Color on surface
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On 23/06/2008 at 09:50, xxxxxxxx wrote:
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Cinema 4D Version: 10.5
Platform: Windows ;
Language(s) : C++ ;---------
Hi Folks!I need your help
I'm working on an ObjectData plugin and I want to set values to an object's surface by placing a texture on it, like it is possible in MoGraphs Shader-Effector.
In other words: i want to link a texture-tag, select the channel to be used and then calculate the color of a position on the object's surface.I've tried it with channel->sample and shader->sample, but both are - in my opinion - independent from the texture-projection.
I've also tried GetSurfaceData, but it demands VolumeData, that is not available in an ObjectData plugin, i think. ...or am i totally wrong?I hope, this question isn't that stupid
I'm such a beginner in c++...
And i searched a long time, here in the forum, without finding a hint.
So it would help me, if you can tell me:
a) if it's possible at all
b) if theres a example or forum topic i missed
c) the general approach or/and
d) which functions/classes i should take a closer look at.Any help would be very appreciated,
Cheers,
Mark. -
THE POST BELOW IS MORE THAN 5 YEARS OLD. RELATED SUPPORT INFORMATION MIGHT BE OUTDATED OR DEPRECATED
On 24/06/2008 at 00:50, xxxxxxxx wrote:
The forum search is your friend. It took me 3 seconds to find an according thread.
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THE POST BELOW IS MORE THAN 5 YEARS OLD. RELATED SUPPORT INFORMATION MIGHT BE OUTDATED OR DEPRECATED
On 24/06/2008 at 01:44, xxxxxxxx wrote:
Hello 3D Designer!
Thank you for your answer
But it took me half a day to find this and several similar threads ... and all didn't help me, as i explained above.In your linked thread "uvw" is a position on the channel, with the range 0 to 1 and not the position on the object's surface ...?
Or do i have to convert a global position on object's surface to this "uvw" coordinates? When, how to do this according to the used texture tag and projection method?Cheers,
Mark. -
THE POST BELOW IS MORE THAN 5 YEARS OLD. RELATED SUPPORT INFORMATION MIGHT BE OUTDATED OR DEPRECATED
On 24/06/2008 at 01:51, xxxxxxxx wrote:
uvw is the texture coordinate on the objects surface! Simply calculate the uv coordinates of your surface and then fill the ChannelData with it. That´s how it works, that´s how MoGraph is doing it too (I highly assume...maybe if they use a TextureTag as iunput they also take care of the projection, for this look into TexData of the docs, to see how to project the coordinates!).
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THE POST BELOW IS MORE THAN 5 YEARS OLD. RELATED SUPPORT INFORMATION MIGHT BE OUTDATED OR DEPRECATED
On 24/06/2008 at 12:03, xxxxxxxx wrote:
Hello 3D Designer,
> Quote: Simply calculate the uv coordinates of your surface and then fill the ChannelData with it.
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> * * *I'm uncomfortable to say it, but it's not so "simple" for me
Is there a chance, getting a little code-snippet, to understand how i could transfer a global position on a surface into uv coordinates ...?
I hope this wish is not too demanding but it would help me a lot.Thanks for your help,
cheers,
Mark.