Command to create a Nodes Modifier

ImperfectLink

Hi there,
I'm trying to find the correct command to create a scene nodes modifier (Nodes Modifier) object. The one in the command manager doesn't seem to do anything. I'm finding various methods in which to call up a Nodes Modifier Object through Python to no avail. Any advice would be much appreciated.

ferdinand

Hey @ImperfectLink,
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About your First Question

The posting you linked to was a legacy posting, I have deleted it. You can find all relevant information in this posting or in the Support entry of the site nav. Your question is a bit ambiguous but I assume you want to instantiate a nodes modifier? Or what do you mean by "the command"? I would say it works like this:

import c4d
import maxon

from mxutils import CheckType

doc: c4d.documents.BaseDocument  # The currently active document.
op: c4d.BaseObject | None  # The primary selected object in `doc`. Can be `None`.

def main() -> None:
    """Called by Cinema 4D when the script is being executed.
    """
    node: c4d.BaseObject = CheckType(c4d.BaseObject(maxon.neutron.DEFORMER_ID))
    doc.InsertObject(node)
    c4d.EventAdd()

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

You can find all the Neutron (the code name for scene nodes) IDs here. What stands out that this instantiates a scene node deformer and not a 'modifier', which is indeed a bit puzzling. But both share the same numeric value for their ID:

In the API there is maxon.neutron.DEFORMER_ID but no modifier ID. And in the UI there is only a modifier. But since they share the type ID and also type name (Scene Nodes Deformer) they must be the same thing and the node editor just renames the entity when it is being inserted for some reason.

Cheers,
Ferdinand

ImperfectLink

@ferdinand Thanks for the reply. This will help immensely thank you.