Hey community,

I want to display capsule assets with icon with maxon.AssetUtilitiesInterface.GetAssetIcon , but some of the icon is in svg format, can we draw this into a bitmap like command palate did?

import c4d
import maxon

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.
    """
    repo = maxon.AssetInterface.GetUserPrefsRepository()
    uid = maxon.Id("file_bc73b379cb5e509e")
    # this is the ivy capsule id, it has a svg icon
    # uid = maxon.Id("com.rocketlasso.neutron.asset.generator.ivy")

    asset_description = repo.FindLatestAsset(
        maxon.AssetTypes.File(), uid, maxon.Id(), maxon.ASSET_FIND_MODE.LATEST)
    preview_url = maxon.AssetUtilitiesInterface.GetAssetIcon(asset_description)
    bmp = c4d.bitmaps.BaseBitmap()
    result, _ = bmp.InitWith(preview_url)
    if result != c4d.IMAGERESULT_OK:
        return None
    c4d.bitmaps.ShowBitmap(bmp)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

Cheers~
DunHou

Sorry for my stupid question @ferdinand , I should use c4d.DRAW_ALPHA_NORMAL but not c4d.DRAW_ALPHA_FROM_IMAGE.

Shame on me

Cheers~
DunHou

It works! Thanks!

@ferdinand said in How to add tabs to tool plugins.:

Unlike for node description resources, custom GUIs are not indicated as SOME_DATA_TYPE { CUSTOMGUI SOME_CUSTOM_GUI; ... } in dialog resources but always as their own data type (don't ask me why).

Hahaha, this is really strange. The first thing I tried was CUTOMGUI SOME_CUSTOM_GUI. This is what I got with Agent Ransack...

One more thing, I couldn't find the idd_uv_map.res file in the image in the local resources. Is it already embedded without displaying the source code.

Cheers~
DunHou

Hey,

I want to draw images with alpha in viewport, but what I got is a image with black bg, I already test DrawTexture flag DRAW_ALPHA_NORMAL_FROM_IMAGE and DRAW_ALPHA_FROM_IMAGE, they will not work.

Can I draw bitmaps with alpha in viewport, like the little icon under the mouse?

Cheers~
DunHou

Thanks for your detailed answer @ferdinand
I do know quicktab, but I didn't find its symbol in res file, seems I can only make it works in python codes.

I also agree it is bit strange to use sculpt plugins.

Cheers~
DunHou

I want to use groups UI in ToolData plugins is resource file( or in codes maybe ), but I didn't figure out witch us the right flag.

Still, I can not upload images, but please see selection tool, it has option / axis / soft selection groups.

How can I do this?

Cheers~
DunHou

Thanks for your detailed answers @ferdinand !
At night, I suddenly had a flash of inspiration and found a simpler solution, use html tags:

IDS_PLUGIN_HELP "description about......<br><b>Ctrl: </b> do something...<br><b>Alt: </b> do something...

Cheers~
DunHou

Thanks for your tips!

@ferdinand said in How to start a new line in plugin help with localization?:

I am personally also not sure it is a good idea to allow users putting control characters into strings, primarily due to whitespace

I want to add some shortcut description to plugin like:

Plugin Name
description about.....
Alt : do something...
Shift : do something...

do you have suggestions about this case?

Cheers~
DunHou

Hey community,

I want to add plugin help (or tooltips), I can use embed string for \n, it works fine. but when I use c4d resource files (c4d_strings.str), it not worked, how can I fix this?

I can not paste imgs, (Something went wrong while parsing server response)
See Move Tool in c4d, it has 3 lines.

Cheers~
DunHou

Hi SDK team,

I notice that webview in python only have few api but without functions such as ExecuteJavascript or SetWebMessageCallback and the SetURLCallback is diffrent form C++, at least that's what the document says.

Do we have plans to add corresponding functions in Python APIs?
Or, on the existing basis, how do you suggest implementing data processing from C4D ->web ->C4D？e.g. Read the selected object, click the button in the webview, and rename the selected object.

Cheers~
DunHou

Timer should return None:

    def Timer(self, msg: BaseContainer) -> None:
        """
        If you subscribe to timer events using :meth:`SetTimer` (x), this function is called every x'th millisecond.
    
        :type msg: BaseContainer
        :param msg: The raw timer message.
        """
        pass

@ferdinand Thanks for your great examples! Very helpful!

Thanks for @ferdinand awesome answer!
I found DescLevel and DescId always confused to me, but them do can access more than simple set item, time to dive deeper to the DescLevel part

Cheers~
DunHou

Hey community,

This my first dive into graphview node, sorry if this is a stupid basic question.

I want to set condition node input port (GvPort) value, but it seems I can not do this via __settitem__ / SetParameter, is this is a limit or I do it in wrong way?

Cheers~
DunHou

import c4d

def iterateNodes(node):
    while node:
        description = node.GetDescription(c4d.DESCFLAGS_DESC_0)
        data: c4d.BaseContainer
        pid: c4d.DescID
        for data, pid, _ in description:
            value: any | None = None
            try:
                value = node[pid]
            except:
                value = "Inaccessible in Python"
            
            if str(data[c4d.DESC_NAME]).startswith("Input"):
                print(f"\tInput '{data[c4d.DESC_NAME]}'(c4d.{data[c4d.DESC_IDENT]}) = {value} type: {type(value)}")
                
        
        node[2000, 1001] = 2 # TypeError: __setitem__ got unexpected type 'int'.
        node.SetParameter([2000, 1002],2,0) # no error but not worrk.
        print(node[2000, 1001].GetDataInstance()) # AttributeError: parameter access failed
        
        if node.IsGroupNode():
            iterateNodes(node.GetDown())

        node = node.GetNext()

def main():
    # Checks if selected object is valid
    if op is None:
        raise ValueError("op is none, please select one object.")

    # Retrieves the xpresso Tag
    xpressoTag = op.GetTag(c4d.Texpresso)
    if xpressoTag is None:
        raise ValueError("Make sure the selected object get an Xpresso Tag.")

    # Retrieves the node master
    gvNodeMaster = xpressoTag.GetNodeMaster()
    if gvNodeMaster is None:
        raise RuntimeError("Failed to retrieve the Node Master.")

    # Retrieves the Root node (the Main XGroup) that holds all others nodes
    gvRoot = gvNodeMaster.GetRoot()
    if gvRoot is None:
        raise RuntimeError("Failed to retrieve the Root Node.")

    # Iterates overs all nodes of this root node.
    iterateNodes(gvRoot)


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

I think you need to override RenderEngineCheck to false, the document said:

Bool MyRenderer::RenderEngineCheck(const BaseVideoPost* node, Int32 id) const
{
  switch (id)
  {
    case RENDERSETTING_STATICTAB_MULTIPASS:
    case RENDERSETTING_STATICTAB_ANTIALIASING:
    case RENDERSETTING_STATICTAB_OPTIONS:
    case RENDERSETTING_STATICTAB_STEREO:
      return false;
  }
 
  return true;
}

Cheers~
DunHou

@ferdinand love the new mxutils functions, Great work!

btw, python SDK change notes seems link to C++ docs.

Cheers~
DunHou

Hey @ferdinand , thanks for your information, Iterate graph is one of the solutions to listen to name change, but what I want is the "state" of any text input.

As I had posted on the beta forums (Typing software issue with Cinema 4D.), if someone used non-Latin languages, like Chinese for example, If you use a typing software like IME( Mircosoft Pinyin ), it should ship an English input. When we want to change something like an object name, it will set the typing to English mode. It is very annoying when you have tons of objects to rename one by one.

So I wonder if I can get the "typing mode" so I can set the IME always in Chinese mode when I input a text, and keep in English when not typing text to use shortcuts.

I am a very stupid beginner in C++, but you know what I mean. I try to use GetGUIThreadInfo and GUI_CARETBLINKING to get the text cursor, but it seems not work.

Hope it is clear.

Cheers~
DunHou

Hey community.

I wonder if we can get the text input event in Cinema like this. That is to say, when pressing the keyboard, it is the action of inputting text.

Another corresponding state is the shortcut key state, such as pressing C to collapse a certain object.

How can I get this state via Python or in C++?

Cheers~
DunHou

Thanks @ferdinand for your great solution!

Cheers~
DunHou

Hey @ferdinand ,

thanks for details.

Cheers~
DunHou

About forum, I can get notification about my own topic, And I clear all the cache, but nothing changed.

After I tried to reset my account settings manually, then it worked as expected.