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NestShaders

Introduced

7.0

Description

Nests shaders under a shader container (compound or material).

Scripting Syntax

NestShaders( InputObjs, ShaderContainer )

Parameters

Examples

JScript Example

/*
   This example demonstrates how to use the NestShaders command.
*/

NewScene(null, false);
CreatePrim("Sphere", "MeshSurface", null, null);

// Create a Shader Compound Containing Phong
CreateShaderCompound("Sources.Materials.DefaultLib.Scene_Material.Phong", null);

// Create 2 shaders under the material
CreateShaderFromPreset("Shaders\\Texture\\Cell.Preset", "Sources.Materials.DefaultLib.Scene_Material", null);
CreateShaderFromPreset("Shaders\\Texture\\Checkerboard.Preset", "Sources.Materials.DefaultLib.Scene_Material", null);

// Nest both shaders under the shader compound
var shadersToNest = "Sources.Materials.DefaultLib.Scene_Material.Cell,Sources.Materials.DefaultLib.Scene_Material.CheckerBoard";
NestShaders( shadersToNest, "Sources.Materials.DefaultLib.Scene_Material.ShaderCompound" );

// Unnest one shader from the shader compound. At this point the shader does not 
// have a parent; you should always renest it under a container.
var shadersToUnnest = "Sources.Materials.DefaultLib.Scene_Material.ShaderCompound.Cell";
UnnestShaders( shadersToUnnest , "Sources.Materials.DefaultLib.Scene_Material" );

// Renesting under the material.
NestShaders( shadersToUnnest , "Sources.Materials.DefaultLib.Scene_Material" );

See Also

Autodesk Softimage v7.5     <     >