public void buildControlPoints(MDataBlock datablock, int count)
//
// Description
//
// Check the controlPoints array. If there is input history
// then we will use this array to store tweaks (vertex movements).
//
{
MArrayDataHandle cpH = datablock.outputArrayValue( mControlPoints );
MArrayDataBuilder oldBuilder = cpH.builder();
if ( count != (int)oldBuilder.elementCount )
{
// Make and set the new builder based on the
// info from the old builder.
MArrayDataBuilder builder = new MArrayDataBuilder( oldBuilder );
cpH.set( builder );
}
cpH.setAllClean();
}
//
// Description
//
// Check the controlPoints array. If there is input history
// then we will use this array to store tweaks (vertex movements).
//
public void buildControlPoints(MDataBlock datablock, int count)
{
MArrayDataHandle cpH = datablock.outputArrayValue( mControlPoints );
MArrayDataBuilder oldBuilder = cpH.builder();
if ( count != (int)oldBuilder.elementCount )
{
// Make and set the new builder based on the
// info from the old builder.
MArrayDataBuilder builder = new MArrayDataBuilder( oldBuilder );
cpH.set( builder );
}
cpH.setAllClean();
}
public override bool compute(MPlug plug, MDataBlock dataBlock)
//
// Descriptions:
// compute output force.
//
{
if (plug.notEqual(mOutputForce))
{
return(false);
}
// get the logical index of the element this plug refers to.
//
uint multiIndex = plug.logicalIndex;
// Get input data handle, use outputArrayValue since we do not
// want to evaluate both inputs, only the one related to the
// requested multiIndex. Evaluating both inputs at once would cause
// a dependency graph loop.
MArrayDataHandle hInputArray = dataBlock.outputArrayValue(mInputData);
hInputArray.jumpToElement(multiIndex);
// get children of aInputData.
MDataHandle hCompond = hInputArray.inputValue();
MDataHandle hPosition = hCompond.child(mInputPositions);
MObject dPosition = hPosition.data();
MFnVectorArrayData fnPosition = new MFnVectorArrayData(dPosition);
MVectorArray points = fnPosition.array();
// The attribute mInputPPData contains the attribute in an array form
// prepared by the particleShape if the particleShape has per particle
// attribute fieldName_attrName.
//
// Suppose a field with the name dynExprField1 is connecting to
// particleShape1, and the particleShape1 has per particle float attribute
// dynExprField1_magnitude and vector attribute dynExprField1_direction,
// then hInputPPArray will contains a MdoubleArray with the corresponding
// name "magnitude" and a MvectorArray with the name "direction". This
// is a mechanism to allow the field attributes being driven by dynamic
// expression.
MArrayDataHandle mhInputPPData = dataBlock.inputArrayValue(mInputPPData);
mhInputPPData.jumpToElement(multiIndex);
MDataHandle hInputPPData = mhInputPPData.inputValue();
MObject dInputPPData = hInputPPData.data();
MFnArrayAttrsData inputPPArray = new MFnArrayAttrsData(dInputPPData);
MDataHandle hOwnerPPData = dataBlock.inputValue(mOwnerPPData);
MObject dOwnerPPData = hOwnerPPData.data();
MFnArrayAttrsData ownerPPArray = new MFnArrayAttrsData(dOwnerPPData);
string magString = "magnitude";
MFnArrayAttrsData.Type doubleType = MFnArrayAttrsData.Type.kDoubleArray;
bool arrayExist;
MDoubleArray magnitudeArray;
arrayExist = inputPPArray.checkArrayExist(magString, out doubleType);
if (arrayExist)
{
magnitudeArray = inputPPArray.getDoubleData(magString);
}
else
{
magnitudeArray = new MDoubleArray();
}
MDoubleArray magnitudeOwnerArray;
arrayExist = ownerPPArray.checkArrayExist(magString, out doubleType);
if (arrayExist)
{
magnitudeOwnerArray = ownerPPArray.getDoubleData(magString);
}
else
{
magnitudeOwnerArray = new MDoubleArray();
}
string dirString = "direction";
MFnArrayAttrsData.Type vectorType = MFnArrayAttrsData.Type.kVectorArray;
MVectorArray directionArray;
arrayExist = inputPPArray.checkArrayExist(dirString, out vectorType);
if (arrayExist)
{
directionArray = inputPPArray.getVectorData(dirString);
}
else
{
directionArray = new MVectorArray();
}
MVectorArray directionOwnerArray;
arrayExist = ownerPPArray.checkArrayExist(dirString, out vectorType);
if (arrayExist)
{
directionOwnerArray = ownerPPArray.getVectorData(dirString);
}
else
{
directionOwnerArray = new MVectorArray();
}
// Compute the output force.
//
MVectorArray forceArray = new MVectorArray();
apply(dataBlock, points.length, magnitudeArray, magnitudeOwnerArray,
directionArray, directionOwnerArray, forceArray);
// get output data handle
//
MArrayDataHandle hOutArray = dataBlock.outputArrayValue(mOutputForce);
MArrayDataBuilder bOutArray = hOutArray.builder();
// get output force array from block.
//
MDataHandle hOut = bOutArray.addElement(multiIndex);
MFnVectorArrayData fnOutputForce = new MFnVectorArrayData();
MObject dOutputForce = fnOutputForce.create(forceArray);
// update data block with new output force data.
//
hOut.set(dOutputForce);
dataBlock.setClean(plug);
return(true);
}
