Character Marker Set

Creating a Character Marker Set

Following is a sample Python code that shows how to create a character marker set and access the created object:

pCharDst.CreateCharacterMarkerSet(False)
# Get pointer to the newly created marker set (force get, as it is not active)
lMarkerSet = pCharDst.GetCharacterMarkerSet(True)

Assigning Markers to a Character Marker Set

Following is a sample Python code that shows how to do marker assignment:

lHipMarkers = lMarkerSet.PropertyList.Find("Hips.Markers")
# or
lHipMarkers = lMarkerSet.GetMarkersProperty(FBBodyNodeId. kFBHipsNodeId)
for lMarker in lMarkerList:
    lHipMarkers.ConnectSrc(lMarker)

Storing the Assignment

The following example shows how to store and retrieve the marker assignment. This is also a good starting point for auto assignment script or mirroring script.

def CharacterMapping(pSave, pFile = None, pCharacter = FBApplication().CurrentCharacter):
    if pCharacter == None:
        return
    if pFile == None:
        pFile = "@%s_Mapping.txt" % pCharacter.Name
    lMarkerSet = pCharacter.GetCharacterMarkerSet(True)
    lConfigFile = FBConfigFile(pFile)
    if pSave:
        if lMarkerSet:
            lConfigFile.ClearFile()
            for lProp in lMarkerSet.PropertyList:
                if lProp.Name.endswith('.Markers'):                    
                    lConstraintType = lMarkerSet.PropertyList.Find(lProp.Name.replace('.Markers', '.Constraint'))
                    if lConstraintType != None:
                        lConfigFile.Set(lProp.Name, "Type", "%d" % lConstraintType.Data)
                    else:
                        continue
                    for lSrcId in range(lProp.GetSrcCount()):
                        lConfigFile.Set(lProp.Name, "Marker%d" % lSrcId, lProp.GetSrc(lSrcId).LongName)
    else:
        if lMarkerSet:
            lMarkerSet.FBDelete()
        pCharacter.CreateCharacterMarkerSet(True)
        lMarkerSet = pCharacter.GetCharacterMarkerSet(True)
        FBBeginChangeAllModels()
        for lProp in lMarkerSet.PropertyList:
            if lProp.Name.endswith('.Markers'):               
                lMarkerList = []
                lMarkerIndex = 0
                while True:
                    lMarkerName = lConfigFile.Get(lProp.Name, "Marker%d" % lMarkerIndex)
                    if lMarkerName:
                        lMarkerIndex += 1
                        lMarkerModel = FBFindModelByLabelName(lMarkerName)
                        if lMarkerModel:
                            lMarkerList.append(lMarkerModel)
                    else:
                        break
                lProp.BeginChange()
                lProp.DisconnectAllSrc()
                for lMarker in lMarkerList:
                    lProp.ConnectSrc(lMarker)
                    #ConnectSrcIfMissing(lProp,lMarker)                
                lProp.EndChange()
                lConstraintType = lMarkerSet.PropertyList.Find(lProp.Name.replace('.Markers', '.Constraint'))
                if lConstraintType != None:
                    lType = lConfigFile.Get(lProp.Name, "Type")
                    if lType:
                        lConstraintType.Data = int(lType)
        FBEndChangeAllModels()
def LoadMapping(pFile = None, pCharacter = FBApplication().CurrentCharacter):
    CharacterMapping(False,pFile,pCharacter)
def SaveMapping(pFile = None, pCharacter = FBApplication().CurrentCharacter):
    CharacterMapping(True,pFile,pCharacter)

Actor to Character Marker Set

Refer to the example in <yourinstallationfolder>\bin\config\Scripts\Samples\Character\CharacterMarkerSetFromActor.py. This script automatically creates a character based on the actor structure, creates a character marker set, and copies the assignment. It shows how a pipeline works starting from a marker set, building character, and using custom assignment logic to output a solved skeleton.