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[hellomojo]

hello,
any ideas how i can create a simple script to toggle shaded to wireframe all views, well just to toggle any setting on off eg might be useful for creating a button to show camera safe on/off. Also a way I can setup a shortcut key to cycle translation modes loc-global-view but I can't find a function for it ?
thanks
al.

[richard-sher]

Have a look at script# 43 "Toggle Shade" on this page: http://www.edharriss.com/SoftXSI\_tools.htm
It's not for all views, but it might help get you started with your own script.

[atyss]

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any ideas how i can create a simple script to toggle shaded to wireframe all views,
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You can easily create a script that triggers almost every function in XSI. Open the script editor. Do the function normally. You'll see in the top window of the script editor that the function is recorded. Just highlight this new line, copy it, and paste in the bottom window. Click on Run when you want to run this.

You can save your script by clicking on Save.

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well just to toggle any setting on off eg might be useful for creating a button to show camera safe on/off
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So in this case activate normally the safe guides (Camera Viewport > Camera Icon > Display Options > Visual Cues > Show > Field Guide). In the script editor, you should have something like this:

SetValue "Camera.camvis.gridfieldguidevis", True

Create a new toolbar, select this line in the script editor, and d&d it on the toolbar. This will create your button for toggle on. Now create a button for toggle off. You can simply take the same script and replace True by False. Create another button with that.

I recommend you this tutorial:
http://www.edharriss.com/tutorials/tutoria...ts\_toolbars.htm

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Also a way I can setup a shortcut key to cycle translation modes loc-global-view but I can't find a function for it ?
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Sorry I don't know.

Hope this helps
Salutations - Cheers
Bernard Lebel

[ob1]

I think you need to designate a script area first using a custom layout, (Layout - edit Layout), it's what I do anyway, I could be wrong, but it's good working practise.

Once you have a script panel, then preform an action, (camera on/off whatever) open up the script editor and highlight the action you have just done, it will be in the grey area, copy it a paste it into the white area (or just drag it).

highlight the action in the white area and drag it into the script panel you have created in your own custom layout.

A dialog box will then appear asking you to name your button and script, that's about it.

Baz

[devdoka]

It would be better to make a single button rather than two, and use a simple conditional to test the current status of the display before toggling:

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Vbscript version

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dim Visibility

set Visibility = GetValue( "Camera.camvis.gridfieldguidevis" )

if ( Visibility = True ) then
Visibility = False
else
Visibility = True
end if

SetValue "Camera.camvis.gridfieldguidevis", Visibility

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Jscript version

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var Visibility = ( GetValue( "Camera.camvis.gridfieldguidevis" ) == true ? false : true );
SetValue( ( "Camera.camvis.gridfieldguidevis", Visibility );

Since a scene can have multiple cameras, you may eventually want to add a pick session to the script to choose which camera gets the field guide.

As for the Local vs. Global toggle - can't be done yet. Not yet exposed in the SDK. You can, however, call the translate command to modify your selection locally or globally including low level control over which axis' are affected. But that's another lesson....or you could just consult the scripting 101 tutorial at the bottom of the page

http://www.softimage.com/Education/XSI/Sel...als/default.htm

Matt

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Matt Lind
Animator / Technical Director
Softimage certified instructor:
Softimage|3D
Softimage|XSI
speye_21@hotmail.com

[hellomojo]

thanks everone, these are not essential things but I find I need these a lot across most projects. Gotta get into the ol' scriptin. (well maybe next year)
alan