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RE: oriented bounding box (obb) and coordsys

myBox=box width:100 length:20 height:20 myBox.max-myBox.min rotate myBox (angleaxis 45 [0,1,1]) myBox.max-myBox.min myStoredTransform=myBox.tr…

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RE: oriented bounding box (obb) and coordsys

you could temporary reset the rotationpart of the transform matrix of the object. read the min max values and restore the transformation … Georg

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RE: select vertices in area?

hello bnvm, as fort the selection of vertices in a specified area: I would try a volumeSelect modifier. Just move the gizmo to the desired center of…

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RE: accessing mesh class on an edit mesh modifier

Here is a version that checks if exposeTM is supported and uses the .worldBoundingBoxSize property. fn getSizeRot obj = ( rotObj=obj.rotation obj.r…

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RE: accessing mesh class on an edit mesh modifier

here is another idea: it is based on a customAttribute sample from PEN. If you can’t get the edit_Mesh-Modifier working you can make it the other way…

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RE: accessing mesh class on an edit mesh modifier

I understand what you want, but my approach using a scripted modifier is somewhat lost … something I discovered and maybe of interest: the “on creat…

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RE: accessing mesh class on an edit mesh modifier

well, I missed the solid part of the box. Light.’s function needs some linking between the original object and the box representation. I tried somet…

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RE: accessing mesh class on an edit mesh modifier

Hi Aearon, this is a different approach: plugin modifier toggleDisplayAsBox name:”Display as Box” classID:#(0x165fd123, 0x5b06b16) extends:EmptyM…

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RE: Could any one write a script: to create a sponge (a new idea)

very cool indeed! I am back from short vacation and will read the links. Georg

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RE: Could any one write a script: to create a sponge (a new idea)

prettyPixel, j_man, not returning to subobjectlevel=0 works in j_man’s example function. But in my script the deletion still doesn’t happen. I never…

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RE: Could any one write a script: to create a sponge (a new idea)

this snippet creates a spline selects random segements and deletes them: ( sponge = SplineShape pos:[0,0,0] addnewspline sponge for i=1 to 10 do (…

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RE: Could any one write a script: to create a sponge (a new idea)

hi, I am trying to delete random segements. But somehow it won’t work. After creating the sponge I collect random segments and try to delete them. …

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RE: Could any one write a script: to create a sponge (a new idea)

deleting random segements is a good idea. having points connected to point with a given distance is not only a more “engineeric” approach, it will giv…

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RE: Could any one write a script: to create a sponge (a new idea)

Hammer, I think I understand your approach. I allready had the idea of having the option for multiple strings inside the sponge-thing. Testing all ve…

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RE: Maxscript for Paint Deform button

You find this routines in PolyPaint.cpp in the SDK. Maybe this helps …

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