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cgmNode
This is our root metaClass which almost all other cgmMetaClasses are descendants of. It itself is a subclass of r9Meta.MetaClass and thus inherits all functions added to the core Red9 metaclass
Superclass : r9Meta.MetaClass
Subclass: cgmObject, cgmObjectSet
Location: cgm.core.cgm_Meta.cgmNode
What are the differences between a cgmMeta.cgmNode and a r9Meta.MetaClass
- Added functions
- msgList/datList handling
- connectChild/Children/Parent nodes — we wanted a different connection type than the one red9 used. Ours is objChild.msgHook → objHolder.msgAttr. If memory serves, red9s is objChild.msgAttr → objHolder.msgAttr.
- Component mode ability – ability to say metaClass a vertice or ep
- Message handling in general – we allow for message like storage of attributes and not just nodes
- Access to the insanity of the NameFactory and all the wonders therein. See cgmObject for examples.
Arguments
- node (string)- Node to initialize
- name (string) -Name for the node
- nodeType– (string) – type of node to create if it doesn’t exist
- setClass – (bool) – whether to set the mClass attribute on initialization
Properties
- p_referencePrefix– (getReferencePrefix ) – get the reference prefix
- p_nameBase – clean name string
- p_nameLong – node long name
- p_nameShort – node short name
- p_parent – get/set parent of an object (set only currently on cgmObject)
Examples
Message Treatment – We have some extra message tools…
#>>message Treatment =========================================================================
#We have made several changes to r9's stuff in how we do messages, it is however compatible with r9's stuff
#One of our calls to store info is doStore
#First we're gonna make a catcher node
mi_catchMeObj = cgmMeta.cgmObject(name = 'catchMe')
mi_catcherObj = cgmMeta.cgmObject(name = 'msgCather')
#One of our calls to store info is doStore
mi_catcherObj.doStore('objNoMessage',mi_catchMeObj.mNode,overideMessageCheck = True)#It's gonna just store a string, no message....
mi_catcherObj.doStore('objNoMessage',mi_catchMeObj.mNode,overideMessageCheck = False)#Now it's a message...woot!
#So maya can do that, what if you wanted to do something neater like say, store an attribute
mi_catcherObj.doStore('objTX',"%s.tx"%mi_catchMeObj.mNode)#It's gonna just store a string, no message....
mi_catchMeObj.tx = 4#our attribute changed. That's because, this storage method stores on a compatible attribute format
#That's great and all, but we were talking about messages...
mi_catcherObj.getMessage('objTX')# we get the attribute, neato...
mi_catcherObj.getMessageAsMeta('objTX')# we get the attribute, neato...cgmAttr for the win
#implementing attr setup to msgLists is on the ToDO list
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Component Use – One of the areas, where we differ is with component use. We can wrap cv’s,vertices, etc.
#>>Component use ==============================================================================
#We'll make a shphere and buffer that...
l_sphereReturn = mc.sphere(nsp = 4, name = 'MySphere')
mi_sphere = cgmMeta.cgmNode(l_sphereReturn[0])#We'll meta the sphere object
mi_sphere.mNode#Just like an mNode, but what if we wanna instance a component...
mi_cv = cgmMeta.cgmNode("%s.cv[3][0]"%mi_sphere.mNode)#metaNode a cv
mi_cv.mNode#We get the shape back
mi_cv.getComponent()#We get the component
mi_cv.isComponent()#Yup
mi_sphere.isComponent()#Nope...it's a sphere
mi_sphere.getComponents('cv')#List of cv's
mi_sphere.getPosition()#Get our position,arg is world space or not, default is worldspace(True)
mi_cv.getPosition()#Get the position of the cv
mi_cv.getTransform()#Ger the transform of the component
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Properties – We’ve added some properties to our metaclass for easy call/set ability.
#>>Properties ================================================================================= mi_sphere.p_nameBase#name string along mi_sphere.p_nameLong#long name form mi_sphere.p_nameShort#short name form mi_sphere.p_referencePrefix#Gonna be false as we're not referenced mi_sphere.p_parent#returns our parent, on cgmObject, you can set as well, we'll get more into it there #==============================================================================================
msgLists – This is our answer to the frustration with how multiMessage attrs work in maya when you need lists to be intact.
#>>msgList ====================================================================================
#Let's look at the concept of the msgList
mi_catcherObj = cgmMeta.cgmObject(name = 'msgListCather')
#First we're gonna make some objects to deal with, say 5
md_msgListObjs = {}
ml_msgListObjs = []
for i in range(5):
try:mObj= cgmMeta.cgmObject('msgListObj_%i'%i)
except:mObj= cgmMeta.cgmObject(name = 'msgListObj_%i'%i)
md_msgListObjs[i] = mObj
ml_msgListObjs.append(mObj)
#Connect the first two objects, you can pass metaclass or string objects
mi_catcherObj.msgList_connect([ml_msgListObjs[0],ml_msgListObjs[1].mNode],'msgAttr','connectBack')
ml_msgListObjs[0].connectBack#what do you know, we connected back to our holder we can also dance a little with that...
ml_msgListObjs[0].connectBack.msgAttr_0.connectBack.msgAttr_1#The mind truly spins....:)
#Let's query it
mi_catcherObj.msgList_get('msgAttr')#Query our list, it's going to default to do it as meta
#Say we wanted just the objlist
mi_catcherObj.msgList_get('msgAttr',asMeta=False)
#We can also do a getMessage call which offers a few more options
mi_catcherObj.msgList_getMessage('msgAttr',longNames = True)
#Appending is supported
mi_catcherObj.msgList_append(ml_msgListObjs[2],'msgAttr')
mi_catcherObj.msgList_get('msgAttr',False) #What do you know, we have the new on there...
#Indexing is supported
mi_catcherObj.msgList_index(ml_msgListObjs[2],'msgAttr')
#As is checking if we have a msgList on an attr name
mi_catcherObj.msgList_exists('msgAttr')
mi_catcherObj.msgList_exists('isAnyoneThere')#Nope...
#Let's remove the first
mi_catcherObj.msgList_remove(ml_msgListObjs[0],'msgAttr')
mi_catcherObj.msgList_get('msgAttr',False) #We Removed the first
#Let's store em all
mi_catcherObj.msgList_connect(ml_msgListObjs,'msgAttr','connectBack')
#Let's delete number 2....
ml_msgListObjs[2].delete()
mi_catcherObj.msgList_get('msgAttr',asMeta=False,cull = False)#That entry is empty now...When cull is off, on by default
#What if we want to clean this list without the empty
mi_catcherObj.msgList_clean('msgAttr')
#And we have a clean list again...
#Say we wanna purge this data...
mi_catcherObj.msgList_purge('msgAttr')#Our attrs are gone... so sad....
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Other calls – A sampling of other calls…
#>>Other Calls ================================================================================
mi_cv.getMayaType()#Because maya's type return thing isn't so hot....
mi_sphere.getMayaType()
mi_sphere.doDuplicate()#its gonna give us a duplicate, but only a null?....
mi_dup = mi_sphere.doDuplicate(parentOnly=False)#Now it works
mi_loc = mi_sphere.doLoc()#We can loc items with the same maker cgmLocinator uses
mi_cvLoc = mi_cv.doLoc()#We can loc components too...
#We're gonna add an enum to look at something...
mi_sphere.addAttr('testEnum',attrType = 'enum')
mi_sphere.testEnum#nice, but what if we want as a string
mi_sphere.getEnumValueString('testEnum')
mi_loc.returnPositionOutPlug()#This is a wip one but it works for most necessary things, handy for nodal work
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