2D drawing in Point, Edge and Polygon mode
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On 24/08/2017 at 01:36, xxxxxxxx wrote:
User Information:
Cinema 4D Version: R18
Platform: Windows ; Mac ; Mac OSX ;
Language(s) : C++ ;---------
Hello,
I have a problem with 2D drawing functions of BaseDraw object in Point, Edge and Polygon mode. They just don't draw anything. 3D functions however works fine. When I switch mode to Model or Texture they draw as usual.Is that an intended behavior? Can it be changed somehow?
Thank you.
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On 25/08/2017 at 07:51, xxxxxxxx wrote:
Hi Miro, thanks for writing us.
Could you please specify in which context the 2D Drawing functionalities don't work? Is in ObjectData-, SceneHookData-, ToolData- or CommandData- derived plugin type?
From a simple test run with a SceneHookData- as well on ObjectData-derived plugins they happear to work flawlessly.Best, Riccardo
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On 25/08/2017 at 23:38, xxxxxxxx wrote:
I'm drawing from ToolData based plugin.
I've done a bit of research here. To avoid errors caused by rest of my code I played with Cinema R18 SDK sample PickObjectTool plugin because it is closest to what I am doing.
I inserted following code at the beginning of PickObjectTool::Draw() function:
if (flags == TOOLDRAWFLAGS_0) // <-- this is how I'm drawing (and makes the strange bug) //if (flags & TOOLDRAWFLAGS_HIGHLIGHT) // <-- this looks like the solution { // 3D draw, red line bd->SetMatrix_Matrix(nullptr,Matrix()); bd->SetPen(Vector(1, 0, 0)); bd->DrawLine(Vector(0, 0, 0), Vector(200, 200, 200), NOCLIP_Z); // 2D draw, green line bd->SetMatrix_Screen(); bd->SetPen(Vector(0, 1, 0)); bd->DrawLine2D(Vector(0, 0, -MAX_Z), Vector(200, 200, -MAX_Z)); }
I found out that it behaves a bit differently than I reported:
If I draw when flags == TOOLDRAWFLAGS_0 it draws 2D green line only if there is at least one object in scene with highlighted orange border (so if I change mode or deselect object or select object without this orange border - for example Null object, green line disappears).
If I draw when flags contain TOOLDRAWFLAGS_HIGHLIGHT everything works fine, so this is my solution. Due to a bit simple description of TOOLDRAWFLAGS in documentation I didn't even consider this option.