c4d.DescID¶

class c4d.DescID¶

An ID class for description elements. Contains a stack of DescLevel objects.

The description ID is used to exactly identify a parameter value.

Constants

c4d.DESCID_ROOT¶: Root description ID.

c4d.ID_USERDATA¶: User data ID.

c4d.DESCID_DYNAMICSUB¶: User data/dynamic parameters description level.

Methods Signatures

`DescID.__init__(self[, id1, id2, id3])`	Create a DescID instance up to three levels
`DescID.__str__(self)`	Returns the DescID as string. Called if str() is wrapped around an instance of `DescID`. (See __str__)
`DescID.__lshift__(self, other)`	Returns the result of popping shift levels from the bottom of the stack
`DescID.__getitem__(self, key)`	Returns the level at position key in the stack
`DescID.__eq__(self, other)`	Checks if all levels are equal.
`DescID.__ne__(self, other)`	The reverse of `__eq__`.

`DescID.SetId(self, subid)`	Set the highest level to subid.
`DescID.PushId(self, subid)`	Push a new level onto the stack.
`DescID.PopId(self)`	Pops the highest level from the stack.
`DescID.GetDepth(self)`	Return the depth.
`DescID.Write(self, hf)`	Writes the description to a file.
`DescID.Read(self, hf)`	Reads the description from a file.
`DescID.GetHashCode(self)`	Gets a hash code for the description ID.
`DescID.IsPartOf(self, cmp)`	Checks if the description ID is part of cmp and returns the length of the match.

Methods Documentation

DescID.__init__(self, id1=0, id2=0, id3=0)¶

Create a DescID instance up to three levels

dId = c4d.DescID()
dId = c4d.DescID(dId) #copy constructor
dId = c4d.DescID(10) #first level with given ID
dId = c4d.DescID(DescLevel(10), DescLevel(20), DescLevel(30)) #set three levels

Parameters

id1 (c4d.DescLevel) – First level.
id2 (c4d.DescLevel) – Second level.
id3 (c4d.DescLevel) – Third level.

DescID.__str__(self)¶

Returns the DescID as string. Called if str() is wrapped around an instance of DescID. (See __str__)

dId = c4d.DescID(c4d.DescLevel(30))
print dId                # output '(30, 0, 0)'

Return type: str
Returns: The DescID as string.

DescID.__lshift__(self, other)¶

Returns the result of popping shift levels from the bottom of the stack

dId = c4d.DescID(c4d.DescLevel(30), c4d.DescLevel(40), c4d.DescLevel(50))
dId<<2

Parameters: other (int) – Number of levels to pop.
Raises: IndexError – If other is out of range : 0<=other<GetDepth().
Return type: c4d.DescID
Returns: Result.

DescID.__getitem__(self, key)¶

Returns the level at position key in the stack

dId = c4d.DescID(c4d.DescLevel(30), c4d.DescLevel(40), c4d.DescLevel(50))
diD[2]

Parameters: key (int) – The position.
Raises: IndexError – If other is out of range : 0<=key<GetDepth().
Return type: c4d.DescLevel
Returns: The level at the specified position.

DescID.__eq__(self, other)¶: Checks if all levels are equal.

DescID.__ne__(self, other)¶: The reverse of __eq__.

DescID.SetId(self, subid)¶

Set the highest level to subid.

Parameters: subid (c4d.DescLevel) – New toplevel.

DescID.PushId(self, subid)¶

Push a new level onto the stack.

Parameters: subid (c4d.DescLevel) – Level to push.

DescID.PopId(self)¶: Pops the highest level from the stack.

DescID.GetDepth(self)¶

Return the depth.

Return type: int
Returns: The depth.

DescID.Write(self, hf)¶

Writes the description to a file.

Parameters: hf (c4d.storage.HyperFile) – The hyperfile to write to.

DescID.Read(self, hf)¶

Reads the description from a file.

Parameters: hf (c4d.storage.HyperFile) – The hyperfile to read from.
Return type: bool
Returns: True if successful, otherwise False.

DescID.GetHashCode(self)¶

Gets a hash code for the description ID.

New in version R17.048.

Return type: int
Returns: The hash code.

DescID.IsPartOf(self, cmp)¶

Checks if the description ID is part of cmp and returns the length of the match.

New in version R18.020.

Parameters

cmp (Union[int, list, c4d.DescID]) –

The super description ID.

Changed in version R18.057.

Can be a int, list or DescID

Return type

Tuple[bool, int]

Returns

A tuple with the following information:

bool: True if the description ID matches a lowest part of cmp, otherwise False.
int: The length of the match.