MStatus lrutils::getMetaChildByName(MObject metaNodeObj, MString name, MObject& metaChildObj) {
MStatus status = MS::kFailure;
MFnDependencyNode metaNodeFn( metaNodeObj );
MPlug metaChildrenPlug = metaNodeFn.findPlug( "metaChildren", true, &status );
MyCheckStatusReturn(status, "MFnDependencyNode.findPlug() failed");
//follow the plug connection to the connected plug on the other object
MPlugArray connectedChildPlugs;
metaChildrenPlug.connectedTo(connectedChildPlugs,false,true,&status);
MyCheckStatusReturn(status,"MPlug.connectedTo() failed");
for (unsigned int i = 0; i < connectedChildPlugs.length(); i++) {
MPlug connectedPlug = connectedChildPlugs[i];
MObject connectedNodeObj = connectedPlug.node(&status);
MyCheckStatusReturn(status, "MPlug.node() failed");
MFnDependencyNode connectedNodeFn( connectedNodeObj );
MString connectedNodeName = connectedNodeFn.name();
int index = connectedNodeName.indexW( name );
if( index != -1 ) {
metaChildObj = connectedNodeObj;
status = MS::kSuccess;
break;
}
}
return status;
}
MStatus lrutils::getMetaChildByRigId(MObject metaNodeObj, MString rigId, MObject& metaChildObj) {
MStatus status = MS::kFailure;
MFnDependencyNode metaNodeFn( metaNodeObj );
MPlug metaChildrenPlug = metaNodeFn.findPlug( "metaChildren", true, &status );
MyCheckStatusReturn(status, "MFnDependencyNode.findPlug() failed");
//follow the plug connection to the connected plug on the other object
MPlugArray connectedChildPlugs;
metaChildrenPlug.connectedTo(connectedChildPlugs,false,true,&status);
MyCheckStatusReturn(status,"MPlug.connectedTo() failed");
for (unsigned int i = 0; i < connectedChildPlugs.length(); i++) {
MPlug connectedPlug = connectedChildPlugs[i];
MObject connectedNodeObj = connectedPlug.node(&status);
MyCheckStatusReturn(status, "MPlug.node() failed");
MFnDependencyNode connectedNodeFn( connectedNodeObj );
//get the rigId number held in the rigId attribute
MPlug rigIdPlug = connectedNodeFn.findPlug(MString("rigId"),true,&status);
MyCheckStatusReturn(status,"findPlug failed");
MString childRigId;
rigIdPlug.getValue(childRigId);
//if rigId is in childRigId then return the object
if( childRigId.indexW(rigId) != -1 ) {
metaChildObj = connectedNodeObj;
status = MS::kSuccess;
break;
}
}
return status;
}
MStatus lrutils::stringReplaceAll(MString &source, MString search, MString replace) {
MStatus status = MS::kFailure;
//part of the string that has already been searched
MString sourceProcessed;
//part of the string that has not been searched yet
MString sourceUnprocessed = source;
int index = 0;
int index2 = 0;
//if the search and replace strings are the same, don't bother to change the string
if( search == replace )
return MS::kSuccess;
for(;;) {
index = sourceUnprocessed.indexW( search );
if (index == -1 || sourceUnprocessed.numChars() == 0) {
//if the search string is not found, end and add the rest of the string to
//the part already processed
sourceProcessed += sourceUnprocessed;
break;
}
MString subString1 = source.substringW(0,index-1);
index2 = index + search.numChars();
MString subString2;
if (index2 < (int)(source.numChars() - 1) ) {
subString2 = source.substringW(index2,source.numChars()-1);
}
sourceProcessed += subString1 + replace;
sourceUnprocessed = subString2;
status = MS::kSuccess;
}
source = sourceProcessed;
return status;
}
// In order for the new animation curve positions to match the controller's previous global position,
// first we need to get the controller's global transform matrix. The new local position of the controller
// will be the controller's global transform matrix multiplied by the inverse of the new parent group's
// global transform matrix.
// So if:
// [A] = controller's global transformation matrix
// [B] = parent group's global transformation matrix
// [X] = controller's new local transformation matrix
// Then:
// [X] = [A]inverse([B])
//
// The controller's new local transformation matrix needs to be calculated per keyframe, which is why
// a map of world position matrices for the controller are passed in as a parameter. The key for the map
// is the time at which the associated world matrix was stored.
MStatus lrutils::updateAnimCurves(MObject transformObj, std::map<double, MMatrix> ctlWorldMatrices, MMatrix ctlGroupMatrix) {
MStatus status = MS::kFailure;
MFnTransform transformFn( transformObj, &status );
MyCheckStatusReturn(status, status.errorString() );
//get all of the connections from the transform node
MPlugArray transformConnections;
status = transformFn.getConnections( transformConnections );
MyCheckStatusReturn(status, status.errorString() );
for(unsigned int i = 0; i < transformConnections.length(); i++) {
//get all of the plugs this plug is connected to as a destination
MPlugArray connectedPlugs;
transformConnections[i].connectedTo(connectedPlugs,true,false,&status);
MyCheckStatusReturn(status, status.errorString() );
MString plugName = transformConnections[i].partialName(false,false,false,false,false,true);
for(unsigned int j = 0; j < connectedPlugs.length(); j++) {
MObject connectedObj = connectedPlugs[j].node();
MFn::Type animType = connectedObj.apiType();
//if the connected object is an animCurveT[L,A], then transform it
if( (animType == MFn::kAnimCurveTimeToDistance) || (animType == MFn::kAnimCurveTimeToAngular) ) {
MFnAnimCurve animCurve(connectedObj, &status);
MyCheckStatusReturn(status, status.errorString() );
//iterate through every key in the curve
for(unsigned int k = 0; k < animCurve.numKeys(); k++) {
double keyTime = animCurve.time(k, &status).value();
MyCheckStatusReturn( status, status.errorString() );
double keyVal = animCurve.value(k, &status);
MyCheckStatusReturn( status, status.errorString() );
float tangentX, tangentY;
status = animCurve.getTangent(k, tangentX, tangentY, false);
MyCheckStatusReturn(status, status.errorString() );
//stringstream tmp;
//tmp << "out tangent = (" << tangentX << "," << tangentY << ")";
//MGlobal::displayInfo(tmp.str().c_str());
//calculate the controller's local transformation matrix
//first retrieve the corresponding world matrix for this key time
MMatrix ctlWorldMatrix = ctlWorldMatrices[keyTime];
//if the transformation matrices are the same, don't update the curve
//if( ctlWorldMatrix == ctlGroupMatrix) {
// continue;
//}
MTransformationMatrix ctlGroupTransMatrix(ctlGroupMatrix);
MMatrix ctlGroupMatrixInverse = ctlGroupTransMatrix.asMatrixInverse();
MMatrix newCtlLocalMatrix = ctlWorldMatrix * ctlGroupMatrixInverse;
MTransformationMatrix newCtlLocalTransMatrix(newCtlLocalMatrix);
//determine if the curve is for translation data
if(animType == MFn::kAnimCurveTimeToDistance) {
MVector vTransform = newCtlLocalTransMatrix.translation(MSpace::kTransform);
if( plugName.indexW( MString("X") ) != -1 ) {
keyVal = vTransform.x;
} else if ( plugName.indexW( MString("Y") ) != -1 ) {
keyVal = vTransform.y;
} else if ( plugName.indexW( MString("Z") ) != -1 ) {
keyVal = vTransform.z;
}
//if the curve is for rotation data
} else if (animType == MFn::kAnimCurveTimeToAngular) {
double* rotation = new double[3];
MTransformationMatrix::RotationOrder rotOrder = MTransformationMatrix::kXYZ;
newCtlLocalTransMatrix.getRotation(rotation,rotOrder);
if( plugName.indexW( MString("X") ) != -1 ) {
keyVal = rotation[0];
} else if ( plugName.indexW( MString("Y") ) != -1 ) {
keyVal = rotation[1];
} else if ( plugName.indexW( MString("Z") ) != -1 ) {
keyVal = rotation[2];
}
}
animCurve.setValue(k, keyVal);
status = MS::kSuccess;
}
}
}
}
return status;
}
