Simple Menu

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 Softimage Net local. In the top navigation bar, click add-ons, and then click the SDK example add-on.

To run the example

The VBScript, Python and JScript versions of the plug-in each add a More menu item to the Get > Primitive > Polygon Mesh menu in the Model toolbar. The More menus contain more menu items for creating meshes. Both plug-ins also add a menu item to the Help menu on the main Softimage menubar. The help menu items display this page in a NetView window.

The C++ version of the plug-in adds the following menu items:

• On the Model toolbar:
  • Modify > Deform > Simple Deform Menu
    Applies a deformation operator to a polygon mesh
• On the main Softimage menubar:
  • File > Simple Save Scene
  • File > Simple Load Project
  • File > Export > Simple Export
  • File > Import > Simple Import
  • Window > Cascades
    arranges floating windows in an overlapping cascade so you can see all title bars
  • Help > C++ Simple Help Menu
• On the context menu in a 3D view or the explorer for a polygon cluster:
  • Log Cluster Polygon

To build the example on Windows

1. Open an Softimage command prompt, and type devenv to start Visual Studio .NET.

   Starting Visual Studio .NET from an Softimage command prompt ensures that environment variables such as XSISDK_ROOT are set (otherwise you'll get build and link errors).

   Tip To load the SimpleMenu project from the command line, type:

   devenv SimpleMenu.vcproj
   

2. In Visual Studio .NET, open the project file .vcproj.
3. Select a configuration (Win32 Release or Win32 Debug) and build the DLL.

To build the example on Linux

1. In a shell (tcsh) window, type:

   source $XSI_HOME/.xsi_<xsi_version>
   

2. Change directories to

   cppsrc
   

3. To remove all intermediate files before building the example, run this command:

   gmake clean
   

4. To compile the example, run this command:

   gmake
   

Keywords

This example uses the following keywords:

C++, JScript, Python, VBScript, C++ example, JScript example, Python example, VBScript example, RegisterMenu, Init, AddCallbackItem, Menu, MenuItem, Layout, GetDesktop, GetActiveLayout, CRefArray, GetViews, GetFloating, Move, PutState, CreateView, netview, CStatus, Succeeded, GetCode, Plugins, GetPlugins, AddCommandItem, siMenuItemSubmenu, PutFilter, ExecuteCommand, GetActivePrimitive, GetGeometry, IsA, siPolygonMeshID, SetAttributeValue, url