use OBJECT_MODIFIER to affect op with deformer

Helper

On 12/01/2018 at 07:00, xxxxxxxx wrote:

is it possible to use OBJECT_MODIFIER to affect op with another deformer?

    def ModifyObject(self, mod, doc, op, op_mg, mod_mg, lod, flags, thread) :
  
        reduction = c4d.BaseObject(c4d.Obend) #Bend Deforemer
        reduction[c4d.DEFORMOBJECT_STRENGTH] = c4d.utils.Rad(90) #Strenght = 90 degrees
        reduction.InsertUnder(op) #Insert bend under op
        
	op.Message(c4d.MSG_UPDATE)
	
	return True

This code display deformer but it has no effect on the geometry.

Helper

On 12/01/2018 at 07:01, xxxxxxxx wrote:

I registered this plugin as a MODIFIER

  
info = c4d.OBJECT_MODIFIER

Do I have to include other flags, in order to make it work with other deformers?

Helper

On 12/01/2018 at 07:36, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Seems like it's working but not in the viewport.
What could cause such behavior?

Helper

On 12/01/2018 at 14:11, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Well... I used CSTO command but now I see 2 objects in my viewport. in the rendered image, this base object is hidden and only modified geometry is displayed.

Helper

On 13/01/2018 at 15:30, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Where can I find more information about OBJECT_MODIFIER **plugins?

Helper

On 15/01/2018 at 05:44, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Is it possible to show only modified object and hide the original one?

Helper

On 15/01/2018 at 05:47, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Hi,

the issue is actually not so much OBJECT_MODIFIER related.
You are not allowed to modify the scene from within the scene evaluation pipeline. This includes ObjectData's GetVirtualObjects(), ModifyObjects(), GetContour() and Execute() functions, also similar functions from other NodeData derived plugin types.

Actually a modifier usually modifies the geometry directly, using existing deformers is at least a bit unusual, see example Py-SpherifyModifier.

But if you really have to use existing deformers to get the job done, you can still do so, even if it may be not the fastest route to go. In this case you'd clone the object, you want to modify, insert it into a temporary document, add the modifier there, execute the temporary document and then transfer the result to the object being modified in ModifyObject().

Maybe you can let us know a bit more about your final intention, then we could discuss here, what's the best way to get there.

Helper

On 15/01/2018 at 05:58, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Originally posted by xxxxxxxx

Maybe you can let us know a bit more about your final intention, then we could discuss here, what's the best way to get there.

I want to perform several modeling operations on the desired object but before this, I would like to use poly reduction, in order to simplify its geometry and then execute modeling commands.

Helper

On 17/01/2018 at 05:50, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Hi,

since R19 we have a PolyReduction class. Here's some more information in the PolygonReduction manual.
Not only will this be way easier to implement, than the above described deformer approach, but it should also perform way better.