C++ API Reference
meshOpCmd/meshOpCmd.cpp
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#include "meshOpCmd.h"
#include "meshOpNode.h"
// Function Sets
//
#include <maya/MFnDependencyNode.h>
#include <maya/MFnMesh.h>
#include <maya/MFnSingleIndexedComponent.h>
// Iterators
//
#include <maya/MItSelectionList.h>
#include <maya/MItMeshPolygon.h>
// General Includes
//
#include <maya/MGlobal.h>
#include <maya/MSelectionList.h>
#include <maya/MPlug.h>
#include <maya/MArgList.h>
#include <maya/MIOStream.h>
// Status Checking Macro - MCheckStatus (Debugging tool)
//
#define MCheckStatus(status,message) \
if( MS::kSuccess != status ) { \
cerr << message << "\n"; \
return status; \
}
meshOp::meshOp()
//
// Description:
// meshOp constructor
//
{
fOperation = (MeshOperation) 0;
}
meshOp::~meshOp()
//
// Description:
// meshOp destructor
//
{}
void* meshOp::creator()
//
// Description:
// this method exists to give Maya a way to create new objects
// of this type.
//
// Return Value:
// a new object of this type
//
{
return new meshOp();
}
bool meshOp::isUndoable() const
//
// Description:
// this method tells Maya this command is undoable. It is added to the
// undo queue if it is.
//
// Return Value:
// true if this command is undoable.
//
{
return true;
}
MStatus meshOp::doIt( const MArgList& argList )
//
// Description:
// implements the MEL meshOp command.
//
// Arguments:
// argList - the argument list that was passes to the command from MEL
//
// Return Value:
// MS::kSuccess - command succeeded
// MS::kFailure - command failed (returning this value will cause the
// MEL script that is being run to terminate unless the
// error is caught using a "catch" statement.
//
{
MStatus status;
bool badArgument = false;
// Only one parameter is expected to be passed to this command: the mesh
// operation type. Get it, validate it or stop prematurely
//
if (argList.length() == 1)
{
int operationTypeArgument = argList.asInt(0);
if (operationTypeArgument < 0
|| operationTypeArgument > kMeshOperationCount - 1)
{
badArgument = true;
}
else
{
fOperation = (MeshOperation)operationTypeArgument;
}
}
else badArgument = true;
if (badArgument)
{
cerr << "Expecting one parameter: the operation type." << endl;
cerr << "Valid types are: " << endl;
cerr << " 0 - Subdivide edge(s)." << endl;
cerr << " 1 - Subdivide face(s)." << endl;
cerr << " 2 - Extrude edge(s)." << endl;
cerr << " 3 - Extrude face(s)." << endl;
cerr << " 4 - Collapse edge(s)." << endl;
cerr << " 5 - Collapse face(s)." << endl;
cerr << " 6 - Duplicate face(s)." << endl;
cerr << " 7 - Extract face(s)." << endl;
cerr << " 8 - Split face(s)." << endl;
displayError(" Expecting one parameter: the operation type.");
return MS::kFailure;
}
// Each mesh operation only supports one type of components
//
MFn::Type componentType = meshOpFty::getExpectedComponentType(fOperation);
// Parse the selection list for selected components of the right type.
// To simplify things, we only take the first object that we find with
// selected components and operate on that object alone.
//
// All other objects are ignored and return warning messages indicating
// this limitation.
//
MSelectionList selList;
MItSelectionList selListIter( selList );
selListIter.setFilter( MFn::kMesh );
// The meshOperation node only accepts a component list input, so we build
// a component list using MFnComponentListData.
//
// MIntArrays could also be passed into the node to represent the ids,
// but are less storage efficient than component lists, since consecutive
// components are bundled into a single entry in component lists.
//
compListFn.create();
bool found = false;
bool foundMultiple = false;
for( ; !selListIter.isDone(); selListIter.next() )
{
MDagPath dagPath;
MObject component;
selListIter.getDagPath( dagPath, component );
// Check for selected components of the right type
//
if( component.apiType() == componentType )
{
if( !found )
{
// The variable 'component' holds all selected components
// on the selected object, thus only a single call to
// MFnComponentListData::add() is needed to store the selected
// components for a given object.
//
compListFn.add( component );
// Copy the component list created by MFnComponentListData
// into our local component list MObject member.
//
fComponentList = compListFn.object();
// Locally store the actual ids of the selected components so
// that this command can directly modify the mesh in the case
// when there is no history and history is turned off.
//
MFnSingleIndexedComponent compFn( component );
// Ensure that this DAG path will point to the shape
// of our object. Set the DAG path for the polyModifierCmd.
//
dagPath.extendToShape();
setMeshNode( dagPath );
found = true;
}
else
{
// Break once we have found a multiple object holding
// selected components, since we are not interested in how
// many multiple objects there are, only the fact that there
// are multiple objects.
//
foundMultiple = true;
break;
}
}
}
if( foundMultiple )
{
displayWarning("Found more than one object with selected components.");
displayWarning("Only operating on first found object.");
}
// Initialize the polyModifierCmd node type - mesh node already set
//
setModifierNodeType( meshOpNode::id );
if( found )
{
// Now, pass control over to the polyModifierCmd::doModifyPoly() method
// to handle the operation.
//
status = doModifyPoly();
if( status == MS::kSuccess )
{
setResult( "meshOp command succeeded!" );
}
else
{
displayError( "meshOp command failed!" );
}
}
else
{
displayError(
"meshOp command failed: Unable to find selected components" );
status = MS::kFailure;
}
return status;
}
MStatus meshOp::redoIt()
//
// Description:
// Implements redo for the MEL meshOp command.
//
// This method is called when the user has undone a command of this type
// and then redoes it. No arguments are passed in as all of the necessary
// information is cached by the doIt method.
//
// Return Value:
// MS::kSuccess - command succeeded
// MS::kFailure - redoIt failed. this is a serious problem that will
// likely cause the undo queue to be purged
//
{
MStatus status;
// Process the polyModifierCmd
//
status = redoModifyPoly();
if( status == MS::kSuccess )
{
setResult( "meshOp command succeeded!" );
}
else
{
displayError( "meshOp command failed!" );
}
return status;
}
MStatus meshOp::undoIt()
//
// Description:
// implements undo for the MEL meshOp command.
//
// This method is called to undo a previous command of this type. The
// system should be returned to the exact state that it was it previous
// to this command being executed. That includes the selection state.
//
// Return Value:
// MS::kSuccess - command succeeded
// MS::kFailure - redoIt failed. this is a serious problem that will
// likely cause the undo queue to be purged
//
{
MStatus status;
status = undoModifyPoly();
if( status == MS::kSuccess )
{
setResult( "meshOp undo succeeded!" );
}
else
{
setResult( "meshOp undo failed!" );
}
return status;
}
MStatus meshOp::initModifierNode( MObject modifierNode )
{
MStatus status;
// We need to tell the meshOp node which components to operate on.
// By overriding, the polyModifierCmd::initModifierNode() method,
// we can insert our own modifierNode initialization code.
//
MFnDependencyNode depNodeFn( modifierNode );
MObject cpListAttr = depNodeFn.attribute( "inputComponents" );
// Pass the component list down to the meshOp node
//
MPlug cpListPlug( modifierNode, cpListAttr );
status = cpListPlug.setValue( fComponentList );
if (status != MS::kSuccess) return status;
// Similarly for the operation type
//
MObject opTypeAttr = depNodeFn.attribute( "operationType" );
MPlug opTypePlug( modifierNode, opTypeAttr );
status = opTypePlug.setValue( fOperation );
return status;
}
MStatus meshOp::directModifier( MObject mesh )
{
MStatus status;
fmeshOpFactory.setMesh( mesh );
fmeshOpFactory.setComponentList( fComponentList );
fmeshOpFactory.setComponentIDs( fComponentIDs );
fmeshOpFactory.setMeshOperation( fOperation );
// Now, perform the meshOp
//
status = fmeshOpFactory.doIt();
return status;
}