Setting an object to the target section of a Transform Constraint Tag

EugeneNUA

Hi everyone!

I'm trying to set up the constraint tag, so this will pick the movement from another object. I need to do it strictly with Transform Constraint Tag.

I was playing around with code and different parameters, but one is driving me crazy, I just can't figure out how to set an object as a target. Likewise, I used SearchObject, I got GUID nothing is going to help.

I digged through the forums and found out that the UI ID of the target matters (10001), but I find no samples how to use the ID properly in Python scripts. Appreciate any help!

I work on Windows 11
Cinema 4D 2023.2.2

import c4d
from c4d import gui

doc = c4d.documents.GetActiveDocument()

target_obj = doc.SearchObject("Test")


def addConstraint():
    objects = doc.GetActiveObjects(1)
    print(objects)
    my_obj = doc.SearchObject("Test")
    
    for obj in objects:
        tag = obj.MakeTag(c4d.Tcaconstraint)
        print(f"Your tag: {tag}")
        my_obj = doc.SearchObject("Test")
        tag()[c4d.ID_CA_CONSTRAINT_TAG_PSR] = True
        tag()[c4d.ID_CA_CONSTRAINT_TAG_PSR_LINK] = my_obj
        tag()[c4d.ID_CA_CONSTRAINT_TAG_PSR_P_OFFSET] = c4d.Vector(5,0,0)
        tag()[c4d.ID_CA_CONSTRAINT_TAG_PSR_MAINTAIN] = True
        tag.SetName("Boo")
        c4d.EventAdd()
addConstraint()

ferdinand

Hello @EugeneNUA,

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About your First Question

You mostly got it right, your major oversight was that you assumed the link field to be a static parameter (which it is not). Find out more on how to discover parameter IDs in Python Console Manual: Drag and Drop. Find my example attached below.

Cheers,
Ferdinand

Result:

Code:

"""Adds a constraint tag with a PSR transform targeting an object named 'link' to the currently
selected object.

Must be run as a Script Manager script.
"""

import c4d

doc: c4d.documents.BaseDocument # The active document
op: c4d.BaseObject # The selected object in #doc, can be #None.

def main() -> None:
    """
    """
    # Search for the object to link in the constraint.
    link: c4d.BaseObject = doc.SearchObject("link")
    if not op or not link:
        print ("Please select an object and provide an object named 'link'.")
        return

    tag: c4d.BaseTag = op.MakeTag(c4d.Tcaconstraint)
    if not tag:
        raise MemoryError("Could not allocate tag.")
    
    tag[c4d.ID_CA_CONSTRAINT_TAG_PSR] = True
    # ID_CA_CONSTRAINT_TAG_PSR_LINK is just a stride, i.e., offset, not an actual ID as a constraint
    # can have multiple links and the IDs must be therefore dynamic. If you only want one link 
    # (or even multiple) I would just hardcode the dynamic ID (10001 will be present on the freshly 
    # initialized tag). See
    #   https://developers.maxon.net/docs/py/2024_0_0/manuals/manual_py_console.html#drag-and-drop
    # for how I found out that 10001 is the relevant ID here.
    tag[10001] = link
    tag[c4d.ID_CA_CONSTRAINT_TAG_PSR_P_OFFSET] = c4d.Vector(5,0,0)
    tag[c4d.ID_CA_CONSTRAINT_TAG_PSR_MAINTAIN] = True

    c4d.EventAdd()


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

EugeneNUA

Hello! @ferdinand

Proud to be a part of the community.

Wow, how close the solution to the problem was, but I couldn't find any mention of it anywhere.

Thank you so much for the ready-made solution and quick help!

SmetK

@ferdinand Just ran into the same problem. Thank you for the solution!