Cinema 4D - my COFFEE plugins - sphere changer

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Sphere changer plugin dialog

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This page contains code for a COFFEE plugin I've written for Cinema 4D. To understand how it compiles see Cinema 4D - COFFEE.


spherechanger.cof - for changing the properties and detail of many spheres at once

//------------------
//-- FILE:    spherechanger.cof
//-- AUTHORS: Andrew Noske
//--
//-- This Cinema 4D menu plugin brings up a dialog which allows you to recursively
//-- change the properties of ALL spheres within the document, or underneath
//-- the selected object.
//-- Although  possible to select multiple spheres and change their properties
//-- simultaneously using under "Attributes", it only applies this to the first 1000
//-- objects. Hence, this plugins is useful in files with thousands of spheres, where
//-- decreasing the number of sphere section can drastically speed up the redraw process.
//--  
//-- For more information see: http://www.andrewnoske.com/wiki/index.php?title=Cinema_4D

//########################################
//-- Globals Variables:

var PLUGIN_ID = 1023849;                  // unique number I've registered for "Sphere Changer"
var PLUGIN_TITLE = "Sphere Changer";


var totalSpheres = 0;   // used to tally the total number of spheres modified.
var gDoc;               // used to store pointer to document

enum
{
  DLG_EDITNUM_SEGMENTS = 1000,
  DLG_BTN_UPDATE = 1001,
  DLG_RAD_APPLY,
  DLG_CHK_CHANGETYPE,
  DLG_LBL1,
  DLG_LBL2,
  DLG_CBO_TYPE,
  DLG_ROW1,
  DLG_ROW2,
  DLG_COL1,
  DLG_MAIN,
  DLG_DUMMY
}


//########################################
//-- SphereChangerDialog class:

class SphereChangerDialog : GeDialog
{
  private:
    var segments;
  public:
    SphereChangerDialog();
    CreateLayout();
    Command(id, msg);
    SetSphereVals(obj, segs, setType, sphereType);
}


SphereChangerDialog::SphereChangerDialog()
{
  super( PLUGIN_ID );     // for non-modal dialog (GeDialog)
  //super();              //for modal dialog    (GeModalDialog)
}

SphereChangerDialog::CreateLayout() 
{
  SetTitle(PLUGIN_TITLE);
  
  AddGroupBeginV(DLG_MAIN, BFH_SCALEFIT, 1, "", 0);
    AddGroupBorderSpace( 5, 5, 5, 5 );
    
    AddGroupBeginH(DLG_ROW1, BFH_SCALEFIT, 1, "", 0); 
      AddStaticText ( DLG_LBL1, BFH_LEFT, 100, 0, "# segments:", 0);        // label
      AddEditText   ( DLG_EDITNUM_SEGMENTS, BFH_SCALEFIT, 200, 0 );         // text edit
      SetString     ( DLG_EDITNUM_SEGMENTS, "10" );
    AddGroupEnd();
    
    AddGroupBeginH(DLG_ROW2, BFH_SCALEFIT, 1, "", 100);
      
      AddCheckbox ( DLG_CHK_CHANGETYPE, BFH_LEFT, 100, 0, "set type:");   // check box
      
      AddComboBox( DLG_CBO_TYPE, BFH_SCALEFIT, 200, 0 );                  // combo box
      AddItem( DLG_CBO_TYPE, 0, "standard" );
      AddItem( DLG_CBO_TYPE, 1, "tetrahedron" );
      AddItem( DLG_CBO_TYPE, 2, "octahedron" );
      AddItem( DLG_CBO_TYPE, 3, "isoahedron" );
      AddItem( DLG_CBO_TYPE, 4, "hemisphere" );
      SetItem( DLG_CBO_TYPE, 0 );
      
    AddGroupEnd();
    
    AddGroupBeginV(DLG_COL1, BFH_SCALEFIT, 1, "", 0);  
    AddGroupBorder( BORDER_GROUP_IN );
      
      AddStaticText ( DLG_LBL2, BFH_SCALEFIT, 100, 0, "APPLY TO:", 0);    // label
      AddRadioGroupV( DLG_RAD_APPLY, BFH_SCALEFIT, 1 );                   // radio group
      AddItem( DLG_RAD_APPLY, 0, "all objects in scene" );
      AddItem( DLG_RAD_APPLY, 1, "selected object's children only" );
      SetItem( DLG_RAD_APPLY, 0 );
      
    AddGroupEnd();
    
    AddSeparatorH ( DLG_DUMMY );                                          // separator
    AddButton     ( DLG_BTN_UPDATE, BFH_SCALEFIT, 0, 0, "Update");        // button
    
  AddGroupEnd();
  
  return;
}


//------------------
//-- Recursive function which inputs an object and traverses down the 
//-- heirarchy (depth first search) and changes any sphere objects by:
//--  # Setting the number of segments to "segs"
//--  # Setting the sphere type to "sphereType" if "setType" is true
//-- For every sphere found it increments the global variable "totalSpheres"
//-- WARNING: If the heirarchy goes too deep (eg: >40 levels) this may cause a
//--          "Stack overflow" error

SphereChangerDialog::SetSphereVals(obj, segs, setType, sphereType)
{
  while( obj )
  {
    var child = obj->GetDown();
    if( child )
    {
      SetSphereVals(child, segs, setType, sphereType);
    }
    
    if( obj->GetType() == OBJECT_SPHERE )    //%%%%% IN R11 THIS WAS "Object_SPHERE"
    {
      obj#PRIM_SPHERE_SUB = segs;    
      if(setType)
        obj#PRIM_SPHERE_TYPE = sphereType;
      
      totalSpheres++;
    }
    
    obj = obj->GetNext();
  }
}


//------------------
//-- Handles any user input into the "SphereChangerDialog" dialog.

SphereChangerDialog::Command(id, msg) 
{
  switch( id )
  {
    case (DLG_BTN_UPDATE):
    {
      //## RETRIEVE AND CHECK DIALOG VALUES: 
      
      var setType    = GetCheckbox( DLG_CHK_CHANGETYPE );
      var sphereType = GetItem( DLG_CBO_TYPE );
      var applyTo    = GetItem( DLG_RAD_APPLY );
      //var segs = evaluate( GetString( DLG_EDITNUM_SEGMENTS ) );
      var segs = evaluate( GetString( DLG_EDITNUM_SEGMENTS ) );
    
      if( segs<=0 || segs>100  )      // if bad "# segments" value entered:
      {
        TextDialog("You have entered a bad value into 'segments'",
                    DLG_OK + DLG_ICONEXCLAMATION );
        SetString( DLG_EDITNUM_SEGMENTS, "1" );
        break;
      }
      
      //## CHECK WE HAVE A VALID OBJECT TO START WITH:
      
      var startObj;           // first object to input into recursive call
      
      if( applyTo==1 )  // if we want to apply to selected children only:
      {
        if( !gDoc->GetActiveObject() || !gDoc->GetActiveObject()->GetDown() ) {
          TextDialog("You have not selected an object with children", DLG_OK );
          break;
        }
        startObj = gDoc->GetActiveObject()->GetDown();
      }
      else
      {
        if( !gDoc->GetFirstObject() ) {
          TextDialog("Scene is empty", DLG_OK );
          break;
        }
        startObj = gDoc->GetFirstObject();
      }
      
      //## TRAVERSE HIERARCHY, CHANGE SPHERES AND OUTPUT RESULT:
      
      totalSpheres = 0;
      SetSphereVals( startObj, segs, setType, sphereType );     // RECURSIVE FUNCTION
      
      println(totalSpheres, " spheres where updated.");         // output result
      DrawViews( DA_NO_THREAD );                                // redraws the scene
    }
      break;
      
    default:
  }
  
}


//########################################
//-- SphereChangerMenu class:

class SphereChangerMenu : MenuPlugin 
{
 public:
  SphereChangerMenu();
  GetID();
  GetName();
  GetHelp();
  Execute(doc);
}


SphereChangerMenu::SphereChangerMenu() { super(); }
SphereChangerMenu::GetID()             { return PLUGIN_ID; }
SphereChangerMenu::GetName()           { return PLUGIN_TITLE; }
SphereChangerMenu::GetHelp()           { return PLUGIN_TITLE; }

SphereChangerMenu::Execute(doc)
{
    gDoc = doc;
    var d = new(SphereChangerDialog);
    d->Open(TRUE,-1,-1);    // for a non-modal dialog
    //d->Open(-1, -1);      // for modal dialog
}


//########################################

main() 
{
  Register(SphereChangerMenu);
}


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