Light Filter
This example shows how to implement a custom filter as a self-installing plug-in that handles light objects. The Light filter plug-in is installed when the example workgroup is installed and automatically added to the filter menu of the Scene Explorer view. The light filter plug-in provides two filters: LightOnFilter and LightOffFilter. When the LightOnFilter is the active selection filter, the Scene Explorer will only display the light objects that have the intensity parameter value > 0. When the LightOffFilter is the active selection filter, the Scene Explorer will only display the light objects that have the intensity parameter value set to 0.
Example Files
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lightfilter.js
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Running the Example
To install the example
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Connect to the Softimage SDK workgroup at %XSISDK_ROOT%\examples\workgroup.
- In the Plug-in Manager, click the Workgroups tab.
- Click File and then click Connect.
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In the Connect to Workgroup dialog box, click
,
locate the workgroup folder and then click Select.
To view the help page for an example
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Do one of the following:
- In the Plug-in Tree, expand the SDK examples workgroup, right-click the example add-on and then click Help.
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Open a Net View and click
to go to Softimage Net local. In the top navigation bar, click add-ons,
and then click the SDK example add-on.
To run the example
- Create some light objects and set their intensity to 0.
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Open the Scene Explorer view , click
to display the contextual menu and click the Custom Filters item
to list the custom filters . -
In the list of filters, click LightOffFilter.
All lights with the intensity parameter value set to 0 should be displayed in the Scene Explorer.
Keywords
This example uses the following keywords:
JScript, RegisterFilter, siFilter3DObject, Light, IsClassOf, siLightID, Match, Context, GetAttribute, Input, Shaders.