Entity Pick

[Eric]

The Line pick can pick a mesh of a Model but how do you take that information and find the body of the picked Mesh?

 

Thanks,

 

Eric

[Josh]

Find the mesh's topmost parent, or the first parent that is a model.

[Eric]

Josh,

 

DO you have a small sample?

 

Thanks,

Eric

[macklebee]

the lua script 'utilities.lua' shows how to get the parent/model of the mesh... or search for GetMeshModel in the forum search and you should find examples of getting the model/body from the picked mesh...

[Eric]

the lua script 'utilities.lua' shows how to get the parent/model of the mesh... or search for GetMeshModel in the forum search and you should find examples of getting the model/body from the picked mesh...

 

 

I work in BMax.. and I can't seem to get this to work.

 

Function GetMeshModel:TEntity(entity:TEntity)
While entity <> Null

	If GetEntityKey(entity, "class") = "Model"

		return entity
	End If
	entity=entity.parent
Wend
End Function

[macklebee]

as found in the LE2 bmax section of the forum when using GetMeshModel as the search word: http://www.leadwerks.com/werkspace/topic/1588-entitybody-conversion-problem/page__p__14732__hl__getmeshmodel__fromsearch__1#entry14732

 

Function GetMeshModel:TBody(entity:TEntity)
       While entity <> Null
               If GetEntityClass(entity) = ENTITY_BODY Or GetEntityClass(entity) = ENTITY_MODEL
                       Return TBody(entity)
               EndIf
               entity = entity.parent
       Wend
EndFunction

[Eric]

Macklebee,

 

Perfect...Thanks for your help.

 

Eric