Hi all,
I'd like to ask whether is it possible to create puppet pins programmatically...
I have tried to copy stream structure ("ADBE FreePin3", "ADBE FreePin3 Mesh", "ADBE FreePin3 PosPin Position", ...) of manually created pins with
corresponding values, but when I create streams this way they are disabled (AEGP_DynStreamFlag_DISABLED - and greyed out in UI).
I suppose that the vertex index "ADBE FreePin3 PosPin Vtx Index" is just an index to the array stored internally as arbitrary data so the mesh and pins must be created somehow before setting these values.
I've found this thread where they try to do the same thing using scripting (also without success )Create Puppet Pin on existing mesh via scripting
I have some ideas about how this could be done using SDK, but all of them involve diving in very dark waters..
- call the EffectSuite::AEGP_EffectCallGeneric method with fake mouse click events (PF_Cmd_EVENT) or some direct PF_Cmd_COMPLETELY_GENERAL commands if the FreePin effect supports it
- use "FreePin Suite" - which is not a part of public SDK but can be aquired using AquireSuite... - but as it's not public I suppose it operates with memory which is not so safe to touch even if I managed to get/create proper header file for this suite
Maybe there is a simple elegant way of creating these pins which I completely overlooked, so I would be really thankful for any suggestions
Thanks a lot!
Martin