Sami Vanhatalo
08-31-04, 07:45 AM
Hi again and thanks for the tips on getting started with ZBrush scripting. I now have a basic script up and running for loading .obj files and .bmp files with hardcoded names etc.
Here's the script so far (obviously it won't work if you don't have the same hardcoded assets):
// Begin ZScript
[PenMove, 0, -10]
[Title,"Remedy ZBrush Tools"][pd]
[Caption,"v0.01c by SamiV"][pd]
[PenMove, 0, -50]
[IButton,"Import from 3dsmax","Imports an OBJ and its textures",
[IShowActions,0]
// Import mesh, plants it somewhere and puts on Edit mode
[FileNameSetNext,"D:\Cleaner.obj"]
[IPress,Tool:Import]
[CanvasStroke,(ZObjStrokeV02n21=H1B3V156H1B3V157H1B 3V158H1B3V159H1B3V15AH1B3V15BH1B3V15CH1B3V15EH1B3V 15FH1B3V160H1B3V161H1B3V162H1B3V163H1B3V164H1B3V16 6H1B3V167H1B3V168H1B3V169H1B3V16AH1B3V16BH1B3V16B)]
[IPress,Transform:Edit]
// Import textures and flip the Y
[FileNameSetNext,"D:\Temp\Textures\Cleaner_Body_C.bmp"]
[IPress,Texture:Import]
[IPress,Texture:Flpv]
// Other misc setup
[IUnPress,Draw:Rgb] // Disable Rgb by default
,,160,,,16
]
// End ZScript
Now, the next thing I want to do is to load all the hardcoded strings such as "D:\Cleaner.obj" and "D:\Temp\Textures\Cleaner_Body_C.bmp" etc from a config file, which I can output when exporting the geometry originally from 3ds.
The ZScriptCommandsList talks a little bit about the MemReadString and MemCreate etc, but I don't really have a grasp on how to use them yet. I somehow feel a bit uneasy dealing with memory manually since I've grown used to scripting languages doing it automatically.
My other alternative is to dynamically create the "Import.txt" every time I export something out of 3dsmax, but then the ZBrush user will always have to manually hit "Reload" for the tool when jumping between 3ds and ZBrush.
Anyway, I was wondering if anyone has any samples on how to exactly load data from a text file and use that as a variable in a recursion loop loading files etc?
Thanks, SamiV.
Here's the script so far (obviously it won't work if you don't have the same hardcoded assets):
// Begin ZScript
[PenMove, 0, -10]
[Title,"Remedy ZBrush Tools"][pd]
[Caption,"v0.01c by SamiV"][pd]
[PenMove, 0, -50]
[IButton,"Import from 3dsmax","Imports an OBJ and its textures",
[IShowActions,0]
// Import mesh, plants it somewhere and puts on Edit mode
[FileNameSetNext,"D:\Cleaner.obj"]
[IPress,Tool:Import]
[CanvasStroke,(ZObjStrokeV02n21=H1B3V156H1B3V157H1B 3V158H1B3V159H1B3V15AH1B3V15BH1B3V15CH1B3V15EH1B3V 15FH1B3V160H1B3V161H1B3V162H1B3V163H1B3V164H1B3V16 6H1B3V167H1B3V168H1B3V169H1B3V16AH1B3V16BH1B3V16B)]
[IPress,Transform:Edit]
// Import textures and flip the Y
[FileNameSetNext,"D:\Temp\Textures\Cleaner_Body_C.bmp"]
[IPress,Texture:Import]
[IPress,Texture:Flpv]
// Other misc setup
[IUnPress,Draw:Rgb] // Disable Rgb by default
,,160,,,16
]
// End ZScript
Now, the next thing I want to do is to load all the hardcoded strings such as "D:\Cleaner.obj" and "D:\Temp\Textures\Cleaner_Body_C.bmp" etc from a config file, which I can output when exporting the geometry originally from 3ds.
The ZScriptCommandsList talks a little bit about the MemReadString and MemCreate etc, but I don't really have a grasp on how to use them yet. I somehow feel a bit uneasy dealing with memory manually since I've grown used to scripting languages doing it automatically.
My other alternative is to dynamically create the "Import.txt" every time I export something out of 3dsmax, but then the ZBrush user will always have to manually hit "Reload" for the tool when jumping between 3ds and ZBrush.
Anyway, I was wondering if anyone has any samples on how to exactly load data from a text file and use that as a variable in a recursion loop loading files etc?
Thanks, SamiV.