Add materials with one click - toolbar

[formatio]

Hi

As I promised here is the toolbar (see attached file) - version 1.02.

Octane-Render-Toolbar-v1.02.zip

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Toolbar for octane 3.x.x plugin:

OctaneRenderv3.x_Toolbar-v1.01.zip

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Changelog for v 2.x
1.02
-added button to remove unused materials
-diff /spec material change from left to right mouse button

Changelog for v 3.x

1.01
-Added _ to all commands so it works in every language

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How to install (included also in the archive):
Install for octane v3 is exactly the same procedure

1. Unpack Octane-Render-Toolbar.rui to temporrary location.
2. Move Rhino-Octane-Mats folder to your C:\ drive.
3. Open Rhino and go to Tools > Toolbar layout...
4. Window opens - go to File > Open... and point to Octane-Render-Toolbar.rui
5. In the same window select Octane-Render-Toolbar in the box called "Files"
6. You should see "Octane Toolbar" in the box below.
7. Uncheck it and check it if you cant see it in the main Rhino window.
8. Drag the toolbar by the blue stripe (not the tab title) and stick it next to the sidebar (best location imho)

If you want to change materials location on disk you have to change path in the toolbar itself via SHIFT+right clik on every button.

Any issues post here.

Reagards,
Mac

[face_off]

Fantastic - thanks for sharing Mac.

Paul

[formatio]

Hey,

I just realized that paths for the materials were configured for my windows user so for you to not edit anything in the toolbar I uploaded updated version 1.01
I updated the archive in the the first post

Regards,
Mac

[prehabitat]

Hey,

I just realized that paths for the materials were configured for my windows user so for you to not edit anything in the toolbar I uploaded updated version 1.01
I updated the archive in the the first post

Regards,
Mac

Thanks Mac,

I did a find/replace of macio->Andrew and solved it at my end... Did you substitute %appdata% or something? I wasn't sure if you could use explicit path (in quotes to allow the spaces in folder names) appended after global path/location (%appdata%).... I only have a fleeting knowledge of this stuff, likely got it all wrong but interested

P.s. Had planned to post here today letting you know about the path issue but you beat me to it

[formatio]

Hi

Unfortunately Rhino doesn't recognize system variables such a %appdata% - that would be perfect.


Regards,
Mac

[formatio]

New version 1.02 - added button to remove unused material + small bug fix - See first post in this thread.

[face_off]

Great work Mac.

[prehabitat]

Unfortunately Rhino doesn't recognize system variables such a %appdata% - that would be perfect.

Perhaps a .bat installer which transfers the mats (via the system variable) and also changes the username part of the path in the toolbar file too? (Not sure if this is possible... I though Batch files could pass text edit commands directly via inbuilt text editor to rewrite files?)

Certainly not complaining; I really like it!!! I'll post my setup, I don't use the sidebar in the conventional way; but I did place it roughly as you suggested (right?)

EDIT: setup below; the properties, mats, octane, layers are on the second screen (cropped the rest off..)

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Dim strObject, intIndex

strObject = Rhino.GetObject

If Not IsNull(strObject) Then

intIndex = Rhino.ObjectMaterialIndex(strObject)

If (intIndex = -1) Then

intIndex = Rhino.AddMaterialToObject(strObject)

End If

End If

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ObjectMaterialIndex Example：
Dim strObject, intSource, intIndex

strObject = Rhino.GetObject("Select object")

If Not IsNull(strObject) Then

intSource = Rhino.ObjectMaterialSource(strObject)

If (intSource = 0) Then

Rhino.Print "The material source is by layer"

Else

Rhino.Print "The material source is by object"

intIndex = Rhino.ObjectMaterialIndex(strObject)

If (intIndex = -1) Then

Rhino.Print "The material is default."

Else

Rhino.Print "The material is custom."

End If

End If

End If

[neiwei845458454]

Hi paul,

Can you do this like vray for rhino by apply material to objects?

Code: Select all

-_visloadvismat "C:\ProgramData\ASGVIS\V-Ray Express\Rhino\Materials\Metal\chrome.vrmat"
-_visapplymaterial "/chrome"