, TOOLDRAWFLAGS flags)

DisplayControl
virtual Bool	DisplayControl (BaseDocument doc, BaseObject op, BaseObject chainstart, BaseDraw bd, BaseDrawHelp *bh, ControlDisplayStruct &cds) const

virtual Bool	InitDisplayControl (BaseDocument doc, const BaseContainer &data, BaseDraw bd, const AtomArray *active)

virtual void	FreeDisplayControl ()

Miscellaneous
virtual SubDialog *	AllocSubDialog (BaseContainer *bc)

virtual Bool	DoCommand (ModelingCommandData &mdat)

virtual Bool	GetCursorInfo (BaseDocument doc, BaseContainer &data, BaseDraw bd, Float x, Float y, BaseContainer &bc)

virtual const String	GetResourceSymbol () const

virtual Int32	GetState (BaseDocument *doc)

virtual void	InitDefaultSettings (BaseDocument *pDoc, BaseContainer &data)

Description
virtual Bool	GetDDescription (const BaseDocument doc, const BaseContainer &data, Description description, DESCFLAGS_DESC &flags) const

virtual Bool	GetDParameter (const BaseDocument *doc, const BaseContainer &data, const DescID &id, GeData &t_data, DESCFLAGS_GET &flags) const

virtual Bool	SetDParameter (BaseDocument *doc, BaseContainer &data, const DescID &id, const GeData &t_data, DESCFLAGS_SET &flags)

virtual Bool	GetDEnabling (const BaseDocument doc, const BaseContainer &data, const DescID &id, const GeData &t_data, DESCFLAGS_ENABLE flags, const BaseContainer itemdesc) const

virtual Bool	TranslateDescID (BaseDocument doc, BaseContainer &data, const DescID &id, DescID &res_id, C4DAtom &res_at)

Message
virtual Bool	Message (BaseDocument doc, BaseContainer &data, Int32 type, void t_data)

Additional Inherited Members
Public Member Functions inherited from BaseData
virtual	~BaseData ()

void	Destructor ()

Member Function Documentation

◆ AllocDialog()

virtual CDialog* AllocDialog	(	BaseContainer *	bc,
		CDialog *	cd_parent,
		Int32	dlg_id
	)

privatevirtual

◆ FreeDialog()

virtual void FreeDialog ( CDialog * cd )

privatevirtual

◆ InitTool()

virtual Bool InitTool	(	BaseDocument *	doc,
		BaseContainer &	data,
		BaseThread *	bt
	)

virtual

Called each time the tool is selected.

Parameters

[in]	doc	The active document. Cinema 4D owns the pointed document.
[in]	data	The tool settings container.
[in]	bt	The calling thread. Can be nullptr. Cinema 4D owns the pointed thread.

Returns: true if successful, otherwise false.

Reimplemented in SculptBrushToolData, BrushToolData, and DescriptionToolData.

◆ FreeTool()

virtual void FreeTool	(	BaseDocument *	doc,
		BaseContainer &	data
	)

virtual

Called each time the user chooses another tool.

Parameters

[in]	doc	The active document. Cinema 4D owns the pointed document.
[in]	data	The tool settings container.

Reimplemented in SculptBrushToolData, BrushToolData, and DescriptionToolData.

◆ MouseInput()

virtual Bool MouseInput	(	BaseDocument *	doc,
		BaseContainer &	data,
		BaseDraw *	bd,
		EditorWindow *	win,
		const BaseContainer &	msg
	)

virtual

Called when the user clicks with the mouse in any of the editors views.
Use GetToolScale to make adjustments relative to the view size.

Note: If a tool allows the user to move, rotate or scale the currently selected object, then it should call GeSyncMessage(EVMSG_ASYNCEDITORMOVE) so that managers can update their position fields during the drag.

Parameters

[in]	doc	The active document. Cinema 4D owns the pointed document.
[in]	data	The tool settings container.
[in]	bd	The active editor view. Cinema 4D owns the pointed base draw.
[in]	win	The window for the active editor view. Cinema 4D owns the pointed editor window.
[in]	msg	The mouse message container. See Input Events.

Returns: true if successful, otherwise false.

Reimplemented in SculptBrushToolData, and BrushToolData.

◆ KeyboardInput()

virtual Bool KeyboardInput	(	BaseDocument *	doc,
		BaseContainer &	data,
		BaseDraw *	bd,
		EditorWindow *	win,
		const BaseContainer &	msg
	)

virtual

Called when the user types something in any of the editors views.

Note: Make sure this function is used only when the user is somehow working with the tool plugin, so that other plugins can also use this hook when it is their turn.

Warning: Always returning true here will block all keyboard use.

Parameters

[in]	doc	The active document. Cinema 4D owns the pointed document.
[in]	data	The tool settings container.
[in]	bd	The active editor view. Cinema 4D owns the pointed base draw.
[in]	win	The window for the active editor view. Cinema 4D owns the pointed editor window.
[in]	msg	The keyboard message container. See Input Events.

Returns: true if the keyboard event was used, false if it should be passed along.

Reimplemented in SculptBrushToolData.

◆ Draw()

virtual TOOLDRAW Draw	(	BaseDocument *	doc,
		BaseContainer &	data,
		BaseDraw *	bd,
		BaseDrawHelp *	bh,
		BaseThread *	bt,
		TOOLDRAWFLAGS	flags
	)

virtual

Called when the editor view is updated to display graphics for the tool in the view.

Parameters

[in]	doc	The active document. Cinema 4D owns the pointed document.
[in]	data	The tool settings container.
[in]	bd	The editor's view. The caller owns the pointed view.
[in]	bh	The helper for the editor's view. The caller owns the pointed base draw helper.
[in]	bt	The calling thread. Can be nullptr. Cinema 4D owns the pointed thread.
[in]	flags	The tool draw flags: TOOLDRAWFLAGS

Returns: The tool draw result: TOOLDRAW

Reimplemented in SculptBrushToolData.

◆ DisplayControl()

virtual Bool DisplayControl	(	BaseDocument *	doc,
		BaseObject *	op,
		BaseObject *	chainstart,
		BaseDraw *	bd,
		BaseDrawHelp *	bh,
		ControlDisplayStruct &	cds
	)		const

virtual

Called to set information about how the active object should be displayed.

Parameters

[in]	doc	The active document. Cinema 4D owns the pointed document.
[in]	op	The active object. Cinema 4D owns the pointed object.
[in]	chainstart	The start of the object chain. Cinema 4D owns the pointed object.
[in]	bd	The active editor view. Cinema 4D owns the pointed base draw.
[in]	bh	The helper for the editor's view. The caller owns the pointed view helper.
[in]	cds	The display control settings.

Returns: true if successful, otherwise false.

Reimplemented in SculptBrushToolData.

◆ InitDisplayControl()

virtual Bool InitDisplayControl	(	BaseDocument *	doc,
		const BaseContainer &	data,
		BaseDraw *	bd,
		const AtomArray *	active
	)

virtual

Called to initialize resources for the display control used in DisplayControl.

Parameters

[in]	doc	The active document. Cinema 4D owns the pointed document.
[in]	data	The tool settings container.
[in]	bd	The active editor view. Cinema 4D owns the pointed base draw.
[in]	active	The active objects array. Cinema 4D owns the pointed array.

Returns: true if successful, otherwise false.

Reimplemented in SculptBrushToolData.

◆ FreeDisplayControl()

virtual void FreeDisplayControl ( )

virtual

Called to free resources allocated in InitDisplayControl.

Reimplemented in SculptBrushToolData.

◆ AllocSubDialog()

virtual SubDialog* AllocSubDialog ( BaseContainer * bc )

virtual

Called to get the sub-dialog for the Active Tool window.
Return here an instance of the tool's sub-dialog.

Parameters

[in] bc Currently not used.

Returns: The allocated sub-dialog. Cinema 4D owns the pointed sub-dialog.

◆ DoCommand()

virtual Bool DoCommand ( ModelingCommandData & mdat )

virtual

Called by SendModelingCommand to perform the command in mdat.

Parameters

[in] mdat The data for the modeling command to perform.

Returns: true if successful, otherwise false.

◆ GetCursorInfo()

virtual Bool GetCursorInfo	(	BaseDocument *	doc,
		BaseContainer &	data,
		BaseDraw *	bd,
		Float	x,
		Float	y,
		BaseContainer &	bc
	)

virtual

Called when the cursor is over the editor views to get the state of the mouse pointer.
Set the bubble help and cursor, for example:

bc.SetString(RESULT_BUBBLEHELP, "My Tools Help");

bc.SetInt32(RESULT_CURSOR, MOUSE_POINT_HAND);

RESULT_BUBBLEHELP

@ RESULT_BUBBLEHELP

String Bubble help text.

Definition: gui.h:564

RESULT_CURSOR

@ RESULT_CURSOR

Int32 Mouse cursor: MOUSE

Definition: gui.h:563

MOUSE_POINT_HAND

static const Int32 MOUSE_POINT_HAND

Point hand cursor.

Definition: ge_prepass.h:2711

Note: Make sure this function is used only when the user is somehow working with the scene hook plugin, so that other plugins can also use this hook when it is their turn.

Parameters

[in]	doc	The active document. Cinema 4D owns the pointed document.
[in]	data	The tool settings container.
[in]	bd	The active editor view. Cinema 4D owns the pointed base draw.
[in]	x	The X coordinate of the mouse cursor relative to the top-left of the active editor view.
[in]	y	The Y coordinate of the mouse cursor relative to the top-left of the active editor view.
[in]	bc	The container to store the cursor information in: BFM_GETCURSORINFO_RESULT

Returns: true if successful, otherwise false.

Reimplemented in SculptBrushToolData, and BrushToolData.

◆ GetResourceSymbol()

virtual const String GetResourceSymbol ( ) const

virtual

Called to get the description resource symbol for the tool.

Returns: The name of the description resource file to use for the plugin without .res extension, for example "Toolname".
The name has to be unique, i.e. "Tdisplay" cannot be used for two different descriptions. See Description Resource for more information.

Reimplemented in DescriptionToolData.

◆ GetState()

virtual Int32 GetState ( BaseDocument * doc )

virtual

Called to check if the tool should be enabled or not.

Parameters

[in] doc The active document. Cinema 4D owns the pointed document.

Returns: A combination of the 3 command flags: CMD_ENABLED CMD_VALUE CMD_HIDDEN.

Reimplemented in SculptBrushToolData.

◆ InitDefaultSettings()

virtual void InitDefaultSettings	(	BaseDocument *	pDoc,
		BaseContainer &	data
	)

virtual

Called to initialize the default tool settings in data.

Parameters

[in]	pDoc	The active document. Cinema 4D owns the pointed document.
[in]	data	The tool settings container.

Reimplemented in DescriptionToolData, SculptBrushToolData, and BrushToolData.

◆ GetDDescription()

virtual Bool GetDDescription	(	const BaseDocument *	doc,
		const BaseContainer &	data,
		Description *	description,
		DESCFLAGS_DESC &	flags
	)		const

virtual

Called to add parameters to the description for the tool.
Modify the passed description as needed, set the appropriate flags and then make sure to include a call to the parent at the end:

return SUPER::GetDescription(data, description, flags, parentdescription);

flags

PyCompilerFlags * flags

Definition: ast.h:14

Parameters

[in]	doc	The active document. Cinema 4D owns the pointed document.
[in]	data	The tool settings container.
[in,out]	description	The node's description to add the parameters to. Cinema 4D owns the pointed description.
[in,out]	flags	The flags for the description operation: DESCFLAGS_DESC

Returns: true if successful, otherwise false. It is recommended to include a call to the parent function as last return.

Reimplemented in SculptBrushToolData, BrushToolData, and DescriptionToolData.

◆ GetDParameter()

virtual Bool GetDParameter	(	const BaseDocument *	doc,
		const BaseContainer &	data,
		const DescID &	id,
		GeData &	t_data,
		DESCFLAGS_GET &	flags
	)		const

virtual

Called to override the reading of description parameters.
Necessary for parameters that are not simply stored in the tool's container.
Modify the passed t_data if the right id is provided, and set the appropriate flags. Then make sure to include a call to the parent at the end:

return SUPER::GetDParameter(data, id, t_data, flags);

Parameters

[in]	doc	The active document. Cinema 4D owns the pointed document.
[in]	data	The tool settings container.
[in]	id	The ID of the parameter.
[out]	t_data	The parameter data to return. Cinema 4D owns the pointed data.
[in,out]	flags	The flags for the description operation: DESCFLAGS_DESC

Returns: true if successful, otherwise false. It is recommended to include a call to the parent function as last return.

Reimplemented in SculptBrushToolData.

◆ SetDParameter()

virtual Bool SetDParameter	(	BaseDocument *	doc,
		BaseContainer &	data,
		const DescID &	id,
		const GeData &	t_data,
		DESCFLAGS_SET &	flags
	)

virtual

Called to override the writing of parameters.
Read the passed t_data if the right id was provided, store the data, and set the appropriate flags. Then make sure to include a call to the parent at the end:

return SUPER::SetDParameter(data, id, t_data, flags);

Parameters

[in]	doc	The active document. Cinema 4D owns the pointed document.
[in]	data	The tool settings container.
[in]	id	The ID of the parameter.
[in]	t_data	The parameter data to set. Cinema 4D owns the pointed data.
[in,out]	flags	The flags for the description operation: DESCFLAGS_DESC

Returns: true if successful, otherwise false. It is recommended to include a call to the parent function as last return.

Reimplemented in SculptBrushToolData, and BrushToolData.

◆ GetDEnabling()

virtual Bool GetDEnabling	(	const BaseDocument *	doc,
		const BaseContainer &	data,
		const DescID &	id,
		const GeData &	t_data,
		DESCFLAGS_ENABLE	flags,
		const BaseContainer *	itemdesc
	)		const

virtual

Called to decide which description parameters should be enabled or disabled.
Can be used both for parameters that are stored in the tool's description and for dynamic parameters.
Read the passed t_data if the right id was provided, and return true to enable the parameter or false to disable it. Then make sure to include a call to the parent at the end:

return SUPER::GetDEnabling(data, id, t_data, flags, itemdesc);

Parameters

[in]	doc	The active document. Cinema 4D owns the pointed document.
[in]	data	The tool settings container.
[in]	id	The ID of the parameter.
[in]	t_data	The parameter data. Cinema 4D owns the pointed data.
[in]	flags	Not used.
[in]	itemdesc	The parameter's description, encoded to a container as described in Description.

Returns: true if the parameter should be enabled, otherwise false. It is recommended to include a call to the parent function as last return.

Reimplemented in SculptBrushToolData, BrushToolData, and DescriptionToolData.

◆ TranslateDescID()

virtual Bool TranslateDescID	(	BaseDocument *	doc,
		BaseContainer &	data,
		const DescID &	id,
		DescID &	res_id,
		C4DAtom *&	res_at
	)

virtual

Called by the Attribute Manager for every object and every description ID.
Gives the opportunity to route a description ID in the description of a tool to another one.

Parameters

[in]	doc	The active document. Cinema 4D owns the pointed document.
[in]	data	The tool settings container.
[in]	id	The source description ID.
[out]	res_id	Assign the target description ID.
[out]	res_at	Assign the target object.

Returns: true if successful, otherwise false.

Reimplemented in SculptBrushToolData, and DescriptionToolData.

◆ Message()

virtual Bool Message	(	BaseDocument *	doc,
		BaseContainer &	data,
		Int32	type,
		void *	t_data
	)

virtual

Called when a tool receives messages.
For example description messages such as MSG_DESCRIPTION_COMMAND are sent here.

See also: C4DAtom::Message

Note: Some notification messages are automatically passed along to branches: MSG_POINTS_CHANGED, MSG_POLYGONS_CHANGED and MSG_SEGMENTS_CHANGED. This is for convenience and historical reasons.

Parameters

[in]	doc	The active document. Cinema 4D owns the pointed document.
[in]	data	The tool settings container.
[in]	type	The message type: MSG
[in,out]	t_data	The message data. The sender owns the pointed data.

Returns: true or false depending on the message type.

Reimplemented in SculptBrushToolData, BrushToolData, and DescriptionToolData.

Friends And Related Function Documentation

◆ RegisterToolPlugin

Bool RegisterToolPlugin	(	Int32	id,
		const maxon::String &	str,
		Int32	info,
		BaseBitmap *	icon,
		const maxon::String &	help,
		ToolData *	dat
	)

friend

Registers a tool plugin.

Parameters

[in]	id	A unique plugin ID. Must be obtained from http://www.plugincafe.com
[in]	str	The name of the plugin. To affect the order that plugins are displayed in menus add "#$n" as a prefix to this name, where n is a number. Lower numbers are displayed before higher numbers. If name is "--" it will show up as a menu separator.
[in]	info	The tool plugin info flags: PLUGINFLAG_TOOL PLUGINFLAG
[in]	icon	The icon for the tool. The bitmap is copied. The icon should be of size 32x32, but will be scaled if needed. It must also be 24 bits and should if possible include an alpha to support pattern backgrounds.
[in]	help	The tool tips and status bar help text for the tool. When using strings it is advised to use the resources string (.str) files and the GeLoadString() function. This keeps the plugin easy to localize for any language to support and makes full use of the language features of Cinema 4D.
[in]	dat	The tool data instance for the plugin. Cinema 4D takes over the ownership of the pointed tool data.

Returns: true if the tool plugin was registered, otherwise false.

◆ RegisterPyToolPlugin

Bool RegisterPyToolPlugin	(	Int32	id,
		const maxon::String &	str,
		Int32	info,
		BaseBitmap *	icon,
		const maxon::String &	help,
		ToolData *	dat,
		GeResource *	res
	)

friend

Detailed Description

Private Member Functions

Friends

Init/Free Tool

Input

Draw

DisplayControl

Miscellaneous

Description

Message

Additional Inherited Members

Member Function Documentation

◆ AllocDialog()

◆ FreeDialog()

◆ InitTool()

◆ FreeTool()

◆ MouseInput()

◆ KeyboardInput()

◆ Draw()

◆ DisplayControl()

◆ InitDisplayControl()

◆ FreeDisplayControl()

◆ AllocSubDialog()

◆ DoCommand()

◆ GetCursorInfo()

◆ GetResourceSymbol()

◆ GetState()

◆ InitDefaultSettings()

◆ GetDDescription()

◆ GetDParameter()

◆ SetDParameter()

◆ GetDEnabling()

◆ TranslateDescID()

◆ Message()

Friends And Related Function Documentation

◆ RegisterToolPlugin

◆ RegisterPyToolPlugin