find out if generator object?

Helper

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On 08/11/2012 at 08:28, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Hi There,

generator objects have a green hooklet next to the visibility indikator lights in the object manager. (for exapmle array, cloner but also cube or deformer).
I found out that you can activate and deactivate them with:
BaseObject.SetDeformMode(mode)
and read them with
BaseObject.GetDeformMode(mode)

I was surprised to see that you also can set and read this parameters if an object doesnt habe the hooklet (for example a polygonobject)

2 questions:
- is it bad to set the deformmode to False (standard is True) if the object has no hooklet (for example a polygonobject)
and if so:
- is there a easier way do distinguish between them (generator not generator) than to compare it to a list of object types?

thanks a lot
Jops

Helper

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On 08/11/2012 at 11:31, xxxxxxxx wrote:

I don't know but shouldn't think so
call GetInfo() on the object and test for the flag OBJECT_GENERATOR

In C++:

  
if(obj->GetInfo( ) & OBJECT_GENERATOR)   
{   
// it is a generator...   
}   
else   
{   
// it isn't a generator   
}

Note that primitive objects such as the Cube are also generators so the flag is set for such objects. If this matters you will have to test against a range of objects to exclude those you don't want. Or, you can also test for the flag OBJECT_INPUT - any generator which accepts another object as its input will have this set (e.g. the HyperNURBS) but the Cube etc. primitives will not.

Helper

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On 09/11/2012 at 01:55, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Hi Spedler,

thanks a lot your C++ code is nearly exactly the python code:

  
if obj.GetInfo() & c4d.OBJECT_GENERATOR:   
    print "a generator"   
  
else:   
    print "not a generator"

works perfect as far as I can see

thanks again.
Jops