#include <MMeshSmoothOptions.h>

Class Description

Options for control of smooth mesh generation.

The MMeshSmoothOptions class encapsulates settings that control the generation of smoothed version of a mesh. Meant for use with MFnMesh::generateSmoothMesh().

Examples:: gpuCache/CacheReaderAlembic.cpp.

Public Types
enum	SubdivisionType { kInvalidSubdivision = -1, kCatmullClark = 0, kOpenSubdivCatmullClarkUniform = 2, kOpenSubdivCatmullClarkAdaptive, kLastSubdivision }
	Specifies subdivision algorithm to use for mesh smoothing. More...

enum	BoundaryRule { kInvalid = -1, kLegacy = 0, kCreaseAll, kCreaseEdge, kLast }
	Specifies how to apply boundary creasing to subd poly object. More...

enum	OpenSubdivVertexBoundary { kInvalidBoundary = -1, kNone = 0, kSharpEdgesAndCorners, kSharpEdges, kAlwaysSharp, kLastBoundary }
	OpenSubdiv vertex boundary rules. More...

enum	OpenSubdivCreaseMethod { kInvalidCreaseMethod = -1, kNormal = 0, kChaikin, kLastCreaseMethod }
	OpenSubdiv crease method. More...

Public Member Functions
	MMeshSmoothOptions (void)
	Constructor.

virtual	~MMeshSmoothOptions (void)
	Destructor.

void	setDivisions (int numDivisions, MStatus *ReturnStatus=NULL)
	Sets the number of divisions stored in this options object. More...

int	divisions (MStatus *ReturnStatus=NULL) const
	Retrieves the level of smoothing these options specify to perform on the mesh. More...

void	setSmoothness (float smoothness, MStatus *ReturnStatus=NULL)
	Sets the the smoothness parameter for this set of smooth options which has range [0,1] where 1 smooths the faces as much as possible. More...

float	smoothness (MStatus *ReturnStatus=NULL) const
	Retrieves the smoothness parameter for this set of smooth options which has range [0,1] where 1 smooths the faces as much as possible. More...

void	setSmoothUVs (bool smoothUVs, MStatus *ReturnStatus=NULL)
	Sets whether or not these options specify to smooth UVs as well as geometry. More...

bool	smoothUVs (MStatus *ReturnStatus=NULL) const
	Retrieves whether or not these options specify to smooth UVs as well as geometry. More...

void	setPropEdgeHardness (bool propEdgeHardness, MStatus *ReturnStatus=NULL)
	Sets whether or not these options specify that smooth mesh edges which are a result of edges from the base cage will share the hardness value. More...

bool	propEdgeHardness (MStatus *ReturnStatus=NULL) const
	Retrieves whether or not these options specify that the smooth mesh edges which are a result of edges from the base cage will share the same hardness value. More...

void	setKeepBorderEdge (bool keepBorderEdge, MStatus *ReturnStatus=NULL)
	Sets whether or not these options specify that border edges will not be smoothed. More...

bool	keepBorderEdge (MStatus *ReturnStatus=NULL) const
	Retrieves whether or not these options specify that border edges will not be smoothed. More...

void	setKeepHardEdge (bool keepHardEdge, MStatus *ReturnStatus=NULL)
	Sets whether or not these options specify that hard edges will not be smoothed. More...

bool	keepHardEdge (MStatus *ReturnStatus=NULL) const
	Retrieves whether or not these options specify that hard edges will not be smoothed. More...

void	setBoundaryRule (BoundaryRule rule, MStatus *ReturnStatus=NULL)
	Set the rule used to determine how boundary edges and vertices are creased. More...

BoundaryRule	boundaryRule (MStatus *ReturnStatus=NULL) const
	Returns the current value for the boundary rule. More...

void	setOpenSubdivVertexBoundary (OpenSubdivVertexBoundary rule, MStatus *ReturnStatus=NULL)
	Set the rule used to determine how boundary edges and vertices are creased. More...

OpenSubdivVertexBoundary	openSubdivVertexBoundary (MStatus *ReturnStatus=NULL) const
	Returns the current value for the vertex boundary rule. More...

void	setOpenSubdivFaceVaryingBoundary (OpenSubdivVertexBoundary smoothing, MStatus *ReturnStatus=NULL)
	Set the boundary rule used to determine how face varying data is interpolated. More...

OpenSubdivVertexBoundary	openSubdivFaceVaryingBoundary (MStatus *ReturnStatus=NULL) const
	Returns the current value for the face varing (UV) boundary rule. More...

void	setOpenSubdivSmoothTriangles (bool smoothTriangles, MStatus *ReturnStatus=NULL)
	Sets whether or not "smooth triangles" is enabled. More...

bool	openSubdivSmoothTriangles (MStatus *ReturnStatus=NULL)
	Retrieves whether or not smooth triangles is enabled. More...

void	setOpenSubdivCreaseMethod (OpenSubdivCreaseMethod method, MStatus *ReturnStatus=NULL)
	Set the OpenSubdiv crease method. More...

OpenSubdivCreaseMethod	openSubdivCreaseMethod (MStatus *ReturnStatus=NULL) const
	Returns the current OpenSubdiv crease method. More...

void	setSubdivisionType (SubdivisionType subdivision, MStatus *ReturnStatus=NULL)
	Set the subdivision algorithm used to control mesh smoothing. More...

SubdivisionType	subdivisionType (MStatus *ReturnStatus=NULL) const
	Returns the current value for the subdivision type. More...

Static Public Member Functions
static const char *	className ()
	Returns the name of this class. More...

Friends
class	MFnMesh

Member Enumeration Documentation

enum SubdivisionType

Specifies subdivision algorithm to use for mesh smoothing.

Enumerator
kInvalidSubdivision	Invalid value.
kCatmullClark	Maya Catmull-Clark.
kOpenSubdivCatmullClarkUniform	OpenSubdiv Uniform.
kOpenSubdivCatmullClarkAdaptive	OpenSubdiv Adaptive.
kLastSubdivision	Last enum value.

enum BoundaryRule

Specifies how to apply boundary creasing to subd poly object.

Enumerator
kInvalid	Invalid value.
kLegacy	Uses the legacy algorithm, which performed no creasing.
kCreaseAll	Crease boundary edges & vertices with valence of exactly 2.
kCreaseEdge	Crease boundary edges only.
kLast	Last enum value.

enum OpenSubdivVertexBoundary

OpenSubdiv vertex boundary rules.

Enumerator
kInvalidBoundary	Invalid value.
kNone	None.
kSharpEdgesAndCorners	Don't smooth edges & corners.
kSharpEdges	Don't smooth edges.
kAlwaysSharp	Use legacy boundary rules.
kLastBoundary	Last enum value.

enum OpenSubdivCreaseMethod

OpenSubdiv crease method.

Enumerator
kInvalidCreaseMethod	Invalid value.
kNormal	Normal crease method.
kChaikin	Chaikin crease method.
kLastCreaseMethod	Last enum value.

Member Function Documentation

void setDivisions	(	int	numDivisions,
		MStatus *	ReturnStatus = `NULL`
	)

Sets the number of divisions stored in this options object.

Parameters

[in]	numDivisions	Number of divisions.
[out]	ReturnStatus	Status code (see below)

Status Codes:

MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
MS::kInvalidParameter numDivisions was out of range.
MS::kFailure An object error has occured.

Examples:: gpuCache/CacheReaderAlembic.cpp.

int divisions ( MStatus * ReturnStatus = NULL ) const

Retrieves the level of smoothing these options specify to perform on the mesh.

Parameters

[out] ReturnStatus Status code (see below)

Returns: The smoothing level

Status Codes:

MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
MS::kFailure An object error has occured.

void setSmoothness	(	float	smoothness,
		MStatus *	ReturnStatus = `NULL`
	)

Sets the the smoothness parameter for this set of smooth options which has range [0,1] where 1 smooths the faces as much as possible.

Parameters

[in]	smoothness	The smoothness
[out]	ReturnStatus	Status code (see below)

Status Codes:

MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
MS::kInvalidParameter smoothness was out of range.
MS::kFailure An object error has occured.

float smoothness ( MStatus * ReturnStatus = NULL ) const

Retrieves the smoothness parameter for this set of smooth options which has range [0,1] where 1 smooths the faces as much as possible.

Parameters

[out] ReturnStatus Status code (see below)

Returns: The smoothness parameter

Status Codes:

MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
MS::kFailure An object error has occured.

void setSmoothUVs	(	bool	smoothUVs,
		MStatus *	ReturnStatus = `NULL`
	)

Sets whether or not these options specify to smooth UVs as well as geometry.

Parameters

[in]	smoothUVs	True if UVs should be smoothed
[out]	ReturnStatus	Status code (see below)

Status Codes:

MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
MS::kFailure An object error has occured.

bool smoothUVs ( MStatus * ReturnStatus = NULL ) const

Retrieves whether or not these options specify to smooth UVs as well as geometry.

Parameters

[out] ReturnStatus Status code (see below)

Returns: True if UVs are set to be smoothed

Status Codes:

MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
MS::kFailure An object error has occured.

void setPropEdgeHardness	(	bool	propEdgeHardness,
		MStatus *	ReturnStatus = `NULL`
	)

Sets whether or not these options specify that smooth mesh edges which are a result of edges from the base cage will share the hardness value.

Parameters

[in]	propEdgeHardness	True if smooth edges should share hardness with the base cage
[out]	ReturnStatus	Status code (see below)

Status Codes:

MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
MS::kFailure An object error has occured.

bool propEdgeHardness ( MStatus * ReturnStatus = NULL ) const

Retrieves whether or not these options specify that the smooth mesh edges which are a result of edges from the base cage will share the same hardness value.

Parameters

[out] ReturnStatus Status code (see below)

Returns: True if smooth edges share hardness with the base cage

Status Codes:

MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
MS::kFailure An object error has occured.

void setKeepBorderEdge	(	bool	keepBorderEdge,
		MStatus *	ReturnStatus = `NULL`
	)

Sets whether or not these options specify that border edges will not be smoothed.

Parameters

[in]	keepBorderEdge	True if border edges should not be smoothed
[out]	ReturnStatus	Status code (see below)

Status Codes:

MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
MS::kFailure An object error has occured.

bool keepBorderEdge ( MStatus * ReturnStatus = NULL ) const

Retrieves whether or not these options specify that border edges will not be smoothed.

Parameters

[out] ReturnStatus Status code (see below)

Returns: True if border edges will not be smoothed

Status Codes:

MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
MS::kFailure An object error has occured.

void setKeepHardEdge	(	bool	keepHardEdge,
		MStatus *	ReturnStatus = `NULL`
	)

Sets whether or not these options specify that hard edges will not be smoothed.

Parameters

[in]	keepHardEdge	True if hard edges should not be smoothed
[out]	ReturnStatus	Status code (see below)

Status Codes:

MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
MS::kFailure An object error has occured.

bool keepHardEdge ( MStatus * ReturnStatus = NULL ) const

Retrieves whether or not these options specify that hard edges will not be smoothed.

Parameters

[out] ReturnStatus Status code (see below)

Returns: True if hard edges will not be smoothed

Status Codes:

MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
MS::kFailure An object error has occured.

void setBoundaryRule	(	MMeshSmoothOptions::BoundaryRule	rule,
		MStatus *	ReturnStatus = `NULL`
	)

Set the rule used to determine how boundary edges and vertices are creased.

By default, creases are automatically applied to all boundary edges and all vertices that have only 2 incident edges prior to being converted to a smooth mesh.

The possible rules are:

MMeshSmoothOptions::kLegacy - Use the original legacy algorithm, which did not automatically perform creasing.
MMeshSmoothOptions::kCreaseAll - The default setting. Apply creasing per the description above.
MMeshSmoothOptions::kCreaseEdge - Apply creasing to boundary edges only.

Parameters

[in]	rule	to apply
[out]	ReturnStatus	Status code

Status Codes:

MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
MS::kFailure An object error has occurred.
MS::kObjectDoesNotExist The base stucture was not initialized properly

MMeshSmoothOptions::BoundaryRule boundaryRule ( MStatus * ReturnStatus = NULL ) const

Returns the current value for the boundary rule.

See setBoundaryRule() for more details.

Parameters

[out] ReturnStatus Status code

Returns: Boundary rule.

Status Codes:

MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
MS::kFailure An object error has occurred.
MS::kObjectDoesNotExist The base stucture was not initialized properly

void setOpenSubdivVertexBoundary	(	MMeshSmoothOptions::OpenSubdivVertexBoundary	rule,
		MStatus *	ReturnStatus = `NULL`
	)

Set the rule used to determine how boundary edges and vertices are creased.

The possible rules are:

MMeshSmoothOptions::kNone - No interpolation.
MMeshSmoothOptions::kSharpEdgesAndCorners - Don't interpolate edges & corners.
MMeshSmoothOptions::kSharpEdges - Don't interpolate edges.
MMeshSmoothOptions::kAlwaysSharp - Legacy interpolation.

Parameters

[in]	rule	to apply
[out]	ReturnStatus	Status code

Status Codes:

MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
MS::kFailure An object error has occurred.
MS::kObjectDoesNotExist The base stucture was not initialized properly

MMeshSmoothOptions::OpenSubdivVertexBoundary openSubdivVertexBoundary ( MStatus * ReturnStatus = NULL ) const

Returns the current value for the vertex boundary rule.

See setOpenSubdivVertexBoundary() for more details.

Parameters

[out] ReturnStatus Status code

Returns: Vertex Boundary.

Status Codes:

MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
MS::kFailure An object error has occurred.
MS::kObjectDoesNotExist The base stucture was not initialized properly

void setOpenSubdivFaceVaryingBoundary	(	MMeshSmoothOptions::OpenSubdivVertexBoundary	rule,
		MStatus *	ReturnStatus = `NULL`
	)

Set the boundary rule used to determine how face varying data is interpolated.

Specifically this determines how UVs are smoothed by OpenSubdiv becease UVs are treated as face varying data.

The possible rules are:

MMeshSmoothOptions::kNone - No interpolation.
MMeshSmoothOptions::kSharpEdgesAndCorners - Don't interpolate edges & corners.
MMeshSmoothOptions::kSharpEdges - Don't interpolate edges.
MMeshSmoothOptions::kAlwaysSharp - Legacy interpolation.

Parameters

[in]	rule	to apply
[out]	ReturnStatus	Status code

Status Codes:

MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
MS::kFailure An object error has occurred.
MS::kObjectDoesNotExist The base stucture was not initialized properly

MMeshSmoothOptions::OpenSubdivVertexBoundary openSubdivFaceVaryingBoundary ( MStatus * ReturnStatus = NULL ) const

Returns the current value for the face varing (UV) boundary rule.

See setOpenSubdivFaceVaryingBoundary() for more details.

Parameters

[out] ReturnStatus Status code

Returns: UV Smoothing.

Status Codes:

MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
MS::kFailure An object error has occurred.
MS::kObjectDoesNotExist The base stucture was not initialized properly

void setOpenSubdivSmoothTriangles	(	bool	smoothTriangles,
		MStatus *	ReturnStatus = `NULL`
	)

Sets whether or not "smooth triangles" is enabled.

Parameters

[in]	smoothTriangles	True if smooth triangles is to be enabled.
[out]	ReturnStatus	Status code (see below)

Status Codes:

MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
MS::kFailure An object error has occured.

bool openSubdivSmoothTriangles ( MStatus * ReturnStatus = NULL )

Retrieves whether or not smooth triangles is enabled.

Parameters

[out] ReturnStatus Status code (see below)

Returns: True if smooth triangles is enabled.

Status Codes:

MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
MS::kFailure An object error has occured.

void setOpenSubdivCreaseMethod	(	MMeshSmoothOptions::OpenSubdivCreaseMethod	method,
		MStatus *	ReturnStatus = `NULL`
	)

Set the OpenSubdiv crease method.

The possible rules are:

MMeshSmoothOptions::kNormal - Normal.
MMeshSmoothOptions::kChaikin - Chaikin.

Parameters

[in]	method	to apply
[out]	ReturnStatus	Status code

Status Codes:

MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
MS::kFailure An object error has occurred.
MS::kObjectDoesNotExist The base stucture was not initialized properly

MMeshSmoothOptions::OpenSubdivCreaseMethod openSubdivCreaseMethod ( MStatus * ReturnStatus = NULL ) const

Returns the current OpenSubdiv crease method.

See setOpenSubdivCreaseMethod() for more details.

Parameters

[out] ReturnStatus Status code

Returns: Crease method.

Status Codes:

MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
MS::kFailure An object error has occurred.
MS::kObjectDoesNotExist The base stucture was not initialized properly

void setSubdivisionType	(	MMeshSmoothOptions::SubdivisionType	subdivision,
		MStatus *	ReturnStatus = `NULL`
	)

Set the subdivision algorithm used to control mesh smoothing.

The default subdivision algorithm is Maya Catmull-Clark.

Parameters

[in]	subdivision	algorithm to use
[out]	ReturnStatus	Status code

Status Codes:

MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
MS::kFailure An object error has occurred.

MMeshSmoothOptions::SubdivisionType subdivisionType ( MStatus * ReturnStatus = NULL ) const

Returns the current value for the subdivision type.

See setSubdivisionType() for more details.

Parameters

[out] ReturnStatus Status code

Returns: Subdivision type.

Status Codes:

MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
MS::kFailure An object error has occurred.

const char * className ( )

static

Returns the name of this class.

Returns: Name of this class.

The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

MMeshSmoothOptions.h
MMeshSmoothOptions.cpp

MMeshSmoothOptions Class Reference

Class Description

Public Types

Public Member Functions

Static Public Member Functions

Friends

Member Enumeration Documentation

Member Function Documentation