Schematic API Example

To install the example

• Connect to the Softimage SDK workgroup at %XSISDK_ROOT%\examples\workgroup.

  1. In the Plug-in Manager, click the Workgroups tab.
  2. Click File and then click Connect.
  3. In the Connect to Workgroup dialog box, click , locate the workgroup folder and then click Select.

To view the help page for an example

• Do one of the following:
  • In the Plug-in Tree, expand the SDK examples workgroup, right-click the example add-on and then click Help.
  • Open a Net View and click to go to XSI Net local. In the top navigation bar, click add-ons, and then click the SDK example add-on.

To use the schematic demo

• Start Softimage and open a schematic view.
  
  Log Node Information
  Select the 'View|Log View Info|All nodes' or 'View|Log View Info|Selected nodes' menu.
  The same functions are also available in the view context menu (right-click anywhere in the view).
  To log information on a specific node, right-click on a node and click 'Log Node Info'.
  
  Rearrange Nodes in top-down layout
  
  Select 'View|Rearrange View|All nodes' or 'View|Rearrange View|Selected nodes' menu.
  The same functions are also available in the view context menu (right-click anywhere in the view).
  To rearrange a specific node branch, right-click on a node and click 'Rearrange Node'.
  

Keywords

This example uses the following keywords:

Python example, Python, Schematic, SchematicNode, Menu