I am trying to write a script that can tell me the height from the pivot point of an object above the surface of an object directly below it. Any suggestions would be great.
-bnvm
Hey here’s loosely what you could try:
Get the pivot of the object with… $.pivot or something like that.
then loop through the polygons of the surface and do a…
polyop.getFaceCenter
and check the distance to the pivotlocation you got with…
distance <point3> <point3>
then return the closest distance you find in the loop.
I would like to see an example of shooting rays to intersect with the editable poly surface below if anybody knows how to do that in a good way.
CML
Another way to do it would be to use the new Question functions in max7. Here is the syntax:
polyop.questionObject $ “How far is it to the surface below?” spotlight:on doForce:true
eh… need some sleep now.
CML
great thanks for the advice, I will give that a try.
-bnvm