joconnell Posted August 30, 2016 Report Share Posted August 30, 2016 Heya Folks! I've got a job with lots of growfx trees that have lots of paths in them. Is it possible to get maxscript access to the wind object "pick" button so that I can loop through all the trees and branches and set a single wind? In future it'd be great to have some kind of spreadsheet editor to be able to mass add modifiers and change their parameters - on more complex trees the display update can be a bit slow when changing between them all! Cheers! John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eduard Posted August 30, 2016 Report Share Posted August 30, 2016 Hi John, Ok, we've added this feature. And you can use the following command: <wind_modifier>.SetWind <wind_node> For example, select the wind object and run this code: mywind = $ Then select growfx object and run this code: $.Path_01.Wind_01.SetWind mywind Or like this: mywindmodifier = $.getAfterMeshModifier 1 1 mywindmodifier.SetWind mywind I think soon you'll be able to download the update Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joconnell Posted August 30, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2016 Yikes that was fast! Much appreciated Eduard, really enjoying the software! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3DMK Posted September 1, 2016 Report Share Posted September 1, 2016 Heya Folks! I've got a job with lots of growfx trees that have lots of paths in them. Is it possible to get maxscript access to the wind object "pick" button so that I can loop through all the trees and branches and set a single wind? In future it'd be great to have some kind of spreadsheet editor to be able to mass add modifiers and change their parameters - on more complex trees the display update can be a bit slow when changing between them all! Cheers! John You will find that you still need to adjust the wind to suit each tree part [Trunk,branch,twigs,leaves], as achieving a good wind setting for your tree requires adjusting the wind setting for each different part. If you have a look at trees in nature you will see that the different elements of a tree move differently in the wind. EG The trunk only move a little, the first branch a bit more and twigs moving a lot, etc etc. The wind settings really rely on the length of the path so you will need different wind settings for different length paths. Hope this helps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joconnell Posted September 1, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2016 Heya! Yep, you're right on that. What I'm getting in some cases though is library trees being merged in from different files so it's handy to be able to relink them. I'm going to have a look at some of the dot net maxscript bits so maybe we could have a floating panel that'll show and allow you to set parameter without having to browse through the paths individually. Fun things! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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