Getting a polygonal version of an animated mesh
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O need to get a polygonal version of any object wthat is animated (with keyframes or deformers).
My code, so far, is:curr_time = c4d.BaseTime(frame_start,doc_fps) + c4d.BaseTime(x,doc_fps) doc.AnimateObject(op,curr_time, c4d.ANIMATEFLAGS_NONE) doc.SetTime(curr_time) c4d.EventAdd(c4d.EVENT_FORCEREDRAW) c4d.DrawViews(c4d.DRAWFLAGS_FORCEFULLREDRAW) bc = c4d.BaseContainer() bc[c4d.MDATA_CURRENTSTATETOOBJECT_INHERITANCE] = True bc[c4d.MDATA_CURRENTSTATETOOBJECT_KEEPANIMATION] = True bc[c4d.MDATA_CURRENTSTATETOOBJECT_NOGENERATE] = False bc[c4d.MDATA_CURRENTSTATETOOBJECT_LOD] = 1.0 bc[c4d.MDATA_CURRENTSTATETOOBJECT_BUILDFLAGS] = c4d.BUILDFLAGS_NONE clone_op = op.GetClone(flags=c4d.COPYFLAGS_NONE) res = c4d.utils.SendModelingCommand(command = c4d.MCOMMAND_CURRENTSTATETOOBJECT, list=[clone_op], mode=c4d.MODELINGCOMMANDMODE_ALL, bc=bc, doc=doc, flags=c4d.MODELINGCOMMANDFLAGS_NONE)
But the resulting object(s) inside the res list, seem to only result in the non-animated object.
How can I get the animated/deformed mesh? -
Hi @rui_mac please make sure to post in the correct category, for anything related to Cinema 4D please post into the CINEMA 4D DEVELOPMENT category (I've moved your topic)
Also, make sure to use the tagging system.In regards to your code, few things to say.
First, there is no loop over time (so you never change the time of the current document)
Moreover, when you clone the object, the returned object is not inserted into any document so even if you copy an object with these animation data they are lost since there is no document to define the time.Finally, a more suited approach is to use BaseObject.GetDeformCache which store the deformed state of an object.
Find an example here, I also attached a scene, select the cloner run the script it will create a Null based on the position of each clone""" Copyright: MAXON Computer GmbH Author: Maxime Adam Description: - Animates a BaseDocument from frame 5 to 20. - Retrieves all the deformed mesh from the selected object - Creates a Null for each frame at the position of point 88 of all deformed mesh Class/method highlighted: - BaseObject.GetDeformCache() - c4d.BaseTime() - BaseDocument.SetTime() - BaseDocument.ExecutePasses() Compatible: - Win / Mac - R16, R17, R18, R19, R20 """ import c4d def DeformedPolygonCacheIterator(op): """ A Python Generator to iterate over all PolygonCache of passed BaseObject :param op: The BaseObject to retrieves all PolygonObject cache. """ if not isinstance(op, c4d.BaseObject): raise TypeError("Expected a BaseObject or derived class got {0}".format(op.__class__.__name__)) # Try to retrieves the deformed cache of the object temp = op.GetDeformCache() if temp is not None: # If there is a deformed cache we iterate over him, a deformed cache can also contain deformed cache # e.g. in case of a nested deformer for obj in DeformedPolygonCacheIterator(temp): yield obj # Try to retrieves the cache of the Object temp = op.GetCache() if temp is not None: # If there is a cache iterates over its, a cache can also contain deformed cache # e.g. an instance, have a cache of its linked object but if this object is deformed, then you have a deformed cache as well for obj in DeformedPolygonCacheIterator(temp): yield obj # If op is not a generator / modifier if not op.GetBit(c4d.BIT_CONTROLOBJECT): # If op is a PolygonObject we return it if op.IsInstanceOf(c4d.Opolygon): yield op # Then finally iterates over the child of the current object to retrieves all objects # e.g. in a cloner set to Instance mode, all clones is a new object. temp = op.GetDown() while temp: for obj in DeformedPolygonCacheIterator(temp): yield obj temp = temp.GetNext() def main(): # Saves current time ctime = doc.GetTime() # Retrieves BaseTime of frame 5, 20 start = 5 end = 20 # Marks the state of the document as the initial step of our undo process doc.StartUndo() # Loops through the frames for frame in xrange(start, end + 1): # Changes the time of the document doc.SetTime(c4d.BaseTime(frame, doc.GetFps())) # Executes the document, so animation, dynamics, expression are calculated and cached are build accordingly buildflag = c4d.BUILDFLAGS_NONE if c4d.GetC4DVersion() > 20000 else c4d.BUILDFLAGS_0 doc.ExecutePasses(None, True, True, True, buildflag) # For each cache objects of our current selected object for obj in DeformedPolygonCacheIterator(op): # Calculates the position of the point 88 in world space pos = obj.GetPoint(88) * obj.GetMg() # Creates a null for each frame and each cache null = c4d.BaseObject(c4d.Onull) null.SetName(str(frame)) # Inserts the objects into the documents doc.AddUndo(c4d.UNDOTYPE_NEW, null) doc.InsertObject(null) # Defines the position of the null with the position of the point from the deformed mesh null.SetAbsPos(pos) # Sets the time back to the original time. doc.SetTime(ctime) # Executes the document, so animation, dynamics, expression are calculated and cached are build accordingly buildflag = c4d.BUILDFLAGS_NONE if c4d.GetC4DVersion() > 20000 else c4d.BUILDFLAGS_0 doc.ExecutePasses(None, True, True, True, buildflag) # Marks the state of the document as the final step of our undo process doc.EndUndo() # Updates Cinema 4D c4d.EventAdd(c4d.EVENT_ANIMATE) if __name__ == "__main__": main()
If you have any question, please let me know.
Cheers,
Maxime. -
Well, I do have a loop but I just pasted the code that would, hopefully, perform the calculation.
And I did tried the GetDeformCache approach, but my mistake was, in fact the cloning of the object.
Thank you so much for the code, Adam.