IDs and information for Tmetaball

Tmetaball

Attributes

• ENGLISH NAME : MetaballTag
• NAME : Tmetaball
• INCLUDE : Tbase
• PATH : c4dplugin/description/tmetaball.res
• PLUGIN : c4dplugin
• MAXON online help (may not exist): TMETABALL

Elements

ID	UI Name	Type	Parameters	Cycle
METABALLTAG_NEGATIVE	NegativeInfluence	BOOL
METABALLTAG_STRENGTH	Strength	REAL	UNIT PERCENT MIN 0.0 MAX 10000.0
METABALLTAG_RADIUS	Radius	REAL	UNIT METER MIN 0.0
METABALLTAG_TYPE	Type	LONG		METABALLTAG_TYPE_SPHERE Sphere METABALLTAG_TYPE_LINE Line METABALLTAG_TYPE_TRIANGLE Triangle
METABALLTAG_SOLID	Solid	BOOL

Example Code

The following code does not use the correct values when setting the data. You should check directly in C4D for the correct values that you should use in place of the ones that are shown. This code is just to show you how to access the values for getting and setting the parameters.

Python

import c4d
from c4d import gui
def main():
    obj = c4d.BaseObject(c4d.Osphere)
    tag = obj.MakeTag(c4d.Tmetaball)
    doc.InsertObject(obj)
    c4d.EventAdd(c4d.EVENT_FORCEREDRAW)
    
    #You can set parameters two different ways. 
    #First way              
    tag[c4d.METABALLTAG_NEGATIVE] = True
    tag[c4d.METABALLTAG_STRENGTH] = 0.1
    tag[c4d.METABALLTAG_RADIUS] = 0.1
    tag[c4d.METABALLTAG_TYPE] = c4d.METABALLTAG_TYPE_SPHERE
    tag[c4d.METABALLTAG_SOLID] = True
    
    #Second way, using the base container.
    bc = tag.GetDataInstance()
    bc.SetBool(c4d.METABALLTAG_NEGATIVE,True)
    bc.SetFloat(c4d.METABALLTAG_STRENGTH,0.1)
    bc.SetFloat(c4d.METABALLTAG_RADIUS,0.1)
    bc.SetInt32(c4d.METABALLTAG_TYPE,c4d.METABALLTAG_TYPE_SPHERE)
    bc.SetBool(c4d.METABALLTAG_SOLID,True)

if __name__=='__main__':
    main()
             

C++

#include "c4d.h"
#include "../c4dplugin/description/tmetaball.h"
void SampleFunction()
{
    BaseDocument *pDoc = GetActiveDocument();
    BaseObject *pObject = BaseObject::Alloc(Osphere);
    pDoc->InsertObject(pObject);
    pDoc->StartUndo();
    pDoc->AddUndo(UNDOTYPE_NEW,pObject);
    pDoc->EndUndo();
    pDoc->StartUndo();
    BaseTag *pTag = pObject->MakeTag(Tmetaball);
    pDoc->AddUndo(UNDOTYPE_NEW,pTag);
    pDoc->EndUndo();
    pObject->Message(MSG_UPDATE);
    
    //You can set parameters two different ways. 

    //First way              
    //Some objects do not store all their data in the container. You need to use GetParameter()/SetParameter() instead. 

    DESCFLAGS_SET flags = DESCFLAGS_SET_PARAM_SET;
    pTag->SetParameter(DescID(METABALLTAG_NEGATIVE),GeData(true),flags);
    pTag->SetParameter(DescID(METABALLTAG_STRENGTH),GeData(0.1),flags);
    pTag->SetParameter(DescID(METABALLTAG_RADIUS),GeData(0.1),flags);
    pTag->SetParameter(DescID(METABALLTAG_TYPE),GeData(METABALLTAG_TYPE_SPHERE),flags);
    pTag->SetParameter(DescID(METABALLTAG_SOLID),GeData(true),flags);
    pTag->Message(MSG_UPDATE);            

    //Second way, using the base container.
    BaseContainer *bc =     pTag->GetDataInstance();
    bc->SetBool(METABALLTAG_NEGATIVE,true);
    bc->SetFloat(METABALLTAG_STRENGTH,0.1);
    bc->SetFloat(METABALLTAG_RADIUS,0.1);
    bc->SetInt32(METABALLTAG_TYPE,METABALLTAG_TYPE_SPHERE);
    bc->SetBool(METABALLTAG_SOLID,true);
    pTag->Message(MSG_UPDATE);                                                      
}