Industrial Designer, Product Visualization, a slight itch for scripting.
@m_magalhaes
This morning: uff more learning and work.
This Afternoon lets try this code ... mind blown ... thank you !
I'll mark this as solved hence I think ist a good way to close a thread with a working prototype for others to learn.
Thank You again, @zipit & @m_magalhaes
mogh
Wow ... good stuff
My c4d Programing slowed down this year, but this might be something I want to use some day ...
In my case setting this to true hides them.
customgui.SetBool(c4d.TREEVIEW_HIDE_LINES, True) # True if no lines should be drawn.
kind regards
mogh
Just additional reinforcement.
We talk here a lot of Metadata in CAD files for Digital Twins, so a universal handling of "additional" data not processed by cinema is an area to explore at Maxon !
Beginner solution:
If you do not need a certain layer you could also implement the call comand "Delete unused layers"
Its not pretty but beats any convulated self written code if it is not called to often.
c4d.CallCommand(100004760) # Remove unused layers
cheers
mogh
... while the Team probalby will ask you to provide more context / detail ... have you looked at the sdk examples ?
kind regards
EDIT:
Sorry this was not what I thought I have a dual Dialog example somewhere but not at hand ...
*This is an Subdialog Example from the SDK.
hope that is in line what you are searching.*
Cheers mogh
Here is my latest Example Code, I will check for R2023.1 on Monday.
selecting FFFF and DDDD results in GUI weirdness ... on R20
Update: Also on 2023.1 I get this UI glitch ... selecting KKKKK / LLLLLL (last ones)
Update 2: fiddled a little bit with the IDs (the class has an offset now so the ids are unique) and Layoutchange() no updated on the glitch when selecting the KKKK + X elements.
import c4d # pyright: ignore[reportMissingImports]
import json
import os
from collections import OrderedDict
DEBUG = True
# Ids used in our Dialog
ID_MAINGROUP = 1000 # ID used for the Group that holds all the other group representing the tab content
ID_QUICKTAB_BAR = 1001 # ID for the quicktab customGui
ID_LOADDEFAULT_MAT_ASIGN = 1003
ID_CREATE_MATERIALS = 1004
BUTTON_PRINT_TEXT = 1005 # ID used for the Print text Button
BUTTON_PRINT_SELECTED = 1006 # ID used for the Print Selected Button
BUTTON_FLUSH_ALL = 1007 # ID used for the Flush All Button
BUTTON_ADD = 1008 # ID used for the Add Button
BUTTON_REMOVE = 1009 # ID used for the Remove Button
# Id used in our SubDialog
ID_QUICKTAB_BASE_GROUP = 5000
# Defines the ID for the string to be displayed
CUSTOM_GROUP_ID_TEXT_BASE = 4000
DEFAULT_FLAGS = c4d.BFH_SCALEFIT | c4d.BFV_SCALEFIT
DEFAULT_SPACE = (5, 5, 5, 5)
DEFAULT_BORDER_STYLE =c4d.BORDER_NONE
LAYOUT_DEBUG = True
if LAYOUT_DEBUG is True:
DEFAULT_BORDER_STYLE = c4d.BORDER_BLACK
GENERATOR_START_ID = 2000
def plusone_id():
n = GENERATOR_START_ID
while n < GENERATOR_START_ID+999:
yield n
n += 1
some_json = '{"AAAAAAA 85": ["a part_num_1","a part_num_2","a part_num_3"],"BBBBB 40": ["b part_num_4","b part_num_5"],"CCCCCCC": ["c part_num_6","c part_num_7","c part_num_8","c part_num_9"],"DDDDDD": ["d part_num_6","d part_num_7","d part_num_8","d part_num_9"],"FFFFF": ["f Plane"],"GGGGGGG": ["g part_num_6","g part_num_7","g part_num_8","g part_num_9"],"HHHHHHHH": ["h part_num_6","h part_num_7","h part_num_8","h part_num_9"],"IIIIII": ["i part_num_6","i part_num_7","i part_num_8","i part_num_9"],"JJJJJJJJJ": ["j part_num_6","j part_num_7","j part_num_8","j part_num_9"],"KKKKKKKK": ["k part_num_6","k part_num_7","k part_num_8","k part_num_9"],"LLLLLLLLL": ["l part_num_6","l part_num_7","l part_num_8","l part_num_9"],"MMMMMM": ["m part_num_6","m part_num_7","m part_num_8","m part_num_9"]}'
### Json
#####################################################################################
def read_parts_json(json_file_path):
#with open(json_file_path) as f: data = json.load(f)
data = json.loads(some_json)
materials = {}
for material_id, part_numbers in data.items():
materials[material_id] = part_numbers
material_ids = list(data.keys())
return material_ids, materials
class CustomGroup(c4d.gui.SubDialog):
"""A SubDialog to display the passed string, its used as example for the actual content of a Tab"""
def __init__(self, material, parts, offset):
self._material = material
self._parts = '\n'.join(parts)
self.gui_id = CUSTOM_GROUP_ID_TEXT_BASE + offset
def CreateLayout(self):
self.GroupBegin(self.gui_id + 4, flags=c4d.BFH_SCALEFIT | c4d.BFV_SCALEFIT, cols=1, rows=2, title=self.gui_id)
self.GroupBorder(DEFAULT_BORDER_STYLE)
self.GroupBorderSpace(left=5, top=5, right=5, bottom=5)
self.AddStaticText(self.gui_id + 1 , flags=c4d.BFH_LEFT | c4d.BFV_TOP | c4d.BFH_FIT | c4d.BFV_FIT, name=self._material)
#self.AddStaticText(self.gui_id + 2 , flags=c4d.BFH_LEFT | c4d.BFV_TOP | c4d.BFH_FIT | c4d.BFV_FIT, name=self.gui_id)
self.AddMultiLineEditText(self.gui_id + 3, flags=c4d.BFH_LEFT | c4d.BFV_TOP | c4d.BFH_SCALEFIT | c4d.BFV_SCALEFIT, initw=0, inith=0, style=0)
self.SetString(self.gui_id + 3, value=self._parts)
self.GroupEnd()
#for i, parts in enumerate(self._parts):
# self.AddStaticText(self.gui_id + i, c4d.BFH_SCALEFIT, name=parts)
return True
class MyDialog(c4d.gui.GeDialog):
def __init__(self, items=[]):
# this is from the linkbox example from ferdinand
super(MyDialog, self).__init__()
# will be link box
self._items = []
self._doc = None
self._hasCreateLayout = False
self.Items = items
self._quickTab = None # Stores the quicktab custom GUI
self._tabList = OrderedDict() # Stores the TabName and the SubDialog that represents each tab of the QuickTab
def _DrawQuickTabGroup(self):
""" Creates and draws all the SubDialog for each tab,
take care it does not hide these according to a selection state.
Returns:
True if success otherwise False.
"""
# Checks if the quicktab is defined
if self._quickTab is None:
return False
# Flush the content of the group that holds all ours SubDialogs
self.LayoutFlushGroup(ID_MAINGROUP)
#self.GroupBorderSpace(left=5, top=5, right=5, bottom=5)
# Iterates over the number of tab to create and attach the correct SubDialog
for tabId, (tabName, tabGui) in enumerate(self._tabList.items()):
self.AddSubDialog(ID_QUICKTAB_BASE_GROUP + tabId, c4d.BFH_SCALEFIT | c4d.BFV_SCALEFIT, 0, 0)
self.AttachSubDialog(tabGui, ID_QUICKTAB_BASE_GROUP + tabId)
# Notifies the content of the MainGroup has changed
self.LayoutChanged(ID_MAINGROUP)
return True
def GetActiveTabs(self):
"""Retrieves two list of currently selected tabs from the self._quickTab.
Returns:
list(int), list(name): The first list, contains tabs Id (from self._quickTab the dict) and the second list contains all names of the selected tabs.
"""
# Checks if the quicktab is defined
if self._quickTab is None:
return False, False
returnIds = []
returnNames = []
for tabId, (tabName, tabGui) in enumerate(self._tabList.items()):
if self._quickTab.IsSelected(tabId):
returnIds.append(tabId)
returnNames.append(tabName)
return returnIds, returnNames
def DisplayCorrectGroup(self):
"""Hides all unused groups and display the correct one.
Returns:
True if success otherwise False.
"""
# Retrieves the selected tab
activeIds, activeNames = self.GetActiveTabs()
print("Display Correct Group")
print(activeIds)
# Iterates each CustomGui and defines if they are hidden or not
for tabId in range(len(self._tabList)):
toDisplay = tabId in activeIds
#print("activeIds: ", activeIds, "current: ", ID_QUICKTAB_BASE_GROUP, tabId, " -> toDisplay: ", toDisplay)
self.HideElement(ID_QUICKTAB_BASE_GROUP + tabId, not toDisplay)
# Notifies the content of the MainGroup has changed
self.LayoutChanged(ID_MAINGROUP)
return True
def AppendTab(self, tabName, content, active=True):
"""Appends a tab to the current quicktab with the associated content to be displayed.
Args:
tabName (str): The name the tab should have.
content (c4d.gui.SubDialog): The SubDialog to be drawn/linked when the tab is selected.
active (bool, optional): If True, the inserted tab will be selected. Defaults to True.
Returns:
True if success otherwise False.
"""
# Checks if the quicktab is defined
if self._quickTab is None:
return False
# Adds the tab entry n the quicktab
self._quickTab.AppendString(len(self._tabList), tabName, active)
# Updates our current tabList with tabName and the Subdialog to be linked
self._tabList.update({tabName: content})
""" I uncommented below because it resulted in a lot of gui calls
It seems to work fine just calling self.DisplayCorrectGroup() at the right places
not inside here hence this functionis called for each tab
"""
# Retrieves the current selected tab
#previousActiveId, previousActiveName = self.GetActiveTabs()
# Draws the quicktab SubDialog (in order to have the new one drawn)
#self._DrawQuickTabGroup()
# Defines the just added tab according state
#self._quickTab.Select(len(self._tabList) - 1, active)
# Defines previous active tab
#for tabId in previousActiveId: self._quickTab.Select(tabId, True)
# Display only the selected tab and hides all others
#self.DisplayCorrectGroup()
return True
def FlushAllTabs(self):
"""Removes all tabs and their content from the GUI.
Returns:
True if success otherwise False.
"""
# Checks if the quicktab is defined
if self._quickTab is None:
return False
# Removes all the tabs
self._quickTab.ClearStrings()
# Removes all the customGui
for tabId in range(len(self._tabList)):
self.RemoveElement(ID_QUICKTAB_BASE_GROUP + tabId)
# Reinitializes the stored tablist to an empty dict
self._tabList = OrderedDict()
# Flush the content of the group that holds all ours SubDialogs
self.LayoutFlushGroup(ID_MAINGROUP)
# Notifies the content of the MainGroup has changed
self.LayoutChanged(ID_MAINGROUP)
return True
def RemoveTab(self, tabNameToRemove):
"""Removes a tab by its name
Args:
tabNameToRemove (str): The tab to remove.
Returns:
True if success otherwise False.
"""
# Checks if the quicktab is defined
if self._quickTab is None:
return False
# Copies the tabList
newDict = OrderedDict(self._tabList)
# Checks if the entry exist
if tabNameToRemove not in newDict:
return True
# Removes the entry we want to delete
del newDict[tabNameToRemove]
# Removes all groups
self.FlushAllTabs()
# Re-adds all the one from our copy
for tabName, tabGui in newDict.items():
self.AppendTab(tabName, tabGui)
return True
def CreateLayout(self):
"""This Method is called automatically when Cinema 4D Create the Layout (display) of the Dialog."""
# Creates a QuickTab Custom Gui
bc = c4d.BaseContainer()
bc.SetInt32(c4d.QUICKTAB_BAR, 0) # (0=off, 1=on, 2=non-bold, 3=special separator look)
bc.SetString(c4d.QUICKTAB_BARTITLE, "Title")
bc.SetBool(c4d.QUICKTAB_SPRINGINGFOLDERS, True) # if we can get link fields usefull
bc.SetBool(c4d.QUICKTAB_SHOWSINGLE, False)
bc.SetBool(c4d.QUICKTAB_NOMULTISELECT, False)
bc.SetBool(c4d.QUICKTAB_SEPARATOR, True)
self.GroupBegin(next(plusone_id()), c4d.BFH_SCALEFIT | c4d.BFV_TOP | c4d.BFV_FIT, 0, 0, 'ID_QUICKTAB_BAR', 0)
#self.GroupBorderNoTitle(borderstyle=DEFAULT_BORDER_STYLE)
self.GroupBorder(DEFAULT_BORDER_STYLE)
self.GroupBorderSpace(left=5, top=5, right=5, bottom=5)
self._quickTab = self.AddCustomGui(ID_QUICKTAB_BAR, c4d.CUSTOMGUI_QUICKTAB, 'the tabs', c4d.BFH_SCALEFIT | c4d.BFV_SCALEFIT, 0, 0, bc)
#self.AddStaticText(id=next(plusone_id()), flags=c4d.BFV_CENTER | c4d.BFV_SCALE | c4d.BFH_CENTER | c4d.BFH_SCALE, name="tabs")
#print("layout cusrom gui: ", self._quickTab)
self.GroupEnd()
# Creates a group that will contain all the group representing each tab
self.GroupBegin(ID_MAINGROUP, flags=c4d.BFH_SCALEFIT | c4d.BFV_SCALEFIT, cols=10, rows=10, title='ID_MAINGROUP')
#self.GroupBorderNoTitle(borderstyle=DEFAULT_BORDER_STYLE)
self.GroupBorder(DEFAULT_BORDER_STYLE)
self.GroupBorderSpace(left=5, top=5, right=5, bottom=5)
self.AddStaticText(id=next(plusone_id()), flags=c4d.BFV_CENTER | c4d.BFV_SCALE | c4d.BFH_CENTER | c4d.BFH_SCALE, name="main")
self.GroupEnd()
# dummy group to spread vertically
if self.GroupBegin(id=next(plusone_id()), flags=c4d.BFH_FIT | c4d.BFV_FIT): #cols=1, rows=1,
self.GroupBorderSpace(left=0, top=0, right=0, bottom=0)
self.GroupBorderNoTitle(borderstyle=DEFAULT_BORDER_STYLE)
self.AddStaticText(id=next(plusone_id()), flags=c4d.BFV_CENTER | c4d.BFV_SCALE | c4d.BFH_CENTER | c4d.BFH_SCALE, name="")
self.GroupEnd()
# Creates a group with button in order to do some operation with the QuickTab CustomGUI
if self.GroupBegin(next(plusone_id()), c4d.BFH_SCALEFIT | c4d.BFV_BOTTOM, 4, 1, '', 0):
self.AddButton(ID_LOADDEFAULT_MAT_ASIGN, c4d.BFH_SCALEFIT, name="Populate")
self.AddButton(BUTTON_PRINT_TEXT, c4d.BFH_SCALEFIT, name="Print text")
self.AddButton(BUTTON_PRINT_SELECTED, c4d.BFH_SCALEFIT, name="Print Selected")
self.AddButton(BUTTON_FLUSH_ALL, c4d.BFH_SCALEFIT, name="Flush All")
#self.AddButton(BUTTON_ADD, c4d.BFH_SCALEFIT, name="Add")
#self.AddButton(BUTTON_REMOVE, c4d.BFH_SCALEFIT, name="Remove")
self.GroupEnd()
return True
def InitValues(self):
"""This Method is called automatically after the GUI is initialized."""
# Creates the first Tab
#cg1 = CustomGroup(["This is the first Tab", "Just dummy text here"])
#self.AppendTab("First Tab", cg1, True)
# Creates the second Tab
#cg2 = CustomGroup(["This is the second Tab", "Just another dummy text here"])
#self.AppendTab("Second Tab", cg2, False)
#return True
return super(MyDialog, self).InitValues()
def Command(self, id, msg):
"""This Method is called automatically when the user clicks on a gadget and/or changes its value this function will be called.
It is also called when a string menu item is selected.
Args:
id: The ID of the gadget that triggered the event.
msg: The original message container
Returns:
False if there was an error, otherwise True.
"""
# If the user interacts with the quicktab, we make sure to display the CustomGUI linked to the active one
if id == ID_QUICKTAB_BAR and self._quickTab:
print("user interacted with tab")
self.DisplayCorrectGroup()
c4d.EventAdd()
return True
# Displays all the Tab name
if id == BUTTON_PRINT_TEXT:
print([key for key in self._tabList])
return True
# Displays the ID and name of the selected tab
if id == BUTTON_PRINT_SELECTED:
print(self.GetActiveTabs())
# Removes all tabs
if id == BUTTON_FLUSH_ALL:
self.FlushAllTabs()
"""
# Adds a new Tab to the quicktab
if id == BUTTON_ADD:
cg3 = CustomGroup(["This is the third Tab"])
self.AppendTab("Third Tab", cg3, True)
# Removes the first tab of the quicktab
if id == BUTTON_REMOVE:
self.RemoveTab("First Tab")
"""
if id == ID_LOADDEFAULT_MAT_ASIGN:
self.Populate()
return True
def Populate(self):
doc = c4d.documents.GetActiveDocument()
directory, _ = os.path.split(__file__)
poart_json_file = os.path.join(directory, "default_asignment.json")
material_ids, materials_dict = read_parts_json(poart_json_file)
self.FlushAllTabs() # clear the GUI
print( str( material_ids))
print("-"*80)
offset=0
for material_id in materials_dict:
part_list = materials_dict[material_id]
#print( str(material_id), str(part_list) )
### Tabs
##############################################
tab_Content = CustomGroup(str(material_id), part_list, offset)
self.AppendTab(str(material_id), tab_Content, True)
offset += 10
print("-"*80)
self._DrawQuickTabGroup()
c4d.EventAdd()
# Main function
def main():
if DEBUG:
c4d.CallCommand(13957) # clear console
# Initializes a QuickTabDialogExample Dialog
diag = MyDialog()
# Opens the Dialog in modal mode
diag.Open(dlgtype=c4d.DLG_TYPE_MODAL_RESIZEABLE, defaultw=960, defaulth=600)
# Execute main()
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()
Thank You Ferdinand,
This Problem is not mission critical here, but it kept coming at me (at night). Anyway this is hopefully useful for others in some way, as its to complex for very little gain in my case ... I can fake a similar material with Fresnel colors and some falloff / or even thin film hacks.
If anybody wonders, the Scan (gradient) is from an X-Rite Material Scanner (TAC) which normally has a proprietary file format.
Thank you for your time regardless.
mogh
Thank you Ferdinand for your guidance.
Redshift sent me here, Adrian said its not possible with OSL because of closure ... https://redshift.maxon.net/topic/51827/how-to-create-a-tabulated-brdf-color-osl-shader?_=1730097777842
But it seems you made something. I am not sure how to "lookup" the color value in my texture but it seems possible.
OSL MatCap Shader does this in a Spherical manner anyway ...
Thanks.
I have a material Properties from a real world material Scan, which represents two different values represented in two gradients X and Y which result in a lookup table I assume. The gradient of the sample is a color shift of "albedo" depending on viewing / light direction.
Is it possible to program a node / Shader for C4D and or Redshift to behave like this. Or is the light direction camera position an Chicken / eg problem that can not be solved outside the core of C4D ?
The question is general because I lack Shader Programing knowledge.
If this thread should be in General feel free to move it.
Thank you in advance.
mogh
Just additional reinforcement.
We talk here a lot of Metadata in CAD files for Digital Twins, so a universal handling of "additional" data not processed by cinema is an area to explore at Maxon !
My intention was not to highjack but add to the topic - anyway back to the topic ...
Thanks for your quick summary of the pitfalls of this problem. While it is good to know that scripts get dynamical IDs, in my opinion it might juts be more reasonable to create small plugins for each script to insert them Properly.
@ferdinand said in How to add "scripts" into a menu?:
this is just a hunch
the joke's on me I guess 
cheers mogh
Hi,
is there a way to insert scripts (*.py) into a menu ?
by the way there are still spelling errors in the docu "MENURESOURCE_SEPARATOR vs MENURESOURCE_SEPERATOR"
https://developers.maxon.net/docs/py/2024_3_0/consts/MENURESOURCE.html?highlight=menuresource_separator
kind regards
mogh
just a hunch - try a c4d.EventAdd() before converting
and also at the end ...
I do not fully understand the goal with the black center, why not always have two(left / right) red dots as pivot axis ?
Even though it might be clunky, have you tried to prototype your concept in X-Presso ? or even mechanical rigging. There was a good Maxon (by Noseman) tutorial on youtube a few weeks ago.
Thanks you answered my question, if it solves my problem we will see. 
![2024-02-13-Cinema 4D 2024.1.0 - [h125p_stand_2024_02_Cleaned_V01.c4d _] - Main_000527.png](/forum/assets/uploads/files/1707818039063-2024-02-13-cinema-4d-2024.1.0-h125p_stand_2024_02_cleaned_v01.c4d-_-main_000527.png)
Whats going on here this seems new to me ?
The OCamera where created via script.
I see tht these are redshift Cameras how can I identify these in a script via type ?
if obj.GetType() == c4d.Ocamera:
print("Cam")
kind regards
mogh