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Hello,

I’ve written a script which load a material preset. it’s quite easy to do it with a material preset DSA file.

But since the DSA are deprecated, I would like to use the new DUF format.

But I don’t know how to parse it.

How can I load a material preset DUF file in a script?

best regards,

Sylvain

App.getContentMgr().openNativeFile( presetName, true );

How would you actually save a native file, i.e. save a .duf?

Draft versions of the DS4 ‘Save a Material(s) Preset’ and ‘Save a Shader Preset’ script samples are up.

Edit: sorry, those samples are still for writing DSA files!

Yes, but it’s quite straightforward to convert those into SDK.

I’m wondering how to detect if a DzNode DzProperty is a standard one (rotate,translate,scale etc.) or is a morph. I’m sure there must be a way…

EDIT: probably something like DzProperty->inherits(“Dzsomething”)...

In a script, DzProperty.hasControllers() wil tell you if a property is a slave. I’m not sure there’s a simple way of telling if it’s a master though.

Richard Haseltine - 17 September 2012 02:10 PM

In a script, DzProperty.hasControllers() wil tell you if a property is a slave. I’m not sure there’s a simple way of telling if it’s a master though.

Thanks Richard, that worked just fine.

Take a look at this example.

Replace the main loop with the following:

-Rob

3dcheapskate - 17 September 2012 10:41 AM

Draft versions of the DS4 ‘Save a Material(s) Preset’ and ‘Save a Shader Preset’ script samples are up.

Edit: sorry, those samples are still for writing DSA files!

You were right the first time… The DzAssetIOFilter subclasses are for writing DSON format files. The DzSaveFilter subclasses are for writing DAZ Script based presets, but were never fully exposed to the script API and are now deprecated.

-Rob

I’m trying to convert the .dsa as kindly provided by Rob, but I’ve some troubles.

The .dsa getGroupProperties is this:

function getGroupProperties( oGroup, bTraverse, bRecurse )
  {
    // Declare an array to hold properties
    var aProperties = [];
   
    // If a group isn’t passed in
    if( !oGroup ){
    // We’re done, return an empty array
    return aProperties;
    // If a group is passed in
    } else {
    // Get the number of proeprties in the group
    var nProperties = oGroup.getNumProperties();
    // Pre-size the properties array
    aProperties = new Array( nProperties );
    // Iterate over the properties, setting each element in the array
    for( var i = 0; i < nProperties; i += 1 ){
    aProperties[ i ] = oGroup.getProperty( i );
    }
   
    // If we are recursing
    if( bRecurse ){
    // Concatenate the properties array from child groups
    aProperties = aProperties.concat( getGroupProperties( oGroup.getFirstChild(), bTraverse, bRecurse ) );
    }
   
    // If we are traversing
    if( bTraverse ){
    // Concatenate the properties array from sibling groups
    aProperties = aProperties.concat( getGroupProperties( oGroup.getNextSibling(), bTraverse, bRecurse ) );
    }
    }
   
    // Return the array of properties
    return aProperties;
  }

I tried to convert it into a SDK function and used the DzTArray to return group properties. However, I get errors in the highlighted lines (concat and GetFirstChild do not exist in SDK). Any chance to get some help? Thanks.

DzTArray<DzProperty> getGroupProperties( DzNode *oGroup, bool bTraverse, bool bRecurse )
{
    // Declare an array to hold properties
    DzTArray<DzProperty> aProperties;
 
  // If a group isn’t passed in
  if( !oGroup ){
      // We’re done, return an empty array
      return aProperties;
    // If a group is passed in
  } else {
      // Get the number of proeprties in the group
      int nProperties = oGroup->getNumProperties();
      // Pre-size the properties array
      aProperties = DzTArray<DzProperty> (nProperties) ;
      // Iterate over the properties, setting each element in the array
      for( int i = 0; i < nProperties; i += 1 ){
        aProperties = *oGroup->getProperty(i);
      }
     
      // If we are recursing
      if( bRecurse ){
        // Concatenate the properties array from child groups
        aProperties = aProperties.concat( getGroupProperties( oGroup->getFirstChild(), bTraverse, bRecurse ) );
      }
     
      // If we are traversing
      if( bTraverse ){
        // Concatenate the properties array from sibling groups
        aProperties = aProperties->concat( getGroupProperties( oGroup->getNextSibling(), bTraverse, bRecurse ) );
      }
  }
 
  // Return the array of properties
  return aProperties;
}

I also would like to ask something that confuses me.

In the example above, DzProperty->name() returns the expected name if it’s a DzModifier/Pose.
In the case it’s a DzModifier/Shape, the name() returned is always “Value”, while I’d expect to return the controller name, such as “FBMBasicFemale” for the Genesis Female Modifier/Shape.
Am I wrong?

Should you perhaps get the value channel and then the name of that?

The oGroup argument should be a DzPropertyGroup pointer, not a DzNode pointer.

If the owner of a property inherits DzMorph, get the name of the modifier… not the name of the valueChannel (which will be named “Value”), that is used to apply the morph.

-Rob

rbtwhiz - 18 September 2012 07:53 AM

The oGroup argument should be a DzPropertyGroup pointer, not a DzNode pointer.

If the owner of a property inherits DzMorph, get the name of the modifier… not the name of the valueChannel (which will be named “Value”), that is used to apply the morph.

-Rob

Thanks Rob, I think I finally have a clear idea of how all those properties are linked…