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METABALL Module documentation
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INTRODUCTION
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The metaball module effect allows you to access all the data of an metaball.
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A metaball consists of several (maybe only one) metaelems, which are spheres, interacting with each other, thus creating soft organic volumes.
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functions of the module :
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New(name) : creates ans returns a metaball object.
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Get(opt : name) : if the parameter name is given, returns the metaball object whose name has been passed, or Py_None, if no such metaball exists in the current scene. If no parameter is given, returns a list of all the metaballs in the current scene.
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get : alias for Get
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Metaball object member functions :
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getName()Return Metaball name
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setName(string newname) - Sets Metaball name
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getWiresize() - Return Metaball wire size
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setWiresize(float val) - Sets Metaball wire size
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getRendersize() - Return Metaball render size
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setRendersize(float newval- Sets Metaball render size
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getThresh()- Return Metaball threshold
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setThresh(float newval)- Sets Metaball threshold
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getBbox,- Return Metaball bounding box(a list of eight lists of three elements)
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getNMetaElems() Returns the number of Metaelems (basic spheres)
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getMetatype(int num_metaelem): returns the type of the metaelem number num_metaelem.
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0 : ball
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1 : tubex
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2 : tubey
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3 : tubez
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setMetatype(int num_metaelem,int newtype) : sets the type of the metaelem number num_metaelem.
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getMetadata(field_name,int num_metaelem) gets Metaball MetaData. Explained later.
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setMetadata(field_name,int num_metaelem,newval) sets Metaball MetaData. Explained later.
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getMetalay(int num_metaelem)
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getMetax(int num_metaelem) : gets the x coordinate of the metaelement
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setMetax(int num_metaelem,float newval) : sets the x coordinate of the metaelement
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getMetay(int num_metaelem) : gets the y coordinate of the metaelement
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setMetay(int num_metaelem,float newval) : sets the y coordinate of the metaelement
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getMetaz(int num_metaelem) : gets the z coordinate of the metaelement
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setMetaz(int num_metaelem,float newval) : sets the z coordinate of the metaelement
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getMetas(int num_metaelem) : gets the s coordinate of the metaelement
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setMetas(int num_metaelem,float newval) : sets the s coordinate of the metaelement
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getMetalen(int num_metaelem) : gets the length of the metaelement. Important for tubes.
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setMetalen(int num_metaelem,float newval) : sets the length of the metaelement. Important for tubes.
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getloc, - Gets Metaball loc values
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setloc, (f f f) - Sets Metaball loc values
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getrot, () - Gets Metaball rot values
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setrot,, (f f f) - Sets Metaball rot values
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getsize,() - Gets Metaball size values
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setsize,(f f f) - Sets Metaball size values
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The Object.attribute syntax
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The attribute can take these values : seed,nabla,sta,end,lifetime,normfac,obfac,randfac,texfac,randlife,vectsize,totpart,force,mult,life,child,mat,defvec. |