Deformer, Point-Data

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On 19/07/2011 at 05:58, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Hy there,

I wondered if it is possible to read out the "deformed" values of a mesh having a deformer. I've seen that the PointOperator from XPresso is able to read out those values (ie. the deformed mesh). Is it possible in Python/COFFEE?

Thank you,
maxx

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On 19/07/2011 at 06:17, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Use op.GetDeformCache()

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On 19/07/2011 at 07:31, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Ah, nice, thanx Nux.

Cheers,
maxx

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On 19/07/2011 at 08:00, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Np,
But I still don't know how to use this while rendering...
What GetCache() and GetDeformCache() returns while rendering is always None..

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On 19/07/2011 at 09:39, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Hy Nux,

is there no way to attach something here? Would be very helpful ...

For now, just grab the file from here (DeformCacheTest_maxx.c4d) :
www.artonbit.com/data

When I render this in the picture viewer, it is working (so the GetDeformCache() does return something).

Is that what you mean?

Cheers,
maxx

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On 19/07/2011 at 13:24, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Hi maxx,

try your scene with using this code and a GeneratorObject instead of a polygon object as origin.

import c4d  
#Welcome to the world of Python  
  
  
def main() :  
  global orig,copy  
  cache = orig.GetCache()  
  if cache:  
  cache = cache.GetDeformCache()  
  
  print orig.GetName(), orig.GetCache()  
  
  if not cache:  
  return  
  copy.SetAllPoints(cache.GetAllPoints())  
  copy.Message(c4d.MSG_UPDATE)

Rendering an animation, the GetCache() returns the Cache during the animation.
Rendering a single Frame, the GetCache() returns None.

Thanks & Cheers,
Niklas