Drawing a spline

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On 07/02/2011 at 13:40, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Thanks Dan. That seems to help.
I'm also using Vista64 without Aero enabled. Which causes draw issues in C4D for me.
That was also making the spline look like it wasn't there, when it really was there.

So this whole VariableChanged stuff for splines is only for things with tags on them then?
I just want to make sure I understand how the spline class works.

-ScottA

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On 07/02/2011 at 13:48, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Howdy,

In C++, there is no SetPoints() function. Calling the GetPointW() function returns a pointer to the points array, giving you direct access to the points.

In the documentation for the MSG_UPDATE:

MSG_UPDATE_<_h4_>_

Must be sent if the bounding box has to be recalculated. (Otherwise you can use MSG_CHANGE[URL-REMOVED].)

... since the point's positions have been changed, the bounding box of the spline must be recalculated. I'm not exactly sure but I think some other things get updated, too, when that message is received. In any case, when a point object receives that message it seems to update the point positions.

By the way, an object's points are stored in a hidden variable tag (Tpoint), so every spline and polygon object has that hidden tag on it.

In the C++ documentation, if you go to the C4DAtom class and then to the Message() function of that class, you'll see a list of messages from the MSG_Atom with explanations of their use.

Adios,
Cactus Dan

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On 07/02/2011 at 13:59, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Oh, thanks, couldn't imagine it's different in C++, but now i know better.

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On 07/02/2011 at 14:05, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Howdy,

Yeah, coffee is very similar to c++, but from what I remember about coffee, there were more functions you had to call to perform an operation, where in c++ you simply performed the operation.

Adios,
Cactus Dan

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On 07/02/2011 at 16:04, xxxxxxxx wrote:

hey scott would you mind sharing with me the final working code you got. The4 code above keeps making my c4d crash out.

Thanks,

Shawn

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On 07/02/2011 at 21:11, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Sure. Here's the code again:

SplineObject *sp = SplineObject::Alloc(3, SPLINETYPE_LINEAR); // create a linear spline with 3 verts
if(!sp) return NULL;
doc->InsertObject(sp, NULL, NULL, 0); // Add it to the OM

Vector *gp = sp->GetPointW();// The point array of the spline
gp[0] = Vector(10,0,-100);// Place the first point here
gp[1] = Vector(0,0,0);// Place the first point here
gp[2] = Vector(-10,0,100);// Place the first point here
EventAdd();//Update all the changes
sp->Message(MSG_UPDATE);

I'm a little surprised that there's no code block formatting option for this forum. To make posting code snippets easier to read.

-ScottA

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On 07/02/2011 at 21:30, xxxxxxxx wrote:

why not use [*code] [/*code](without * ) ?

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On 08/02/2011 at 01:08, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Originally posted by xxxxxxxx

I'm a little surprised that there's no code block formatting option for this forum. To make posting code snippets easier to read.

There is, please check the BBCodes avaible for the forum:
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cheers,
Matthias

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On 08/02/2011 at 01:16, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Originally posted by xxxxxxxx

I looked at the Circle.cpp example. But It's dealing with creating a spline primitive. Not a new spline from scratch. So I'm still not sure how to properly create a spline from scratch

I was refering to this part of the circle.cpp example. It shows how to set up a Bezier spline.

  
SplineObject *GenerateCircle(Real rad)  
{  
  #define TANG 0.415  
  
  Real    sn,cs;  
  LONG    i,sub=4;  
  
  SplineObject *op = SplineObject::Alloc(sub*2,SPLINETYPE_BEZIER);  
  if (!op || !op->MakeVariableTag(Tsegment,2)) { blDelete(op); return NULL; }  
  op->GetDataInstance()->SetBool(SPLINEOBJECT_CLOSED,TRUE);  
  
  Vector  *padr = op->GetPointW();  
  Tangent *hadr = op->GetTangentW();  
  Segment *sadr = op->GetSegmentW();  
  
  if (sadr)  
  {  
      sadr[0].closed = TRUE;  
      sadr[0].cnt    = sub;  
      sadr[1].closed = TRUE;  
      sadr[1].cnt    = sub;  
  }  
  
  if (hadr && padr)  
  {  
      for (i=0; i<sub; i++)  
      {  
          SinCos(2.0*pi*i/Real(sub),sn,cs);  
            
          padr[i]    = Vector(cs*rad,sn*rad,0.0);  
          hadr[i].vl = Vector(sn*rad*TANG,-cs*rad*TANG,0.0);  
          hadr[i].vr = -hadr[i].vl;  
  
          padr[i+sub]    = Vector(cs*rad,sn*rad,0.0)*0.5;  
          hadr[i+sub].vl = Vector(sn*rad*TANG,-cs*rad*TANG,0.0)*0.5;  
          hadr[i+sub].vr = -hadr[i+sub].vl;  
      }  
  }  
  
  op->Message(MSG_UPDATE);  
  
  return op;  
}

op- >Message(MSG_UPDATE) is needed to update the object.

EventAdd() is used to update managers like the Object manager. So only have to call it when you add new objects to the scene for example.

cheers,
Matthias

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On 08/02/2011 at 03:25, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Thanks Matthias.. That helped a ton. I've got it figured out now.

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On 08/02/2011 at 08:13, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Thanks Matthias.

If it's something that you can easily do. Could you possibly add the code block icon to the top of the message creation window with the other icons?

If it's a hassle to enable it. Don't sweat it.

-ScottA

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On 08/02/2011 at 09:41, xxxxxxxx wrote:

When I type in code examples I usually just type [*code] My Code [*/code] without the * as mentioned above.