CustomProperty.BinaryData property

This example shows how FCurves can be stored inside a UserDataMap, and edited via a Custom Property. It demonstrates: (a) how to create a single script plug-in; (b) how to use a templated UserDataMap object to store data on points; (c) how to use CustomProperty.BinaryData to store and retrieve FCurves represented as strings; and (d) how to use the PPGLayout to build dynamic user interfaces (with no SPDL).

BuildSampleScene() ;
function BuildSampleScene()
{
	NewScene(null, false);
	var oGrid = ActiveSceneRoot.AddGeometry("Grid", "MeshSurface", "GridWithUserData");
	oGrid.subdivu = 1;
	oGrid.subdivv = 1;
	var oCluster = oGrid.ActivePrimitive.Geometry.AddCluster("pnt");
	var oUserDataMap = oCluster.AddProperty("UserDataMap", false, "FCurveData");
	var oCustomProperty = CreateUserDataTemplate(oCluster);
	oUserDataMap.Template = oCustomProperty;
	InspectObj(oCustomProperty);
	SelectObj(oGrid, null, true);
	SetSelFilter("Point");
}
function CreateUserDataTemplate( in_oCluster )
{
	var oCustomProperty = in_oCluster.AddProperty("CustomProperty", false, "DataTemplate");
	oCustomProperty.AddFCurveParameter("CurveData");
	var oLayout = oCustomProperty.PPGLayout;
	var oLayoutItem = oLayout.AddFCurve("CurveData", 150);
	oLayout.AddRow();
	oLayout.AddButton("ReadFromSelection", "Read from selected Point");
	oLayout.AddButton("SaveFromSelection", "Save on selected Point(s)");
	oLayout.AddButton("Instructions");
	oLayout.EndRow() ;
	oLayout.Language = "JScript";
	oLayout.Logic = ReadFromSelection_OnClicked.toString() + 
			SaveFromSelection_OnClicked.toString() +
			Instructions_OnClicked.toString() +
			GetSelectedPoints.toString() + 
			GetUserDataMap.toString();
	return oCustomProperty;
}
//
// The following code is Logic code for the Property Page
//
function GetSelectedPoints()
{
	// Find out what points are selected. They are returned as an array of 
	// Cluster Indices (-1 is returned in the array if the selected point 
	// is not part of the cluster)
	var oSubComp = null;
	for ( var i=0; i<Selection.Count; i++) {
		var oObj = Selection(i);	
		if (oObj.Type == "pntSubComponent") {
			oSubComp = oObj.SubComponent;
			break;
		}
	}
	if (oSubComp == null) {
		Application.LogMessage("Please select a point");
		return null;
	}
	// (We could also double check that the points are selected on the
	// right object using the parent property!)
	var aVBSelectedElements = new VBArray(oSubComp.ElementArray);
	var aGeometryIndices = aVBSelectedElements.toArray();
	// Index on a cluster is not necessarily identical to a 
	// geometry index.  Use the Cluster object to do a lookup	
	var oThisCustomProperty = PSet.Inspected.Item(0);
	var oCluster = oThisCustomProperty.Parent;		
	for ( var j=0; j<aGeometryIndices.length; j++) {
		aGeometryIndices[j] = oCluster.FindIndex(aGeometryIndices[j]);
	}
	return aGeometryIndices;	
}
function GetUserDataMap()
{
	// Find the UserDataMap associated with this Custom Property
	// We know they are both nested under the same Cluster
	// and what the name of the User Data Map is
	var oThisCustomProperty = PSet.Inspected.Item(0);
	var oCluster = oThisCustomProperty.Parent;		
	return oCluster.Properties.Item("FCurveData");
}
function ReadFromSelection_OnClicked()
{
	var aSelectedElements = GetSelectedPoints();
	if (aSelectedElements == null || aSelectedElements.length == 0) {
		return;
	}
	// If more than one item is selected we only look at the first one
	var clusterIndex  = aSelectedElements[0];	
	if (clusterIndex == -1) {
		Application.LogMessage("The selected index is not part of the cluster");
		return;
	}

	var oUserDataMap = GetUserDataMap();
	if ( oUserDataMap.IsEmpty(clusterIndex) ) {
		Application.LogMessage("There is no user data stored on this item yet");
		return; 
	}
	// Transfer the data from the UserDataMap
	// to the ClusterProperty
	var oThisCustomProperty = PSet.Inspected.Item(0);
	oThisCustomProperty.BinaryData = oUserDataMap.ItemValue(clusterIndex);
}
function SaveFromSelection_OnClicked()
{
	var aSelectedElements = GetSelectedPoints();
	if (!aSelectedElements || !aSelectedElements.length) {
		Application.LogMessage("You must select at least one point in order to save this fcurve");
		return;
	}
	var oThisCustomProperty = PSet.Inspected.Item(0);	
	binarySnapShotOfCustomProperty = oThisCustomProperty.BinaryData;
	var oUserDataMap = GetUserDataMap() ;
	for ( var k=0; k<aSelectedElements.length; k++) {
		if (aSelectedElements[k] != -1) {
			oUserDataMap.ItemValue(aSelectedElements[k]) = binarySnapShotOfCustomProperty;
		}
	}			
}
function Instructions_OnClicked()
{
	// There are lots of different ways to show information to a user, for example popping 
	// up netview, showing a message box, or putting static text right on the dialog.
	// 
	// For demonstration purposes we create a temporary custom pset with a multiline edit 
	// box, which we fill with text. This doesn't have ideal usability but shows some of 
	// the potential for doing totally dynamic UI
	var oInfoPSet = ActiveSceneRoot.AddProperty("CustomProperty", false, "Info");
	var oParameter = oInfoPSet.AddParameter3("Info", siString);
	oParameter.ReadOnly = true;
	oParameter.Value = "Plug-in Instructions\r\n\r\n" +						
	  "This example demonstrates how to store FCurves as User Data.\r\n" +
	  "Each of the 4 vertices of the Grid can store a different Curve\r\n\r\n" +
	  "To view the FCurve on a vertex, select it and press the \r\n" +
	  "'Read from Selected Point' button.\r\n\r\n" +
	  "To set the fcurve, change the fcurve in the view, " +
	  "select one or more points\r\n" +
	  "and then press the 'Save on selected Point(s)' button"  	  
	var oLayoutItem = oInfoPSet.PPGLayout.AddString("Info", "", true, 300);
	oLayoutItem.SetAttribute("ValueOnly", true);
	InspectObj(oInfoPSet, null, null, siModal, false);
	DeleteObj(oInfoPSet);
}

• CustomProperty.BinaryData.1.vbs

CustomProperty BinaryData