DOH!
bitmaptex filename:map.filename name:””
assign a filename not a bitmap to the bitmaptex.
beats head on desk.
I’m getting closer I can feel it!
for starters I did have the vray version of bitmaptex wrong…
( for f = 1 to files.count do
(
local theMap = bitmap 10 10 color:white
theMap.filename = files[f]
-- Get the ratio of the bitmap and set the length and width acordingly
local planeRatio = (theMap.width as float)/(theMap.height as float)
local theLength = 68 --will be variable later
local theWidth = theLength*PlaneRatio
--Set naming
local refPlaneName = (getFilenameFile theMap.filename)
print refplaneName
--build material
local matName = (getFilenameFile theMap.filename)
local theMaterial = VRayMtl()
theMaterial.name = refPlaneName
theMaterial.texmap_diffuse = Bitmaptexture fileName:theMap
theMaterial.texmap_diffuse.name = (refPlaneName + "_Diffuse")
theMaterial.texmap_diffuse.coords.blur = 0.01
theMaterial.texmap_opacity = Bitmaptexture fileName:
theMaterial.texmap_opacity.name = (refPlaneName + "_Opacity")
theMaterial.texmap_opacity.rgboutput = 1
theMaterial.texmap_opacity.monooutput = 1
theMaterial.texmap_opacity.coords.blur = 0.01
showTextureMap theMaterial theMaterial.texmap_diffuse on
print matName
print theMaterial
--build plane
local refPlane = plane name:refPlaneName length:theLength width:theWidth lsegs:1 wsegs:1 mapCoords:true
refplane.material = theMaterial
refplane.realWorldMapSize = off
refplane.lengthsegs = 1
refplane.widthsegs = 1
--position the plane
in coordsys (transmatrix refplane.transform.pos) refplane.rotation = (eulerangles -90 0 0)
ResetXForm refplane ; CollapseStack refplane
refplane.pivot = [(refplane.max.x+refplane.min.x)/2, refplane.min.y, refplane.min.z]
refplane.pos = [0,0,0]
)
)
Error:
#("...\3D\resources\materials\images\People\RealWorldImagry\urbanmoods\32bitTIFimages emp\peopl400.tif", "...\resources\materials\images\People\RealWorldImagry\urbanmoods\32bitTIFimages emp\peopl401.tif", "...\resources\materials\images\People\RealWorldImagry\urbanmoods\32bitTIFimages emp\peopl402.tif", "...\resources\materials\images\People\RealWorldImagry\urbanmoods\32bitTIFimages emp\peopl403.tif", "...\resources\materials\images\People\RealWorldImagry\urbanmoods\32bitTIFimages emp\peopl404.tif", "...\resources\materials\images\People\RealWorldImagry\urbanmoods\32bitTIFimages emp\peopl405.tif")
"peopl400"
-- Error occurred in f loop; filename: C:\Program Files (x86)\Autodesk\3ds Max 9\Scripts\UserScripts\MyTools_BitmapPlanesFromFiles.ms; position: 893
-- Frame:
-- theMaterial: peopl400:VRayMtl
-- theMap: BitMap:...\resources\materials\images\People\RealWorldImagry\urbanmoods\32bitTIFimages emp\peopl400.tif
-- planeRatio: 1.0
-- refPlane: undefined
-- refPlaneName: "peopl400"
-- matname: "peopl400"
-- theLength: 68
-- thewidth: 68.0
-- f: 1
-- called in anonymous codeblock
-- Frame:
-- Unable to convert: BitMap:...\resources\materials\images\People\RealWorldImagry\urbanmoods\32bitTIFimages emp\peopl400.tif to type: FileName
OK
You’re trying to feed a bitmap class into a string (Filename) slot.
Don’t feed it the whole themap bitmap just feed it themap.filename
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Sometimes I get on a roll with scripting and everything works. Most of the time I hit the wall and my brain freezes. Thanks so much for the help.
When (if) I get the rollout setup I’ll post the completed script. I haven’t found anything exactly like this out there. I’m sure someone has written it somewhere.
Hehe… I actually have one on my toolbar at work that I wrote. I just tend to reuse code over and over instead of writing from scratch. Creating a material is one of those little blocks of code I just usually copy paste. Evidently I need to write it from scratch more often.
For anyone who happens upon this before I get the whole thing posted, here is a functioning version of my mess above.
files = getFiles "\\\\insert your own path here\\*.tif" --will be variable later
( for f = 1 to files.count do
(
theMap = openBitMap files[f]
theMap.filename = files[f]
-- Get the ratio of the bitmap and set the length and width acordingly
local planeRatio = (theMap.width as float)/(theMap.height as float)
(
local theLength = 68 --will be variable later
local theWidth = theLength*PlaneRatio
)
--Set naming
local refPlaneName = (getFilenameFile theMap.filename)
print refplaneName
--build material
local matName = (getFilenameFile theMap.filename)
local theMaterial = VRayMtl()
theMaterial.name = refPlaneName
theMaterial.texmap_diffuse = Bitmaptexture fileName:theMap.filename
theMaterial.texmap_diffuse.name = (refPlaneName + "_Diffuse")
theMaterial.texmap_diffuse.coords.blur = 0.01
theMaterial.texmap_opacity = Bitmaptexture fileName:theMap.filename
theMaterial.texmap_opacity.name = (refPlaneName + "_Opacity")
theMaterial.texmap_opacity.rgboutput = 1
theMaterial.texmap_opacity.monooutput = 1
theMaterial.texmap_opacity.coords.blur = 0.01
showTextureMap theMaterial theMaterial.texmap_diffuse on
print matName
print theMaterial
--build plane
local refPlane = plane name:refPlaneName length:theLength width:theWidth lsegs:1 wsegs:1 mapCoords:true
refplane.material = theMaterial
refplane.realWorldMapSize = off
refplane.lengthsegs = 1
refplane.widthsegs = 1
--position the plane
in coordsys (transmatrix refplane.transform.pos) refplane.rotation = (eulerangles -90 0 0)
ResetXForm refplane ; CollapseStack refplane
refplane.pivot = [(refplane.max.x+refplane.min.x)/2, refplane.min.y, refplane.min.z]
refplane.pos = [0,0,0]
)
)
For me this was more about building the image planes at the proportion of the bitmaps and at a specified height.
I have NodeJoe for materials. I highly recommend this to anyone. It has boosted my creativity in building materials. It’s my favorite tool by far.