User Scripts
how to write user scripts for Batch Processor plugin
Batch Processor plugin allows you to run a custom script for each document in the queue. with the standard plugin package you can find several scripts that serve as a demonstration of how you can expand plugin functionality with Cinema 4D Python API!
Below is an example of a simple script, all the details of its writing are indicated in the comments.
Example User Script Output
.\res\scripts\Demo_Script.py
import c4d
from c4d import gui
'''
Batch processor User Script Basic Example
Please follow the code comments
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To add User Scipt dialog make sure:
1. Your dialog is based on gui.Subdialog class
2. Class must have a name 'UserScriptDialog'
3. Class must have a class variable 'user_script_container' to store all data on it
4. Script must have 'main' function that will be executed by Batch Processor
5. 'user_script_container' from dialog will be used as input argument for 'main' function
6. Forbidden Functions: Perform any GUI functionality. (E.g. displaying messages, opening dialogs etc.)
'''
class UserScriptDialog(gui.SubDialog):
"""
A SubDialog to display the passed string, its used as example for the actual content of a Tab
"""
STRING_FIELD = 2000
INT_FIELD = 2001
# define user_script_container as dictionary
user_script_container = dict()
def CreateLayout(self):
# Add your dialog gui elements as descibed on Cinema 4D Python API
# Please use methods which is compatible with Cinema 4D R19+ Python API
bc = c4d.BaseContainer()
bc.SetBool(c4d.QUICKTAB_BAR, True)
bc.SetString(c4d.QUICKTAB_BARTITLE, 'Script Options')
self.AddCustomGui(1000, c4d.CUSTOMGUI_QUICKTAB, '', c4d.BFH_SCALEFIT, 0, 0, bc)
if self.GroupBegin(1001,flags=c4d.BFH_SCALEFIT | c4d.BFV_TOP,cols=2,rows=1,title='Script Options'):
self.GroupSpace(15, 6)
self.GroupBorderSpace(15,5,15,10)
self.AddStaticText(1002, c4d.BFH_LEFT, name='My String Data')
self.AddEditText(self.STRING_FIELD, c4d.BFH_SCALEFIT | c4d.BFV_SCALEFIT, 0, 10)
self.AddStaticText(1003, c4d.BFH_LEFT, name='My Integer Data')
self.AddEditNumberArrows(self.INT_FIELD, c4d.BFH_LEFT | c4d.BFV_SCALEFIT, 80, 10)
self.GroupEnd()
return True
def Command(self,id,msg):
# Assign data to 'user_script_container' variable on any user gui interaction
if id in {self.STRING_FIELD,self.INT_FIELD}:
self.user_script_container['int'] = self.GetInt32(self.INT_FIELD)
self.user_script_container['string'] = self.GetString(self.STRING_FIELD)
return True
# On execution 'user_script_container' will be used as input argument for 'main' function.
# if User Scipt do not contains dialog, 'main' function will be executed without arguments.
def main(data):
'''
Batch Processor adds some global variables to User Script:
doc - referenced to a processed document, type: c4d.BaseDocument
doc_index - referenced to an document index in Jobs Queue, type: int
docs_total - total number of documents in a Jobs Queue, type:int
op - Active Object of processed document, type: c4d.BaseObject
mat - Active Material of processed document, type: c4d.Material
tp - Particle System of processed document, type: c4d.modules.thinkingparticles.TP_MasterSystem
'''
# All data that needed to be printed will be passed to plugin Log tab
print 'Processed Document Index {0} from {1}'.format(doc_index,docs_total)
print 'Document name: ', doc.GetDocumentName()
print 'Document path: ', doc.GetDocumentPath()
print 'Document Active Object is ', op
print 'My String data', data['string']
print 'My Integer data', data['int']
if 3 < doc_index < 7:
# If index of processed document have a number 4,5,6
# in this case User Scipt will return error
raise Exception('Error!')
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