[Closed] How to see chamfer edge size realtime in viewport?

There is an example in the EditablePoly Interface chapter showing the Preview function based on an Extrusion script.

I quickly changed it to a Chamfer example – see the code below:

p = convertToPoly(Box()) –create a box, turn to Epoly.
select p –select the box
max modify mode –enter Modify panel
subobjectlevel = 2 –set Sub-Object mode to Edge
rollout chamfer_edges “My Chamfer Dialog” –define a rollout
(
spinner chamfer_value “Chamfer Value” range:[0,100,1] –the value
on chamfer_value changed val do p.edgeChamfer = val –assign spinner value to chamfer value
button try_it “Preview” across:3 –a button to start a new chamfer
button cancel_it “Cancel” –a button to cancel preview
button accept_it “Accept” –a button to accept
on cancel_it pressed do p.previewCancel() –cancel
on accept_it pressed do p.previewAccept() –accept
on try_it pressed do p.previewBegin #Chamfer–begin again
)
createDialog chamfer_edges 200 60 –create a dialog with the rollout
–Run the script, select some edges, press Preview
–and watch them chamfer interactively.
–Press Accept if you like the result, press Cancel to discard.
–Press Preview again for next chamfer etc.
–Works exactly as the built-in dialog, but it is still a custom one!

Hope this helps!

Bobo

Originally posted by Saku
[B]My script has a spinner that is used for chamfering edges of Editable Poly. How can I make a script to show chamfer size visually in viewport when I increase/decrease value of my chamfer spinner?

If you chamfer edges normally in Max, you can see realtime how big chamfer you are getting. But I can’t get it work in my script. I see the end result only when I stop changing value of my chamfer spinner. I want to change chamfer value in my script and same time see how it’s going to affect the object.

Part of my script:

on chamfer_spn changed val do (
$.edgeChamfer = chamfer_spn.value –here I get value of chamfer, button down
)
on chamfer_spn buttonup do (
$.EditablePoly.buttonOp #Chamfer –button released, take chamfer value
)

I also attached very simplified script to see how this problematic part of script works now. Make first Editable Poly object -> select edge -> run script ->change spinner value keeping mouse button down and release when ready.

Example script

Thanks,
Saku. [/B]

Thanks Bobo, I got it working now. I didn’t know about those preview functions until now.

Saku.