Hello,
I am calling the following command from a Python to mesh a given NURBS surface:
bridgeMeshSurfaceSuccess = rs.Command("_Mesh " + "SelID " + str(bridgeNURBSSurface) + " _Enter " + " _Enter ")
It’s working fine but it pops the following dialog:
My problem is that I’m trying to automate a long and complex construction workflow and this dialog “stops” my script. Here are my questions:
How can I thell this dialog “OK” from my script.
How can I change the value of some of the fields (also from my script).
This is important to me because I also want to automate the testing of this workflow with hundreds of different parameters (to evaluate robustness).
Thanks,
Bruno
menno
(Menno Deij - van Rijswijk)
April 24, 2015, 6:39pm
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Almost all commands are scriptable without seeing any dialog if you put a - (dash) in front of the command name. In this you would call _-Mesh
Thanks for the - (dash) tip! For my second question, would you know how to change for example, the “Density” value from 0.5 to 0.75?
Thanks,
Bruno
menno
(Menno Deij - van Rijswijk)
April 24, 2015, 7:37pm
4
I’m not at my computer right now so I can only guess. I think that you see different option names in the scripted command? Try to see if the"translation" in this topic contribution makes any sense
wim
(Wim Dekeyser)
April 24, 2015, 7:49pm
5
As menno says:
the command macro
-Mesh d a e .75 enter enter enter
will set the density to 0.75.
The echo from the command line:
Command: -Mesh
Choose meshing option ( DetailedOptions PolygonDensity=50 ): d
Choose detailed option ( AdvancedOptions JaggedSeams=No PackTextures=Yes Refine=Yes SimplePlane=No ): a
Choose advanced option ( Angle=0 AspectRatio=0 Distance=0 Density=0.5 Grid=0 MaxEdgeLength=0 MinEdgeLength=0.0001 ): e
Relative percentage distance tolerance <0.5>: .75
Choose advanced option ( Angle=0 AspectRatio=0 Distance=0 Density=0.75 Grid=0 MaxEdgeLength=0 MinEdgeLength=0.0001 ):
Choose detailed option ( AdvancedOptions JaggedSeams=No PackTextures=Yes Refine=Yes SimplePlane=No ):
Created a mesh with 6 points and 2 polygons.
Meshing... Press Esc to cancel
Thank you, it works very well. My final command is:
bridgeMeshSurfaceSuccess = rs.Command("_-Mesh " + "SelID " + str(bridgeNURBSSurface) + " _Enter " + " d a e .55 _Enter " + " _Enter ")
There should be a way to control the dialog box from some exported XML document (I’m not sure if that would be a .STL file or something else). I’ve found both rs.command and file manipulation useful in different situations. But, since you mentioned your workflow is complex, I believe rs.command might work better in your case. But, in general, it might be worth giving XML manipulation a shot.