you could also use list(chainRoot.Children) to convert a collection into a list.
si = Application chainRoot = si.Create2DSkeleton(0, 0, 0, 10, 0, 0, -90, 0, 0, 4) print chainRoot print list(chainRoot.Children) print list(chainRoot.Bones) print chainRoot.Effector On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 11:02 AM, Eric Thivierge <[email protected]>wrote: > It's annoying and I'd rather see the word "Collection" instead of None. > There was an article on xsisupport.com about it explaining something of > why it wasn't changed to say so. Just one of those things you should just > learn at this point. > > > On Thursday, November 07, 2013 11:59:35 AM, Sergio Mucino wrote: > >> Ah, I see. In other applications, collections come out as an array. >> The "None" made me think something went boom. >> Thanks Eric! Something new learned... and before lunch time! Cheers! >> >> >> On 07/11/2013 11:56 AM, Eric Thivierge wrote: >> >>> You're printing out collections. When you do a print on a collection >>> it prints "None". >>> >>> Instead if you want to get at the objects it would be better to >>> iterate over the items in the collection: >>> >>> for eachItem in chainRoot.Bones: >>> Application.LogMessage(eachItem) >>> >>> On Thursday, November 07, 2013 11:46:11 AM, Sergio Mucino wrote: >>> >>>> So, I'm trying to do something pretty simple and straightforward. >>>> Create a 1-bone joint chain, and get back all of its elements. Turns >>>> out this is not being as straight-forward as it should be. Here's the >>>> little snippet of this part of my script... >>>> >>>> si = Application >>>> chainRoot = si.Create2DSkeleton(0, 0, 0, 10, 0, 0, -90, 0, 0, 4) >>>> print chainRoot >>>> print chainRoot.Children # Not working >>>> print chainRoot.Bones # Not working >>>> print chainRoot.Effector >>>> >>>> ''' >>>> Properties taken from here >>>> http://download.autodesk.com/global/docs/softimage2013/en_ >>>> us/sdkguide/index.html >>>> >>>> ''' >>>> >>>> As you can see, I'm printing out the properties I'd need, but two of >>>> them (the two I'd actually care about) are 'not working' (they return >>>> 'None'). Why is this? Are they broken, or am I missing something? Any >>>> help is appreciated. Thanks! >>>> -- >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> > -- -- IMPRESSUM: PiXABLE STUDIOS GmbH & Co.KG, Sitz: Dresden, Amtsgericht: Dresden, HRA 6857, Komplementärin: Lenhard & Barth Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH, Sitz: Dresden, Amtsgericht: Dresden, HRB 26501, Geschäftsführer: Frank Lenhard, Tino Barth IMPRINT: PiXABLE STUDIOS GmbH & Co.KG, Domicile: Dresden, Court of Registery: Dresden, Company Registration Number: HRA 6857, General Partner: Lenhard & Barth Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH, Domicile: Dresden, Court of Registery: Dresden, Company Registration Number: HRB 26501, Chief Executive Officers: Frank Lenhard, Tino Barth -- Diese E-Mail enthält vertrauliche und/oder rechtlich geschützte Informationen. Wenn Sie nicht der richtige Adressat sind oder diese E-Mail irrtümlich erhalten haben, informieren Sie bitte sofort den Absender und vernichten Sie diese Mail. Das unerlaubte Kopieren sowie die unbefugte Weitergabe dieser Mail ist nicht gestattet. This e-mail may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient (or have received this e-mail in error) please notify the sender immediately and destroy this e-mail. Any unauthorized copying, disclosure or distribution of the material in this e-mail is strictly forbidden.
