Hi, I've got a updating data feeding in to a classic particle shape. Particle shape changes in response (well, under certain circumstances, hence the question...).
When does it update in response? Whenever a draw event happens. Nice, just what we like. Sometimes, we also like to twiddle nobs on incoming data, and see the result of that in the viewport without needing to 'nudge' it for a re-draw/fresh/update (nudge, as in wake it up with some flavour of mousing [or, a port state change, whatever]). ... I'm thinking of classic scenario where you tweak, say, rgbPP arrayMap ramps on classic particles (ie, no internal ramps like nParticles), and you don't get to see the fruits of your tweaking labors until you nudge the viewport. Yay (so, yeah, pipe something out of the ramp to a viewport vis dep thing to pull draws upon tweaks..., but for illustrative purposes, think of the default behaviour). Now to the point, my incoming data WILL update the particles (read: elicit a draw), but only if the particleShape under question has been loaded in to the AE last. And i mean last. If i select another particleShape, and load it in to the AE, my original one driven by the data will now no longer be responsive to the incoming data tweaks (until viewport nudge/draw). Incoming data drives particleShape.inputGeometry. When its active, the AE need not have the particle tab displayed, or listed (though, even if it isnt showing, who knows what stays in its 'relateds' stack?). So some sort of control or callback that is watching that particleShape attrs and triggering a redraw. I want that thing so i can do it myself (well, maybe not if its purely UI [which it seemingly will be]). I know i should paw over the AE particle template and go figure, but i was wondering if any of you fine folk had thoughts on the mater, for the particulars here, and perhaps any general comments on shape refreshes. And if you're feeling chatty, viewport 2.0.. i'm seeing incomplete support for particles atm (but glad-as to have them there finally!). Anyone getting busy with setAffectsAppearance()? I've been chucking some forced M3dView.refresh() around, which makes me a touch nervous. Thanks! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Python Programming for Autodesk Maya" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to python_inside_maya+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/python_inside_maya/7eb26568-029e-4df3-920f-ffc3759be757%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
