Hi Guys,
just FYI…it would be great for scripting if you could return the nodeName of a newly created RenderElement…i just hacked your mel…its just some minor changes…maybe you could implement it in the next releases…
// $index is the index in the vrayRenderElementsNames and vrayRenderElementsLabels arrays
global proc string vrayAddRenderElementImpl(int $ind) {
global string $vrayRenderElementsNames[];
global string $vrayRenderElementsLabels[];
string $node;
if ($vrayRenderElementsNames[$ind]=="LightSelectElement") $node=`createNode VRayRenderElementSet`;
else $node = `createNode VRayRenderElement`;
string $newName = "vrayRE_" + $vrayRenderElementsLabels[$ind];
// Maya would do this automatically, but produces some warnings.
$newName = `substituteAllString $newName " " "_"`;
$newName = `substituteAllString $newName "-" "_"`;
$node = `rename $node $newName`;
string $endingNum;
if (size($node) != size($newName)) $endingNum = `match "[0-9]*$" $node`;
addAttr -ln "vrayClassType" -dt "string" $node;
setAttr -type "string" ($node+".vrayClassType") $vrayRenderElementsNames[$ind];
addAttr -ln "enabled" -keyable true -at "bool" -dv 1 $node;
int $j;
for ($j = 0;; $j++) {
string $buffer[] = `vray getAHint "RenderElement" $vrayRenderElementsNames[$ind] ("attribute_" + $j)`;
string $attrName = $buffer[0];
if (size($attrName) == 0) break;
vrayAddAttr($node, $attrName);
// If we have more than one RE of the same type - change the suffix so that different output files are created.
$buffer = `vray getAHint "RenderElementAttribute" $attrName "vray_parameter"`;
string $vray_parameter = $buffer[0];
if ($vray_parameter == "name" && $endingNum != "" &&
$vrayRenderElementsNames[$ind] != "ExtraTexElement" && $vrayRenderElementsNames[$ind] != "MaterialSelectElement") {
string $currentVal = `getAttr ($node+"."+$attrName)`;
setAttr -type "string" ($node+"."+$attrName) ($currentVal+$endingNum);
}
}
[B] return $node;[/B]
}
global proc string vrayAddRenderElement(string $renderElementName) {
global string $vrayRenderElementsNames[];
// Make sure the global arrays with the elements names/labels have been loaded, as the UI may not have been created yet
vrayLoadRenderElementsGlobalArrays();
[B]string $node;[/B]
// Find the location of $renderElementName in the $vrayRenderElementsNames array
for ($i=0; $i<size($vrayRenderElementsNames); $i++) {
if ($vrayRenderElementsNames[$i]==$renderElementName) {
[B]$node=[/B]vrayAddRenderElementImpl($i);
updateListExistingElements(1);
return [B]$node[/B];
}
}
warning("Render element with name " + $renderElementName + " not found !");
}
