DescID Morph Pose strength [SOLVED]

Helper

On 09/06/2015 at 02:08, xxxxxxxx wrote:

User Information:
Cinema 4D Version:   R16
Platform:      Mac OSX ;
Language(s) :     C++ ;

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Hi,

I'm working on an objectData plugin with some morph tags and XPresso files.
In one XPresso file I need to access the strength of a pose of the morph tag.
For that, I need the DescID of the strength of that specific pose.
How should I go on this?

Now I have an operator_object node where I drop my morphTag onto with OperatorSetData (DROP_IN_BODY)
After this I'm not sure on what to do.
I somehow need to get the right DescID to use in GvCall.
I've tried this, but it's not working:

  
DescID myMorphDescID = DescID(DescLevel(myFirstMorph->GetID()), DescLevel(MORPHTAG_STRENGTH));

How should I correctly retrieve the right DescID?
Thanks in advance for your help and time!
Greetings,
Casimir Smets

Helper

On 09/06/2015 at 10:48, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Hi,

the DescID calculates as follows:

morph->GetID() * ID_CA_POSE_ANIMATE_CNT + ID_CA_POSE_ANIMATE_OFFSET + ID_CA_POSE_ANIMATE_STRENGTH

By the way, this thread may be also interesting in this context.

Helper

On 09/06/2015 at 11:07, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Hi Andreas,

I will definately look into this!
Thanks for your help and time!

With kind regards,
Casimir Smets

Helper

On 10/06/2015 at 05:10, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Hi,

I can't get it to work. The result for my DescID(1101) should be correct, but if I put that in GvCall, it seems to do nothing.
Here is my code for the morph xpresso node:

  
GvNode* morphNode = nodeMaster->CreateNode(nodeMaster->GetRoot(), ID_OPERATOR_OBJECT, nullptr, 350, 0);  
if (!morphNode) return false;  
morphNode->OperatorSetData(GV_ATOM, morphTag, GV_OP_DROP_IN_BODY);  
GvOperatorData* morphData = morphNode->GetOperatorData();  
DescID morphDescID = firstMorph->GetID() * ID_CA_POSE_ANIMATE_CNT + ID_CA_POSE_ANIMATE_OFFSET + ID_CA_POSE_ANIMATE_STRENGTH;  
// Untill here everything works perfectly fine, and the DescID I get has the value 1101  
Int32 morphInID = GvCall(morphData, GetMainID) (morphNode, GV_PORT_INPUT, morphDescID);  
GvPort* morphInPort = morphNode->AddPort(GV_PORT_INPUT, morphInID);  
if (!morphInPort) return false;

Thanks in advance for your help and time!

Greetings,
Casimir Smets

Helper

On 22/06/2015 at 01:58, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Hi,

Could somebody please help me with this?
I've tried around 100 id's, but none of them work.

Thanks in advance for your help and time!
With kind regards,
Casimir Smets

Helper

On 24/06/2015 at 12:05, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Hi,

I'm still using a temporary internet connection. So I can't reply back to you about this.
But I do have some code for handling PoseMorphs and Xpresso that might possibly help you out.

This is R13 code:

//This is an example of loading a PoseMorph tag into a node in the xpresso editor  
//Then adding the first morph's strength output port in the xpresso node  
  
  
//PoseMorph tag required headers  
#include "..\..\..\resource\modules\ca\res\description	caposemorph.h"  
#include "..\..\..\..\resource\_api\c4d_libs\lib_ca.h"  
  
//GvCall required headers  
#include "c4d_graphview.h"  
#include "c4d_operatorplugin.h"  
//A custom macro for getting the node's data  
#define GvCall(op,fnc) (((GvOperatorData* )op)->*((OPERATORPLUGIN* )C4DOS.Bl->RetrieveTableX((NodeData* )op,1))->fnc)  
  
  
Bool SimplePlugin::Execute(BaseDocument *doc)  
{      
  PolygonObject *obj = (PolygonObject * ) doc->GetActiveObject();  
  if(!obj) return FALSE;  
  
  //Get the xpresso and PoseMorph tags on the object   
  XPressoTag *xTag = (XPressoTag* )obj->GetTag(Texpresso, 0);  
  if(!xTag) return FALSE;  
  CAPoseMorphTag *morphTag=(CAPoseMorphTag* )obj->GetTag(Tposemorph);  
  if(!morphTag) return FALSE;  
  
  //Get the xpresso's master container  
  GvNodeMaster *nm = xTag->GetNodeMaster();   
  
  //Create a new Object type node  
  GvNode *morphNode = nm->CreateNode(nm->GetRoot(), ID_OPERATOR_OBJECT, NULL, 120, 200);  
  
  //Assign the new node to the morph tag  
  //This acts like dragging an dropping the morph tag onto the xpresso Object node  
  morphNode->OperatorSetData(GV_ATOM, morphTag, GV_OP_DROP_IN_BODY);  
   
  //Get the morphNode's data  
  GvOperatorData *od = morphNode->GetOperatorData();   
  
  //Get the first morph's strength description and use it to create an output port for it   
  CAMorph *firstMorph = morphTag->GetMorph(1);  
  DescID id = DescID(ID_CA_POSE_ANIMATE_DATA, firstMorph->GetID()*ID_CA_POSE_ANIMATE_CNT+ID_CA_POSE_ANIMATE_OFFSET+ID_CA_POSE_ANIMATE_STRENGTH);  
  LONG didValue = GvCall(od, GetMainID)(morphNode, GV_PORT_OUTPUT, id);  
  GvPort *port = morphNode->AddPort(GV_PORT_OUTPUT, didValue, GV_PORT_FLAG_IS_VISIBLE, TRUE);  
  
  nm->Message(MSG_UPDATE);  
  
  EventAdd();  
  return true;  
}

-The Ghost

Helper

On 25/06/2015 at 02:41, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Hi Scott,

Thanks for your answer!
I have more or less the same code.
I did some testing with GePrint and found where the problem is.

  
Int32 morphInID = GvCall(morphData, GetMainID)   (morphNode, GV_PORT_INPUT, morphDescID);

This line does not store the inport ID :s
I have no problem with setting the morphData, morphNode or morphDescID, only the morphInID.

Does somebody know what could be the problem here?
Maybe a moderator?

Thanks in advance for your help and time!

With kind regards,
Casimir Smets

Helper

On 01/07/2015 at 06:47, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Hi,

first things first:
Scott, I'm glad to see you again. Hope your life is getting better again.

Now, for the question:
Casimir, did you see how Scott generates the DescID in his code? Did you change your code accordingly?

Helper

On 01/07/2015 at 07:33, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Hi Andreas,

Well, I thought I did, but apparentally I was not paying quite the right attention.
Therefor, I'm really sorry!

If I change it to Scott's way it works perfectly.

Thanks for your answers, both Scott and Andreas!!

With kind regards,
Casimir Smets