v1.0
Finds objects by their type
oReturn = FindObjects( [Path], [Type] ); |
Returns an XSICollection object that contains the found objects.
Parameter | Type | Description |
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Path | String | Object path name - NOT IMPLEMENTED |
Type | String | The Class ID of the Object. This is GUID which uniquely identifies each type of object. For example, each instance of a Phong shader has the same Class ID, which is different from the Class ID of a Lambert shader. You can determine the Class ID from the Reference line of the SPDL file or via DataRepository.GetIdentifier. Note: To find Self-Installed Custom Operators use "{72936430-9B0C-4167-8CA7-C30FC2188BB9}" and to find Self-Installed Custom Properties use "{76332571-D242-11d0-B69C-00AA003B3EA6}". |
/* Demonstrates how to use FindObjects to get all models */ NewScene( null, false ) ; var oModel = ActiveSceneRoot.AddModel(null, "MyModel" ) ; var oNestedModel = oModel.AddModel(null, "Nested1" ) ; var oNestedModel = oModel.AddModel(null, "Nested2" ) ; var oNotAModel = oModel.AddNull() ; // Won't be found var classIDOfModels = XSIUtils.DataRepository.GetIdentifier( oModel, siObjectCLSID ) ; var oColl = FindObjects( null, classIDOfModels ) ; Application.LogMessage( "FindObjects found " + oColl.GetAsText() ) ; // An alternative way to find models is with the Model property var oModelsUnderSceneRootModel = ActiveSceneRoot.Models ; for ( var i = 0 ; i < oModelsUnderSceneRootModel.count ; i++ ) { Application.LogMessage( oModelsUnderSceneRootModel.Item( i ) ) ; } //Expected results: // //INFO : FindObjects found MyModel,Nested1,Nested2,Scene_Root //INFO : MyModel //INFO : Nested1 //INFO : Nested2 |
SetupDemoScene() ; DemoSearchFunctions(); // General function to find all custom properties. This returns a XSICollection and includes all custom properties // that are part of the scene, or installed as custom preferences or "free-floating" function FindAllCustomProperties( oParent ) { // All Custom Properties are registered with this GUID return FindObjects( null, "{76332571-D242-11d0-B69C-00AA003B3EA6}" ) ; } // Function to only find the "CustomColor" Custom Property function FindCustomColorProperties() { var oAllCustomProperties = FindObjects( null, "{76332571-D242-11d0-B69C-00AA003B3EA6}" ) ; var oFilteredList = new ActiveXObject( "XSI.Collection" ) ; for ( var i = 0 ; i < oAllCustomProperties.Count ; i++ ) { if ( oAllCustomProperties(i).Type == "CustomColor" ) { oFilteredList.Add( oAllCustomProperties(i) ) ; } } return oFilteredList ; } // Function to find all psets under a particular 3dobject function FindNestedCustomProperties( oParent ) { var oAllCustomProperties = FindObjects( null, "{76332571-D242-11d0-B69C-00AA003B3EA6}" ) ; var oFilteredList = new ActiveXObject( "XSI.Collection" ) ; for ( var i = 0 ; i < oAllCustomProperties.Count ; i++ ) { // This will be null for free floating custom properties, // custom preferences, objects nested under a shader etc o3DObjectOfCustomProperty = oAllCustomProperties(i).Parent3DObject ; if ( o3DObjectOfCustomProperty != null && o3DObjectOfCustomProperty.FullName == oParent.FullName ) { oFilteredList.Add( oAllCustomProperties(i) ) ; } } return oFilteredList ; } // Build a scene with Custom Properties at various places function SetupDemoScene() { NewScene( null, false ) ; ActiveSceneRoot.AddProperty( "CustomColor", false, "MyColor" ) ; ActiveSceneRoot.AddProperty( "CustomColor", false, "MyColor2" ) ; ActiveSceneRoot.AddProperty( "CustomProperty", false, "MyEmptyCustomProp" ) ; oSphere = ActiveSceneRoot.AddGeometry( "Sphere", "MeshSurface" ) ; oSphere.AddProperty( "CustomColor", false, "ColorUnderSphere" ) ; oCls = oSphere.ActivePrimitive.Geometry.AddCluster( "edge", "MyCluster" ) ; oCls.AddProperty( "CustomColor", false, "MyColor" ) ; oSphere.AddMaterial( "Phong" ) ; var oPhongShader = oSphere.Material.Shaders(0) oPhongShader.AddProperty( "CustomProperty", false, "EmptyNestedProp" ) ; oPhongShader.AddProperty( "CustomProperty", false, "MyColor" ) ; var oModel = ActiveSceneRoot.AddModel(null, "MyModel" ) ; oModel.AddProperty( "CustomColor", false, "MyColor3" ) ; oModel.AddProperty( "CustomProperty", false, "EmptyProperty" ) ; oModel.AddNull().AddProperty( "CustomColor", false, "MyColor4" ) ; // Create a PSet that doesn't belong anywhere in the scene // It's fullname will be something like "CustomColor<yyyy>" // where yyyy is a number. var oFreeFloatingPSet = XSIFactory.CreateObject( "CustomColor" ) ; } // Show the result of calling the Find functions // with the demo scene function DemoSearchFunctions() { // All Custom Properties // //Example output (in this case a Custom Preference called //XSI_UserNormalEditing is installed): //INFO : ------------------------------------------------ //INFO : All Custom Properties //INFO : ------------------------------------------------ //INFO : sphere.polymsh.cls.MyCluster.MyColor //INFO : Sources.Materials.DefaultLib.Material.Phong.EmptyNestedProp //INFO : MyEmptyCustomProp //INFO : MyColor2 //INFO : preferences.XSI_UserNormalEditing //INFO : CustomColor<1068> //INFO : MyColor //INFO : MyModel.EmptyProperty //INFO : Sources.Materials.DefaultLib.Material.Phong.MyColor //INFO : sphere.ColorUnderSphere //INFO : MyModel.null.MyColor4 //INFO : MyModel.MyColor3 var oAllCustomProperties = FindAllCustomProperties() ; PrintCollection( oAllCustomProperties, "All Custom Properties" ) ; // Find only the Custom Properties that come from the "Custom Color" // Self-installed Property // //Example output: //INFO : ------------------------------------------------ //INFO : Custom Color Properties //INFO : ------------------------------------------------ //INFO : sphere.polymsh.cls.MyCluster.MyColor //INFO : MyColor2 //INFO : CustomColor<1068> //INFO : MyColor //INFO : sphere.ColorUnderSphere //INFO : MyModel.null.MyColor4 //INFO : MyModel.MyColor3 var oCustomColorOnly = FindCustomColorProperties() ; PrintCollection( oCustomColorOnly , "Custom Color Properties" ) ; // Find all the custom properties nested under the sphere // Note: It does not include custom properties that are part // of the material of the Sphere. // //Example output: //INFO : ------------------------------------------------ //INFO : Custom Properties Under Sphere //INFO : ------------------------------------------------ //INFO : sphere.polymsh.cls.MyCluster.MyColor //INFO : sphere.ColorUnderSphere var oSphereCustomProps = FindNestedCustomProperties( GetValue( "Sphere" ) ) ; PrintCollection( oSphereCustomProps , "Custom Properties Under Sphere" ) ; // These are custom properties directly under the scene root (not // including those nested inside X3DObjects) // //Example output: //INFO : ------------------------------------------------ //INFO : Custom Properties Under Scene Root //INFO : ------------------------------------------------ //INFO : MyEmptyCustomProp //INFO : MyColor2 //INFO : MyColor var oSceneRootCustomProps = FindNestedCustomProperties( ActiveSceneRoot ) ; PrintCollection( oSceneRootCustomProps, "Custom Properties Under Scene Root" ) ; } // Show contents of a XSICollection object in the Script history function PrintCollection( in_col, in_title ) { LogMessage( "------------------------------------------------" ) ; LogMessage( in_title ) ; LogMessage( "------------------------------------------------" ) ; for ( var i = 0 ; i < in_col.Count ; i++ ) { LogMessage( in_col(i).FullName ) ; } } |
/* This example demonstrates how FindObjects can be used to quickly find all instances of a particular type of shader. This approach can be faster than doing a recursive search through all the scene shader trees. */ SetupDemoScene() ; LogMessage( DiscoverCloudClassID() ) ; //INFO : {A85CBE5F-DDD7-11D1-804A-00A0C906835D} LogMessage( DiscoverImageClassID() ) ; //INFO : {1C500B61-023C-11D3-8C03-00A0243E3672} var oAllClouds = FindCloudShaders() ; PrintCollection( oAllClouds, "All Cloud Shaders" ) ; //INFO : ------------------------------------------------ //INFO : All Cloud Shaders //INFO : ------------------------------------------------ //INFO : Sources.Materials.DefaultLib.Material.Phong.Cloud1 //INFO : Sources.Materials.DefaultLib.Material.Phong.Cloud1.Cloud2 //INFO : Sources.Materials.DefaultLib.Material1.Lambert.Cloud3 //INFO : Sources.Materials.DefaultLib.Material1.Lambert.Cloud3.Cloud4 //INFO : Sources.Materials.DefaultLib.Material1.Lambert.Cloud5 var oAllImages = FindImageShaders() ; PrintCollection( oAllImages, "All Image Shaders" ) ; //INFO : ------------------------------------------------ //INFO : All Image Shaders //INFO : ------------------------------------------------ //INFO : Sources.Materials.DefaultLib.Material.Phong.Image function FindCloudShaders() { // This GUID was determined by calling DiscoverCloudClassID(). // Because it never changes it can be hardcoded rather than // being re-discovered each time the script is run return FindObjects( null, "{A85CBE5F-DDD7-11D1-804A-00A0C906835D}" ) ; } function FindImageShaders() { // Using GUID returned by DiscoverImageClassID() return FindObjects( null, "{1C500B61-023C-11D3-8C03-00A0243E3672}" ) ; } // Function to determine the ClassID of the Cloud Shader // Similar code can work for custom shaders, and the GUID can also // be read from the SPDL file and is visible in the SDK Explorer function DiscoverCloudClassID() { var oTempCloud = XSIFactory.CreateObjectFromPreset( "Cloud", "Texture Shaders" ) ; var oCloudGUID = GetClassID( oTempCloud ) ; // Delete the shader right away so it doesn't appear when we search DeleteObj( oTempCloud ) ; return oCloudGUID ; } function DiscoverImageClassID() { var oTempImageNode = XSIFactory.CreateObjectFromPreset( "Image", "Texture Shaders" ) ; var oImageGUID = GetClassID( oTempImageNode ) ; DeleteObj( oTempImageNode ) ; return oImageGUID ; } // Determine the ClassID GUID of a particular object. // All other instances of this object have this same GUID // and it never changes. function GetClassID( in_ExampleObject ) { oDataRepository = XSIUtils.DataRepository ; return oDataRepository.GetIdentifier( in_ExampleObject, siObjectCLSID ) ; } // Build some render trees with the Object Model // They don't make any sense in terms of rendering // a nice texture, but show nodes connected in various ways function SetupDemoScene() { NewScene( null, false ) ; // First render tree oSphere = ActiveSceneRoot.AddGeometry( "Sphere", "MeshSurface" ) ; oSphere.AddMaterial( "Phong" ) ; var oPhongShader = oSphere.Material.Shaders(0) ; ImageFile1 = XSIUtils.BuildPath( Application.InstallationPath(siFactoryPath), "Data", "XSI_SAMPLES", "Pictures", "jaiqua_face.jpg" ) ; var oImageClip1 = SICreateImageClip2( ImageFile1 ).Item(0) ; var oAmbientParam = oPhongShader.Parameters( "ambient" ) var oImageNode1 = oAmbientParam.connectfrompreset("Image", siTextureShaderFamily) ; oImageNode1.Parameters( "tex" ).Connect( oImageClip1 ) ; var oDiffuseParam = oPhongShader.Parameters( "diffuse" ) var oCloud1 = oDiffuseParam.connectfrompreset("Cloud", siTextureShaderFamily) ; oCloud1.Name = "Cloud1" ; var oCloud1Color1 = oCloud1.Parameters("color1") ; var oCloud2 = oCloud1Color1.connectfrompreset("Cloud", siTextureShaderFamily) ; oCloud2.Name = "Cloud2" ; //Second render tree oCone = ActiveSceneRoot.AddGeometry( "Cone", "MeshSurface" ) ; oCone.AddMaterial( "Lambert" ) ; var oLamberShader = oCone.Material.Shaders(0) ; oDiffuseParam = oLamberShader.Parameters( "diffuse" ) ; var oCloud3= oDiffuseParam.connectfrompreset("Cloud", siTextureShaderFamily); oCloud3.Name = "Cloud3" ; oCloud3Color2 = oCloud3.Parameters( "color2" ) ; oCloud4= oCloud3Color2.connectfrompreset("Cloud", siTextureShaderFamily); oCloud4.Name = "Cloud4" // Fractal is connected twice. This can provide a tricky // scenario for recursive scans of a shader tree, because the // same shaders can appear multiple times. // But FindObjects() would have not trouble finding just one instance // of this object oCloud3Color1 = oCloud3.Parameters( "color1" ) ; oCloud3Color1.Connect( oCloud4 ) ; oAmbientParam = oLamberShader.Parameters( "ambient" ) ; oCloud5 = oAmbientParam.connectfrompreset("Cloud", siTextureShaderFamily) ; oCloud5.Name = "Cloud5" ; } // Show contents of a XSICollection object in the Script history function PrintCollection( in_col, in_title ) { LogMessage( "------------------------------------------------" ) ; LogMessage( in_title ) ; LogMessage( "------------------------------------------------" ) ; for ( var i = 0 ; i < in_col.Count ; i++ ) { LogMessage( in_col(i).FullName ) ; } } |
// Demonstration of how to use FindObjects to // find Runtime scripted operators in the scene. // // This technique does not find SPDL-based custom operators // because once a Custom Operator is stored inside a SPDL file // it is assigned its own GUID, which is found as the Reference // value at the top of the file. function GetAllRuntimeCustomOperators() { var siScriptedOperatorID = "{CCECD9D9-10A3-11d4-879F-00A0C983050D}" var oItems = FindObjects(null,siScriptedOperatorID) // For convenience to the caller, // always return a collection even if nothing was found if ( oItems == null ) oItems = new ActiveXObject( "XSI.Collection") ; return oItems ; } // Simple usage of GetAllRuntimeCustomOperators function SelectAllRuntimeOperators() { SelectObj( GetAllRuntimeCustomOperators() ) ; } // // Demonstration of GetAllRuntimeCustomOperators // function BuildDemoScene() { var oNull = Application.ActiveSceneRoot.AddNull() ; var oPosX = oNull.Kinematics.Global.Parameters( "posx" ) ; var oRotX = oNull.Kinematics.Local.Parameters( "rotx" ) ; AddSimpleOp( oPosX ) ; AddSimpleOp( oRotX ) ; } function AddSimpleOp( in_param ) { // Build a runtime operator that drives in_param var oOp = XSIFactory.CreateScriptedOp( "FindMe", FindMe_Update.toString(), "JScript" ) ; oOp.AlwaysEvaluate = true ; oOp.AddOutputPort( in_param ) ; oOp.Connect() ; } function FindMe_Update(ctx,out) { // Just set the output parameter // to current frame value out.Value = ctx.CurrentFrame ; } BuildDemoScene() ; var oOps = GetAllRuntimeCustomOperators() ; for ( var i = 0 ; i < oOps.Count ; i++ ) { Application.LogMessage( oOps(i).FullName ) ; } //Expected output: //INFO : null.kine.global.FindMe //INFO : null.kine.local.FindMe |
DataRepository.GetIdentifier X3DObject.FindChildren XSIFactory.CreateObject XSIFactory.CreateObjectFromPreset SIObject.NestedObjects