Figures and Props

Bolt

Hello,

In the Daz Studio FBX exporter, I see that it distinguishes between Figures and Props.  Just out of curiosity, what specific information is it using to identify a prop?  Is there a specific node class for props, or is the FBX exporter simply saying, everything that isn't a Figure, must be a prop?

 

 

Richard Haseltine

I believe it's the latter - a figure has bone, a prop is just a static object.

Bolt

Richard Haseltine said:

I believe it's the latter - a figure has bone, a prop is just a static object.

That must be so.  I know I can do this to filter out all figures:

 

 if(node->inherits("DzFigure")) { ... }

 

but nothing specific like that for props.

GenerationX

Maybe you can do somthing like this...  Just add all filters, DzLight DzCameraif( node->inherits("DzFigure") || node->inherits("DzSkeleton") ) {} else {//It must be prop!}

Richard Haseltine

GenerationX said:

Maybe you can do somthing like this...  Just add all filters, DzLight DzCameraif( node->inherits("DzFigure") || node->inherits("DzSkeleton") ) {} else {//It must be prop!}

Sorry, I didn't realise which forum this was in and thought it was a geenral question. I thought DzSkeleton was all that you needed to test to identify a figure, but not everything that isn't a derivative of that will be a prop - at the very least you need to check to see if the node has geometry and isn't a figure.

rbtwhiz

C++ : (FYI, qobject_cast<> is faster than ->inherits(); i.e., pointer compare vs string compare. qobject_cast<> also gives you a pointer of the correct type so you can begin calling methods on that class, whereas ->inherits() is typically followed by static_cast<>)

DzNode *node = dzScene->getPrimarySelection();if( DzSkeleton *skeleton = qobject_cast<DzSkeleton*>(node) ){	if( DzFigure *figure = qobject_cast<DzFigure*>(node) )	{		// node is a weight mapped figure...	}	else if( DzLegacyFigure *legacyFig = qobject_cast<DzLegacyFigure*>(node) )	{		// node is a parametric figure...	}}else if( DzBone *bone = qobject_cast<DzBone*>(node) ){	// node is part of a figure...}else if( node ){	if( DzObject *object = node->getObject() )	{		// node is a prop...	}	else	{		// node is a geometry-less avatar/helper of some sort...	}}

 

Daz Script : (no casting, .inherits() and/or .className() are what you've got)

var oNode = Scene.getPrimarySelection();if( oNode && oNode.inherits("DzSkeleton") ){	if( oNode.inherits("DzFigure") ){		print( "node is a weight mapped figure" );	} else if( oNode.inherits("DzLegacyFigure") ){		print( "node is a parametric figure" );	}} else if( oNode && oNode.inherits("DzBone") ){	print( "node is part of a figure" );} else if( oNode && oNode.getObject() ){	print( "node is a prop" );} else if( oNode ){	print( "node is a geometry-less avatar/helper of some sort :", oNode.className() );}

 

-Rob

Bolt

Thanks for the post!  Very informative.