CreateSymmetryMap

Introduced

v2.0

Categories

property

Description

Creates a ClusterProperty that is a symmetry map along the YZ plane, the XZ plane or the XY plane. After you create a symmetry map, every time you move points on one side, the corresponding points on the other side of the symmetry map also move.

Scripting Syntax

oReturn = CreateSymmetryMap( PresetObj, [InputObj], [Name], [PropPresetObj] );

Return Value

Returns a collection of symmetry maps.

Parameters

Parameter Type Description
PresetObj String or a preset object (for example, an object obtained from SIGetPreset) SymmetryMap operator preset

Default Value: "SymmetryMap"

Possible Values:

Description:

SymmetryMap Symmetry map
InputObj String List of clusters or objects or points clusters

Default Value: Current selection

Name String Name of the symmetry map property

Default Value: "Symmetry Map"

PropPresetObj Preset object Symmetry Map Property preset

Default Value: "Symmetry Map Property" preset

Examples

VBScript Example

'
' This example sets up a symmetry map on a sphere and then moves some 
' points on one side only with their corresponding points on the other
' side moving symmetrically.
NewScene
' Create a sphere to apply the symmetry map to
Set oSphere = CreatePrim( "Sphere", "NurbsSurface", "MySphere" )
' Create a symmetry map on the sphere (note how we do not need to specify the 
' preset name of "SymmetryMap" for the first argument, since it is the default)
Set oMaps = CreateSymmetryMap( , oSphere, "MySymmetryMap" )
' Log the name of the returned maps.  Here only one.
LogMessage "Created Map: " & oMaps(0) 
' Output information of running this script
'INFO : sphere.polymsh.cls.SymmetryMapCls.MySymmetryMap
' Move some control points on one side only.
Translate oSphere & ".pnt[(0,7)]", -1.90216784318022, 0, 0, _
                        siRelative, siViewSym, siObj, siXYZ
Translate oSphere & ".pnt[(0,3)]", -4.39465725765814, 0, 0, _
                        siRelative, siViewSym, siObj, siXYZ
Translate oSphere & ".pnt[(0,4)]", -1.60751873190734, 0, 0, _
                        siRelative, siViewSym, siObj, siXYZ
Translate oSphere & ".pnt[(0,8)]", -0.714956303285471, 0, 0, _
                        siRelative, siViewSym, siObj, siXYZ
Translate oSphere & ".pnt[(7,5)]", -0.570702900944422, 0, 0, _
                        siRelative, siViewSym, siObj, siXYZ
' Make the symmetry map visible in the camera view. 
' This is equivalent to setting the "Property Maps" visibility option.
' Symmetrical areas map red->blue.
' Self symmetrical areas are green. 
SetValue "Camera.camvis.objctrlpropmaps", true
SetDisplayMode "Camera", "constant"

See Also

AddProp ClusterProperty