Accessing Parameters of Filters in a Volume Builder

datamilch

Hi there,

I'd like to access some parameters of the filters in a Volume Builder, like 'dilate and erode > offset' or the fields parameter of the smooth filter. But I don't know how.
There is nothing really in the documentation or the forum.

The only thing related filters, that I found, was 'volume.SendVolumeCommand()' but suppose, this is not meant to be used with the volume builder.
VolumeBuilder.GetSettingsContainerForIndex() will return None for filter layers - but that's also what the documentation says. I attached a file to demonstrate this.

def main() -> None:
    settings = op.GetObject()
    volume_builder = settings[c4d.ID_USERDATA,1]

    for i in range( volume_builder.GetInputObjectCount() ):
        bc = volume_builder.GetSettingsContainerForIndex(i)
        print (bc)

# returns:
None   # the filter layer
<c4d.BaseContainer object at 0x0000024296092D40> # the cube object

When I drag the parameter, that I want to change, in the console it is called 'SDFDilateandErode[c4d.ID_VOLUMEFILTER_RESHAPE_OFFSET]' but again, I have no idea how to access it.

Help would be much appreciated.

volume builder filters 01.c4d

datamilch

Oh shit! I just realized the filters exist as objects in c4d ... * facepalm *
I suppose this will resolve my problems for now.

Should I delete the topic?

ferdinand

Hey @datamilch,

Thank you for reaching out to us and answering your own question. In general we prefer it when topics do not get deleted, so that other users can benefit from a topic. You should also not be able to delete this topic anymore since more than three hours have passed since you posted and because your topic has replies.

Cheers,
Ferdinand