Softimage: A Self-Contained CurveLength Operator

2009
12.17

Softimage: A Self-Contained CurveLength Operator

Category: softimage / Tag: scripts, softimage, tools / Add Comment

Sometimes you need to know the length of a curve for some setups; for a while I sometimes used an addon called jsCurveLength.

However, the way it’s designed relies on the existance of the addon to evaluate. Without it, your rig is broken. I’ve made a version which is self-contained, so when you export your rig you don’t need to tell people to install any addon.

Select your curve(s) and run this code from either a button or the Script Editor. Here’s the JavaScript:

// Self-Contained CurveLength Op -- http://darkvertex.com/

function CurveLengthOp_Update( In_UpdateContext, Out, Incrvlist ) {
	Out.Value = Incrvlist.Value.Geometry.Curves(0).Length;
	return true;
}

function ApplyCurveLengthProp() {
	oEnum = new Enumerator( Application.Selection ) ;
	for (;!oEnum.atEnd();oEnum.moveNext() )
	{
		var sel = oEnum.item();
		if (sel.Type == "crvlist") {
			var oProp = sel.AddProperty( "Custom_parameter_list", false, "CurveLength" );
			var p = oProp.AddParameter2("CurveLength",siDouble,0,-8000,8000,-8000,8000,siClassifUnknown,siPersistable | siAnimatable, "Length");
			var crvList = sel.ActivePrimitive;
			var newOp = AddScriptedOp( p, CurveLengthOp_Update.toString(), crvList, "CurveLengthOp", "JScript" );
			
			newOp.Debug = 0;
			newOp.AlwaysEvaluate = true;
			newOp.Connect();
			
			LogMessage("Added CurveLengthOp to: "+sel.FullName, siVerbose);
		}
	}
}

ApplyCurveLengthProp();

// Self-Contained CurveLength Op -- http://darkvertex.com/

function CurveLengthOp_Update( In_UpdateContext, Out, Incrvlist ) {

Out.Value = Incrvlist.Value.Geometry.Curves(0).Length;

return true;

}

function ApplyCurveLengthProp() {

oEnum = new Enumerator( Application.Selection ) ;

for (;!oEnum.atEnd();oEnum.moveNext() )

{

var sel = oEnum.item();

if (sel.Type == "crvlist") {

var oProp = sel.AddProperty( "Custom_parameter_list", false, "CurveLength" );

var p = oProp.AddParameter2("CurveLength",siDouble,0,-8000,8000,-8000,8000,siClassifUnknown,siPersistable | siAnimatable, "Length");

var crvList = sel.ActivePrimitive;

var newOp = AddScriptedOp( p, CurveLengthOp_Update.toString(), crvList, "CurveLengthOp", "JScript" );

newOp.Debug = 0;

newOp.AlwaysEvaluate = true;

newOp.Connect();

LogMessage("Added CurveLengthOp to: "+sel.FullName, siVerbose);

}

ApplyCurveLengthProp();

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Softimage User said: 2016.10.09 13:35

Thank you very much for making this available to the public. Honestly, it’s beyond me why such a simple but important property isn’t available by default w/o any scripting requirements.

Very good work, works perfectly here.