Thanks Steven - Yeah, I'd like something a little more robust than relying on the default DataType since this is easily changeable. I thought of looking for the "Tangent" property or the TangentOp2 operator, but these can be deleted/frozen away while still leaving behind valid tangents.
On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 6:03 PM, Steven Caron <[email protected]> wrote: > this assumes no one goes out of there way to change the default datatype > for tangents and vertex colors. ;( > > > On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 6:01 PM, Steven Caron <[email protected]> wrote: > >> i believe they are both still 'vertexcolor', hence nicolas' question... >> >> i would say, by name or 'DataType' parameter on the property? >> >> from siutils import si >> si = si() # win32com.client.Dispatch('XSI.Application') >> from siutils import log # LogMessage >> from siutils import disp # win32com.client.Dispatch >> from siutils import C # win32com.client.constants >> >> for item in si.Selection: >> sampleClusters = >> item.ActivePrimitive.Geometry.Clusters.Filter(C.siSampledPointCluster) >> if sampleClusters.Count: >> for cluster in sampleClusters: >> for prop in cluster.LocalProperties: >> if prop.Parameters("datatype"): >> log("%s > %s > %s" % (prop.Name,prop.Type, >> prop.Parameters("datatype").Value)) >> >> # INFO : Vertex_Color > vertexcolor > 0 >> # INFO : Tangents > vertexcolor > 1 >> >> >> On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 5:54 PM, Matt Lind <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Check the cluster property type.**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> Matt**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> *From:* [email protected] [mailto: >>> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Nicolas Burtnyk >>> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 05, 2013 5:53 PM >>> *To:* [email protected] >>> *Subject:* Any way to distinguish between tangents and colors?**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> Hello list,**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> Does anyone know a way to tell whether a cluster contains tangents as >>> opposed to vertex colors?**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> Thanks!**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> -Nicolas**** >>> >> >> >
