technical question to morph controllers and x/y/z translates of primitives

cosmo71

hello,

I have a question to morph controllers and x/y/z translates of primitives.

Is it possible to connect one of the translates of a primitive to a morph of a figure?

an example (really just an example just to show what I mean):

I have a bottle with morphs (wider,higher,deeper) and to fill the bottle I put a cylinder in it and parent the cylinder to the bottle.

I don`t scale the bottle via translates I use the morphs but the cylinder doesn`t change, so is it possible in some way to connect the translates of the cylinder (x/y/z) with the morphs of the bottle?

Richard Haseltine

Yes, but you need to use a script to set it up.

cosmo71

Richard Haseltine said:

Yes, but you need to use a script to set it up.

okay, thanks first but...

I am programming at work sometimes but not in scripts and in a different programing language, so I have no clue what I have to program or how such a script should look like :blank:

Richard Haseltine

This assumes you pass two nodes, first the one you want to have the ERC-controlled property, then the one you ant to be the controller, each followed by the name of the property that you want to use as a string. Then type is the name of the ERC type from DzERCLink (see script docs), multiplier and addend are the numbers that adjust the link.

function AddERCLink ( controlledNode , controlledChannel , 
                    controlNode , controlChannel , type , multiplier , addend ) {
    
    if ( controlNode && controlledNode ) {
 // Get the master control
 var masterProperty = null;
 masterProperty = findMorphProperty( controlNode , controlChannel );
    
 // Get the slave control
 var slaveProperty = null;
 slaveProperty = findMorphProperty( controlledNode , controlledChannel );
 
 if ( masterProperty && slaveProperty ) {
     var ERCLink = new DzERCLink( type , multiplier , addend );
     if ( ERCLink ) {
  ERCLink.setProperty( masterProperty );
  slaveProperty.insertController( ERCLink );
     }
 }
    }
}

cosmo71

Richard Haseltine said:

This assumes you pass two nodes, first the one you want to have the ERC-controlled property, then the one you ant to be the controller, each followed by the name of the property that you want to use as a string. Then type is the name of the ERC type from DzERCLink (see script docs), multiplier and addend are the numbers that adjust the link.

function AddERCLink ( controlledNode , controlledChannel , 
                    controlNode , controlChannel , type , multiplier , addend ) {
    
    if ( controlNode && controlledNode ) {
 // Get the master control
 var masterProperty = null;
 masterProperty = findMorphProperty( controlNode , controlChannel );
    
 // Get the slave control
 var slaveProperty = null;
 slaveProperty = findMorphProperty( controlledNode , controlledChannel );
 
 if ( masterProperty && slaveProperty ) {
     var ERCLink = new DzERCLink( type , multiplier , addend );
     if ( ERCLink ) {
  ERCLink.setProperty( masterProperty );
  slaveProperty.insertController( ERCLink );
     }
 }
    }
}

but I do need to have a software or software update/plug in or something like that, right? it is not possible to write a script with the standard daz studio 3 or studio 4 pro version, right?

Richard Haseltine

Sorry, I tried replying earlier and the forum kept insisting I was logged out. If you are reading this it was more cooperative this time.

No, you don't need a separate tool to write scripts - any text editor will do the job, though DS4.5 does have an integrated IDE again (and DS3 had an IDE and docs in the Scripting Development Kit).

cosmo71

Richard Haseltine said:

Sorry, I tried replying earlier and the forum kept insisting I was logged out. If you are reading this it was more cooperative this time.

No, you don't need a separate tool to write scripts - any text editor will do the job, though DS4.5 does have an integrated IDE again (and DS3 had an IDE and docs in the Scripting Development Kit).

no problem ;-) it is nothing that can`t wait :)

thanks for the help and I will try it and maybe I can get it work :)