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1. Re: [MEL Script] Getting the new component IDs after editing a geometry.

   

   

   Reply by Falxo · Mar 2019 · Home› Coding, Scripting, Shaders

   @poopipe The method mentioned does work for figuring out which components are the same or not by comparing:* Position * Area * UV position * UV area * Neighbouring components * Component colour (if any) The actual ID of the components is not used to figure out and match them. The ones that cannot be matched between the…

2. [MEL Script] Getting the new component IDs after editing a geometry.

   

   Topic by Falxo · Mar 2019 · Home› Coding, Scripting, Shaders

   Is there a simple way of getting the new component IDs after performing any poly-edit action on a mesh via MEL? For example, after performing a "polyExtrudeFacet" on a specified mesh, how would you go about getting the component IDs of those new faces surrounding the extruded face?Or if you perform a "polyChamferVtx" how…

3. Re: [MEL Script] Getting the new component IDs after editing a geometry.

   

   Reply by onionhead_o · Mar 2019 · Home› Coding, Scripting, Shaders

   im trying to figure this out as well. but from what i can tell it usually keeps the original ids and only adds ontop meaning if the original faces were polyMesh.f[0:6], the new face will polyMesh.f[7]. You can use polyEvaluate to test. Also might have to look into using scriptJob to catch the newly created faces. I might…

4. Re: [MEL Script] Getting the new component IDs after editing a geometry.

   

   Reply by poopipe · Mar 2019 · Home› Coding, Scripting, Shaders

   mesh edits alter component order immediately so that comparison wouldn't work . Does the tweak node (or equivalent) contain that sort of information ?