Create Material Filename Track

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On 01/09/2008 at 03:45, xxxxxxxx wrote:

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Cinema 4D Version:   10.5 
Platform:   Windows  ;   Mac OSX  ; 
Language(s) :     C++  ;

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Hi,

I am currently trying to set a material's Filename property by using a timeline Track. I successfully did this for object animation in C++ already. I can't seem to find the correct way to create the following Track:

Material->Bitmap->File

How do I create this track to change the Filename for specific frames? (I somehow don't seem to fully understand the correct use of DescID, DescLevel)

Many thanks

Markus

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On 01/09/2008 at 04:01, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Here is how you access the filename of a texture in the color channel of a standard material.

> \> Bool MenuTest::Execute(BaseDocument \*doc) \> { \>      BaseMaterial \*mat = NULL; \>      mat = doc->GetFirstMaterial(); \>      if(!mat) return TRUE; \> \>      BaseChannel \*ch = NULL; \>      ch = mat->GetChannel(CHANNEL_COLOR); \>      if(!ch) return TRUE; \> \>      PluginShader \*sh = NULL; \>      sh = ch->GetShader(); \>      if(!sh || sh->GetType()!=Xbitmap) return TRUE; \> \>      BaseContainer \*data = sh->GetDataInstance(); \> \>      Filename fn = data->GetFilename(BITMAPSHADER_FILENAME); \> \>      GePrint(fn.GetString()); \> \> \> \>      return TRUE; \> } \>

cheers,
Matthias

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On 01/09/2008 at 05:43, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Hello Matthias,

thanks for your quick answer.

I already found an example like this, what I'd like to achieve though, is to create a CTrack which changes the Filename based on a certain Frame. I was able to create a Timeline track in Cinema 4D (Material->Bitmap->File) and change the filename manually inserting new keys. How do I replicate this behaviour in C++?

I am tryint to create the CTrack but couldn't figure out how to access the Filename property. Furthermore SetValue only seems to work with "Real" values and there doesn't seem to be a SetString method for keys (although I seem to be able to insert "String"-keys using the Cinema 4D timeline interface.

Many Thanks

Markus

edit:

To clear up what I mean:

In Cinema 4D I open the timeline, open the material (which displays Bitmap), right click on Bitmap, add property track->File. On this track I can create keys being strings that point to a specific file. This is the behaviour I am trying to duplicate in C++.

edit2:

have been trying this so far:

> \>      CTrack\* texture_track; \>      CKey\* current_key = NULL; \> \>      current_key = CKey::Alloc(); \> \>      texture_track = CTrack::Alloc   (bg_material,   DescID(DescLevel(BASECHANNEL_TEXTURE,DTYPE_TEXTURE,0))); \> \>      current_key->SetTime(texture_track->GetCurve(),BaseTime(1, 30)); \>      current_key->SetGeData(texture_track->GetCurve(), GeData("Text")); \>      texture_track->GetCurve()->InsertKey(current_key); \>

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On 01/09/2008 at 07:54, xxxxxxxx wrote:

This should work:

> \>      BaseMaterial \*mat = NULL; \>      mat = doc->GetFirstMaterial(); \>      if(!mat) return TRUE; \> \>      BaseChannel \*ch = NULL; \>      ch = mat->GetChannel(CHANNEL_COLOR); \>      if(!ch) return TRUE; \> \>      PluginShader \*sh = NULL; \>      sh = ch->GetShader(); \>      if(!sh) \>      { \>           sh = PluginShader::Alloc(Xbitmap); \>           if(!sh) return FALSE; \>           BaseContainer \*data = mat->GetDataInstance(); \>           data->SetLink(MATERIAL_COLOR_SHADER, sh); \>           mat->InsertShader(sh, NULL); \>      } \> \>      else if(sh->GetType()!=Xbitmap) return TRUE; \> \>      CTrack \*track = NULL; \>      track = CTrack::Alloc(sh,DescLevel(BITMAPSHADER_FILENAME,DTYPE_FILENAME,0)); \>      if(!track) return FALSE; \> \>      sh->InsertTrackSorted(track); \> \>      BaseTime time = doc->GetTime(); \> \>      CKey \*key = NULL; \>      key = track->GetCurve()->AddKey(time); if (!key) return FALSE; \> \>      Filename fn("test.jpg"); \> \>      GeData data(fn); \> \>      key->SetGeData(track->GetCurve(), data); \>      key->SetInterpolation(track->GetCurve(), CINTER_STEP); \>

cheers,
Matthias

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On 01/09/2008 at 08:47, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Many Thanks Matthias,

getting the shader was what I was missing.

Works like charm.

Markus