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# CDK Object Reference

The Character Development Kit (CDK) is a set of Softimage Scripting Commands that return special JScript objects. Each object provides access to various components and related scene objects via its properties. For example:

    // Set up the guide collection containing the shoulder, elbow and hand
    var guidecoll = new ActiveXObject("XSI.Collection");
    guidecoll.Add( GetPrim("Null", "ShoulderGuide") );
    guidecoll.Add( GetPrim("Null", "ElbowGuide") );
    guidecoll.Add( GetPrim("Null", "HandGuide") );

    var lXfm = guidecoll(0).Kinematics.Global.Transform
    lXfm.SetTranslationFromValues( 0, 0, 0 );
    guidecoll(0).Kinematics.Global.Transform = lXfm;

    lXfm.SetTranslationFromValues( 4, 0, -2 );
    guidecoll(1).Kinematics.Global.Transform = lXfm;

    lXfm.SetTranslationFromValues( 8, 0, 0 );
    guidecoll(2).Kinematics.Global.Transform = lXfm;

    // Create the arm, getting the pointer to it from the command
    var RArmParent = GetPrim( "Null", "RArmParent" );
    var RArm = MakeArm( RArmParent, guidecoll, "R", null, 0, 0, 0, null, null, 0 );

    // Among other things, the custom Arm object gives you access to the parent of
    // the UpVector, a Skeleton collection of arm chain elements, the Bicep roll
    Application.LogMessage( "UpVector parent: " + RArm.UpVParent.Name );
    var eSkel = new Enumerator( RArm.Skel );
    Application.LogMessage( "Skeleton collection contains: " );
    for ( ; !eSkel.atEnd(); eSkel.moveNext() ) {
    	Application.LogMessage( "\t" + eSkel.item().Name );
    }
    Application.LogMessage( "BicepRoll: " + RArm.UpV.Name );

    // Output:
    // INFO : UpVector parent: RRoot
    // INFO : Skeleton collection contains:
    // INFO : 	RRoot
    // INFO : 	RBicep
    // INFO : 	RForearm
    // INFO : 	RArmEff
    // INFO : BicepRoll: RArmUpV

This section provides the reference documentation for the following CDK objects:

Object | Available via
--- | ---
Biped | MakeBiped command
Quadruped | MakeQuadruped command
Head | MakeHead command Biped.Head property Quadruped.Head property
Arm | MakeArm command Biped.RArm property Biped.LArm property
Hand | MakeHand command Biped.RHand property Biped.LHand property
Belly | MakeBelly command Biped.Belly property Quadruped.Belly property
Spine | MakeSpine command Biped.SpineCurve property Quadruped.SpineCurve property
Torso | MakeTorso command Biped.Torso property Quadruped.Torso property
Tail | MakeTail command Biped.Tail property Quadruped.Tail property Torso.Tail property
Leg | MakeLeg command Biped.RLeg property Biped.LLeg property Quadruped.RLeg property Quadruped.LLeg property
DogLeg | MakeDogLeg command Quadruped.RDogLeg property Quadruped.LDogLeg property
Foot | MakeFoot command Biped.RFoot property Biped.LFoot property Quadruped.RFoot property Quadruped.LFoot property
Joint | MakeJointCompression command Biped.RElbow property Biped.RKnee property Biped.LElbow property Biped.LKnee property
Shadow | MakeShadowChain command MakeShadowSpine command
BicepRoll | MakeBicepRoll command Arm.BicepRoll property Leg.ThighRoll property
ForeArmRoll | MakeForearmRoll command Arm.ForeArmRoll property
ControlSpline | MakeControlSplines command
PointSlide | Make2PointSlide command Biped.RHip property Biped.LHip property Biped.RBellySlide property Biped.LBellySlide property
ThighSlide | MakeThighSlide command Biped.RThigh property Biped.LThigh property
UI | Biped.UI property Quadruped.UI property

#### Topics in this section

- Biped
- Quadruped
- Head
- Arm
- Hand
- Belly
- Spine
- Torso
- Tail
- Leg
- DogLeg
- Foot
- Joint
- Shadow
- BicepRoll
- ForeArmRoll
- ControlSpline
- PointSlide
- ThighSlide
- UI