Name of Ring/Loop Spinners (3ds Max)?

Playdo

What are the names of the spinner tools next to Ring/Loop in Edit Poly - Edge - Selection? They seem to be called Ring Shift/Loop Shift in Max Help, but I can't find them anywhere in the Customise UI tools.

r_fletch_r

In max script the are

setLoopShift
setRingShift

if you press the button it will appear in the listener

for Rings

$.setRingShift -1 true false

or

$.setRingShift +1 true false

if you drag any of these commands onto the main toolbar it will create a new button and an entry under 'drag and drop' in the customise UI menu.

the macros are not named clearly but you can right click them and view the source.

Playdo

Hi Rob,

That's a useful trick to find out the name of the tools. When I open the MAXScript Listener, I get:

$.setRingShift (and then a number depending on the edge loop and true/false). How would this be turned into an up/down spinner, as it varies?

r_fletch_r

what exactly do you want to do? If its bind them to hotkeys or create a custom UI buttons for them then look to my last post (i ninja edited it )

executing the commands with -1 or +1 one will move it 1 loop or ring. increasing that number just makes the jump bigger.

In Script
Off the top of my head I'd use the spinners 'changed' event handler. store a global of the last spinner value and compare it. if its less then do a minus shift. if its greater then do a positive shift.


so..

lastVal = 0

rollout test "test"
(
spinner test_loop "TEST" range:[-1000,1000,0] type:#integer fieldwidth:0



on test_loop changed arg inSpin do
(
if inSpin then
(
if arg > lastVal then
(
$.setLoopShift 1 true false
lastVal = test_loop.value
)
else
(
$.setLoopShift -1 true false
lastVal = test_loop.value
)
)
)
)
createDialog test
)

Playdo

Ok, thanks for that Ninja. I'll give it a go in the morning.

I'm re-arranging my ribbon + trying to put those loop and ring tools in there.

r_fletch_r

im slowly putting all the ribbon functions I use into a Quad. the ribbon must have a memory leak. after a few hours my comp grinds to a halt if the ribbons open

Playdo

Don't tell me that. I've just spent hours sorting the ribbon out .