'
' This example demonstrates how to get the user to select a shader and use it to create
' a complex shader with intermediate Mix 2 Colors shaders
'
NewScene , false
' Get the default pass
Set oDefPass = GetValue( "Passes.Default_Pass" )
' Create a sphere and apply a default shader to instantiate a local material.
Set oSphere = CreatePrim( "Sphere", "NurbsSurface" )
ApplyShader , oSphere
' The Render Tree shows a Phong shader connected to the sphere material.
OpenView "Render Tree"
SelectObj oSphere
' Pop up a menu of shader presets on top of the Top viewport
' and let the user interactively select one.
set l_CnxPoints = CreateObject( "XSI.Collection" )
l_CnxPoints.Add "sphere.material.surface.Phong.diffuse"
l_CnxPoints.Add "sphere.material.surface.Phong.specular"
UIApplyShaderToCnxPoints , l_CnxPoints, 300, 100
' The user-selected shader, automatically renamed Shader, is connected
' to the Phong shader Diffuse and Specular connection points through
' intermediate Mix 2 Colors shaders as can be seen in the Render Tree.
OpenView "Render Tree"
SelectObj oSphere