Then I'm afraid you're stuck, I've been asking almost every year to be able to create an empty envelope weight property without any success. As you said you can use a GridData, but then you have to re-create all the nifty editing functions and events....
----------------------------------------------- Ahmidou Lyazidi Director | TD | CG artist http://vimeo.com/ahmidou/videos http://www.cappuccino-films.com 2014-06-19 22:44 GMT-04:00 Matt Lind <[email protected]>: > Interactive editing is needed. I’m not creating an envelope operator, but > many of the custom operator’s duties are very similar including the user > experience. > > > > Matt > > > > > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Ahmidou Lyazidi > *Sent:* Thursday, June 19, 2014 7:39 PM > > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: SDK: how to create an envelope weights property > > > > If interactively editing the weights isn't needed, I would use a user data > map. > > > ----------------------------------------------- > Ahmidou Lyazidi > Director | TD | CG artist > http://vimeo.com/ahmidou/videos > http://www.cappuccino-films.com > > > > 2014-06-19 21:30 GMT-04:00 Matt Lind <[email protected]>: > > Yeah, that’s what I had tried. I just don’t trust it. > > > > If there is a way to create a GridData object as a property, that would > work for my needs. > > > > Matt > > > > > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *joshxsi > *Sent:* Thursday, June 19, 2014 6:27 PM > > > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: SDK: how to create an envelope weights property > > > > Sorry I meant Duplicate the cluster property and then Delete (also hacky) > > > > On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 11:24 AM, Matt Lind <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Deleting the envelope operator causes the envelope weights property to be > deleted. L > > > > > > Matt > > > > > > > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *joshxsi > *Sent:* Thursday, June 19, 2014 6:14 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: SDK: how to create an envelope weights property > > > > We've always just left the env op muted or just delete it (don't freeze > it). But if there's a better way I'd be happy to learn of it. > > > > On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 11:04 AM, Matt Lind <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I need to make a custom operator in C++ which needs to do interpolations > between multiple inputs and outputs similar to how the envelope weight > operator interpolates weighting points to deformers. I only need the > envelope weights property (as seen in the envelopes weights point cluster), > not the envelope weights operator as my custom operator would take its > place in the relationship. > > > > Looking through the SDK documentation I cannot find the preset to create > just the envelope weights property. The workaround of creating an envelope > and freezing it doesn’t work either as the envelope weights property > disappears along with the envelope operator. Although I can create an > envelope and duplicate the envelope weights property, then freeze the > envelope, that’s a bit too hacky for my needs. > > > > If I do somehow create that envelope weights property, is there any > special way I need to interface with it inside of my custom operator? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Matt > > > > > > > > >
