Implements the loading and application of a morph.

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Inherits :

• QObject
• DzRefCountedItem

Since:

• 4.9.3.46

Attention:

• This object is provided by the Morph Loader Pro plugin. It is only available when the Morph Loader Pro plugin is activated and enabled.

See Also:

• DzMorphLoaderBatch
• Sample: Silent OBJ Morph Loader Import

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: AttenuateMapType

• WeightMap - TODO: Add description.
• FacetList - TODO: Add description.
• EdgeList - TODO: Add description.
• VertexList - TODO: Add description.
• UnknownMap - TODO: Add description.

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: LoadMode

• EntireFigure - TODO: Add description.
• SelectedNodes - TODO: Add description.
• PrimaryNode - TODO: Add description.
• SingleSkinFigure - TODO: Add description.
• SingleSkinFigureFromGraft - TODO: Add description.

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: MirroringType

• DoNotMirror - TODO: Add description.
• XSwap - TODO: Add description.
• XPosToNeg - TODO: Add description.
• XNegToPos - TODO: Add description.
• YSwap - TODO: Add description.
• YPosToNeg - TODO: Add description.
• YNegToPos - TODO: Add description.
• ZSwap - TODO: Add description.
• ZPosToNeg - TODO: Add description.
• ZNegToPos - TODO: Add description.

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: OverwriteMode

• MakeUnique - TODO: Add description.
• DeltasAndERCLinks - TODO: Add description.
• DeltasOnly - TODO: Add description.

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String : getPathForContext( DzWeightMapContext context, DzNode node )

Gets the path for a given weight map context and a given node.

Parameter(s):

• context - The weight map context.
• node - The node.

Return Value:

• The path for the weight map context on node.

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DzMorphLoader()

Default Constructor. Creates a morph loader with default settings.

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Boolean : applyReverseDeformationsPose()

Attempts to load the “reverse deformations pose” file, if specified.

Return Value:

• true if the file was loaded successfully, otherwise false.

Attention:

• This should be called before createMorph() or createMorphFromMesh().

See Also:

• setReverseDeformationsPose()
• getReverseDeformationsPose()

Since:

• 4.20.0.36

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String : createMorph( DzFileIOSettings settings, DzNode node, Boolean onlyErrorsOrWarnings=true, Boolean plainText=true )

Creates a morph on a node for a geometry loaded from a file. This function supports morph creation from vertex-only geometries.

Parameter(s):

• settings - The settings to use for loading the geometry; i.e., the scale for the mesh, whether or not to swap the Y and Z coordinates of the mesh, etc.
• node - The node containing the geometry to create the morph for.
• onlyErrorsOrWarnings - If true (default), only errors and warnings will be returned.
• plainText - If true (default), the returned string will be plain text, otherwise the returned string will contain HTML.

Return Value:

• The log containing messages (if any) about the creation of the morph, otherwise an empty string.

See Also:

• setFilename()

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String : createMorphFromMesh( DzVertexMesh mesh, DzNode node, Boolean onlyErrorsOrWarnings=true, Boolean plainText=true )

Creates a morph on a node for a geometry. This function supports morph creation from vertex-only geometries.

Parameter(s):

• mesh - The geometry with the morph information.
• node - The node containing the geometry to create the morph for.
• onlyErrorsOrWarnings - If true (default), only errors and warnings will be returned.
• plainText - If true (default), the returned string will be plain text, otherwise the returned string will contain HTML.

Return Value:

• The log containing messages (if any) about the creation of the morph, otherwise an empty string.

Since:

• 4.15.0.6

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Number : getAttenuateEdgeStrength()

Return Value:

• The strength that will be used for attenuating the effect of the morph being loaded on the vertices that reside along the boundary of the current geometric selection.

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String : getAttenuateMapPath()

Return Value:

• The path to the map that will be used for attenuating the effect of the morph.

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Number : getAttenuateStrength()

Return Value:

• The strength that the map used to attenuate the effect of the morph will be applied at.

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Boolean : getCleanUpOrphans()

Gets whether or not orphans should be cleaned up when overwriting existing morphs. An 'orphan' is a morph by the same name that does not have any deltas from a new morph.

Return Value:

• true if orphans are to be cleaned up when overwriting existing morphs, otherwise false.

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DzNode : getControlNode()

Return Value:

• The node that the control property will be located on.

Attention:

• This has no meaning if getCreateControlProperty() is false.

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DzNumericProperty : getControlProperty()

Return Value:

• The property that will serve as the additional control property for the morph(s) created.

Attention:

• This has no meaning if getCreateControlProperty() is false.

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String : getControlPropertyCustomLabel()

Return Value:

• The custom label that will be used for secondary (non-control) properties.

Attention:

• This has no meaning if getControlPropertyUseCustomLabel() or getCreateControlProperty() are false.

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Number : getControlPropertyERCCustomValue()

Return Value:

• The custom value for creating ERC links to the control property.

Attention:

• This has no meaning if getControlPropertyERCUseCustomValue() or getCreateControlProperty() are false.

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DzERCLink::ERCType : getControlPropertyERCType()

Return Value:

• The ERC type to use when connecting secondary properties to the control property.

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Boolean : getControlPropertyERCUseCustomValue()

Return Value:

• true if a custom value will be used for the ERC links to the control property, otherwise false.

Attention:

• This has no meaning if getCreateControlProperty() is false.

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Boolean : getControlPropertyUseCustomLabel()

Return Value:

• true if a custom label will be used for the secondary (non-control) properties, otherwise false.

Attention:

• This has no meaning if getCreateControlProperty() is false.

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Boolean : getCreateControlProperty()

Return Value:

• true if the loader will create and use ERC links to an additional control property.

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Number : getDeltaTolerance()

Gets the minimum amount of deviation from the original position of a given vertex that will be recorded in the morph.

Return Value:

• The minimum amount of deviation from the original position of a given vertex to be recorded in the morph.

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String : getDisplayName()

Return Value:

• The name to display for this collection of settings.

Since:

• 4.15.0.7

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String : getFilename()

Return Value:

• The full path to the file that this morph will load its geometry from.

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Boolean : getHideSecondaryProperties()

Return Value:

• true if secondary (non-control) properties are hidden, otherwise false.

Attention:

• This has no meaning if getCreateControlProperty() is false.

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MirroringType : getMorphMirroring()

Gets the type of mirroring to apply.

Return Value:

• The type of mirroring that will be applied to the morph.

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String : getMorphName()

Return Value:

• The name of the morph(s) that will be created by this morph loader.

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OverwriteMode : getOverwriteExisting()

Return Value:

• true if an existing morph by the same name will be replaced, otherwise false.

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Boolean : getPreserveExistingDeltas()

Return Value:

• true if existing deltas in a morph by the same name be preserved, otherwise false.

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String : getPropertyGroupPath()

Return Value:

• The path of the property group that morph value properties will be added to.

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Boolean : getReverseDeformations()

Return Value:

• true if joint deformations and other modifiers will be reversed from the current world-space geometry to calculate the deltas, otherwise false.

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String : getReverseDeformationsPose()

Return Value:

• The path of the native file to load/apply before a morph is loaded.

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Boolean : morphAlreadyExists( DzNode node )

Parameter(s):

• node - The node to check for the morph.

Return Value:

• true if the morph of the same name already exists, otherwise false.

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Boolean : readObjectCommonSettingsFromConfigFile( String filename )

Reads common object settings from a configuration file (*.dsx).

Parameter(s):

• filename - The full path of the file to read.

Return Value:

• true if the file was successfully read, otherwise false.

Since:

• 4.9.3.47

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Boolean : readObjectSettingsFromConfigFile( String filename, String filePath )

Reads the settings of the first object in a configuration file (*.dsx).

Parameter(s):

• filename - The name of the file to read.
• filePath - The path of the directory that the file to read is in.

Return Value:

• true if the read was successful, otherwise false. (since 4.15.0.4)

Since:

• 4.9.3.47

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Boolean : saveObjectSettingsToConfigFile( String filename, String projectPath, Boolean saveProjectRelative )

Saves object settings to a configuration file (*.dsx).

Parameter(s):

• filename - The full path of the file to write to.
• projectPath - The full path of the directory containing the files of a project.
• relativeToProject - If true, filename is saved relative to projectPath. If false, filename is considered to be absolute and projectPath is ignored.

Return Value:

• true if the save was successful, otherwise false. (since 4.15.0.4)

Since:

• 4.9.3.47

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void : setAttenuateEdgeStrength( Number val )

Sets the strength to use for attenuating the effect of the morph on the vertices that reside along the boundary of the current geometric selection.

Parameter(s):

• val - The strength value to set. A value of 0 yields no (0%) attenuation. A value of 1 yields full (100%) attenuation. Values between 0 and 1 yield attenuation that is commensurate with the specified value.

Attention:

• This value is ignored when a weight map is used for attenuation.

See Also:

• setAttenuateMapPath()
• getAttenuateMapPath()

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void : setAttenuateMapPath( String mapPath )

Sets the path to the map used to attenuate the effect of the morph.

Parameter(s):

• mapPath - The path to the map.

Attention:

• The value of mapPath must follow one of these patterns:

• <NodeName>facetlist::facegroup::<FaceGroupName>
• <NodeName>facetlist::surface::<SurfaceName>
• <NodeName>facetlist::selecitonset::<SelectionSetName>
• <NodeName>edgelist::selecitonset::<SelectionSetName>
• <NodeName>vertexlist::selecitonset::<SelectionSetName>
• <NodeName>weightmap::<WeightMapName>
• <MapNodeName>weightmap::<WeightMapName>
• <MapNodeName>weightmap::<NodeName>/<WeightMapName>

See Also:

• getPathForContext()

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void : setAttenuateStrength( Number val )

Sets the strength to apply the map used to attenuate the effect of the morph.

Parameter(s):

• val - The strength value to set. A value of 1.0 will cause the values in the map to be applied at their full respective values. A value of 0.0 will cause the values in the map to not be applied. A value of -1.0 will cause the values in the map to be inverted and applied at the opposite of their full respective values.

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void : setCleanUpOrphans( Boolean onOff )

Sets whether or not orphans should be cleaned up when overwriting existing morphs. An 'orphan' is a morph by the same name that does not have any deltas from a new morph.

Parameter(s):

• onOff - If true, orphans will be cleaned up.

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void : setControlNode( DzNode node )

Sets the node that the control property will be located on.

Parameter(s):

• node - The node that will own the control property.

Attention:

• This has no effect if getCreateControlProperty() is false.

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void : setControlProperty( DzNumericProperty prop )

Sets the property that will serve as the additional control property for the morph(s) created by this loader.

Parameter(s):

• prop - The control property for the new morph(s).

Attention:

• This has no effect if getCreateControlProperty() is false.

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void : setControlPropertyCustomLabel( String label )

Sets the custom label that will be used for secondary (non-control) properties.

Parameter(s):

• label - The custom label to use for the secondary (non-control) properties.

Attention:

• This has no effect if getControlPropertyUseCustomLabel() or getCreateControlProperty() are false.

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void : setControlPropertyERCCustomValue( Number val )

Sets the custom value for creating ERC links to the control property.

Parameter(s):

• val - The custom multiplier for the ERC links that are created to the control property.

Attention:

• This has no effect if getControlPropertyERCUseCustomValue() or getCreateControlProperty() are false.

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void : setControlPropertyERCType( DzERCLink::ERCType type )

Sets the ERC link type to use when connecting secondary properties to the control property.

Parameter(s):

• type - The ERC link type to use when connecting secondary properties to the control property.

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void : setControlPropertyERCUseCustomValue( Boolean onOff )

Sets whether or not a custom value will be used for the ERC links to the control property.

Parameter(s):

• onOff - If true, a custom value will be used for the links to the control property. Otherwise the default 1:1 ratio is assumed.

Attention:

• This has no effect if getCreateControlProperty() is false.

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void : setControlPropertyUseCustomLabel( Boolean onOff )

Sets whether or not a custom label will be used for the secondary (non-control) properties.

Parameter(s):

• onOff - If true, a custom label will be used for the secondary (non-control) properties. Otherwise the default label is used.

Attention:

• This has no effect if getCreateControlProperty() is false.

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void : setCreateControlProperty( Boolean onOff )

Sets whether or not the loader will use and create ERC links to an additional control property.

Parameter(s):

• onOff - If true, the loader will create links to an additional control property, otherwise, settings for the additional control property will be ignored.

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void : setDeltaTolerance( Number val )

Sets the minimum amount of deviation from the original position of a given vertex that will be recorded in the morph.

Parameter(s):

• val - The minimum amount of deviation from the original position of a given vertex to be recorded in the morph.

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void : setDisplayName( String name )

Sets the name to display for this collection of settings.

Parameter(s):

• name - The name to be displayed.

Since:

• 4.15.0.7

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void : setFilename( String filename )

Sets the file to read the geometry from.

Parameter(s):

• filename - The full path of the file to load this morph's geometry from.

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void : setHideSecondaryProperties( Boolean onOff )

Sets whether or not secondary (non-control) properties are hidden.

Parameter(s):

• onOff - If true, secondary (non-control) properties will be set as hidden.

Attention:

• This has no effect if getCreateControlProperty() is false.

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bool : setLoadMode( LoadMode mode, DzNode node )

Sets the mode to load the morph for node.

Parameter(s):

• mode - The mode to set for the morph being loaded.
• node - The node with the geometry that the morph is being loaded for.

Return Value:

• true if mode can be set for node, otherwise false.

Attention:

• If node is a “single skin” figure, only the SingleSkinFigure and SingleSkinFigureFromGraft modes are considered valid. If node is a figure, but not a “single skin” figure (e.g., a legacy figure), only the EntireFigure, SelectedNodes and PrimaryNode modes are considered valid. If node is a prop, only the PrimaryNode mode is considered valid.

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void : setMorphMirroring( MirroringType type )

Sets the type of mirroring to apply to the morph.

Parameter(s):

• type - The type of mirroring to apply to the morph.

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void : setMorphName( String name )

Sets the name of the morph(s) that will be created by this morph loader.

Parameter(s):

• name - The name for the DzMorph object(s) that will be created by this loader.

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void : setOverwriteExisting( OverwriteMode mode )

Sets whether or not to override/replace existing morphs with the same name.

Parameter(s):

• mode - If true, existing morphs on the node(s) with the same name will be replaced by the loaded morph.

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void : setPreserveExistingDeltas( Boolean onOff )

Sets whether or not to preserve existing deltas in a morph by the same name.

Parameter(s):

• mode - If true, existing deltas in a morph by the same name will be preserved.

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void : setPropertyGroupPath( String path )

Sets the property group that morph value properties will be added to.

Parameter(s):

• path - The path of the property group that value properties from the morph(s) created by this loader will be assigned to.

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void : setReverseDeformations( Boolean onOff )

Sets whether or not joint deformations and other modifiers will be reversed before calculating deltas.

Parameter(s):

• onOff - If true, joint deformations and other modifiers will be reversed from the current world-space geometry to calculate the deltas. If false, the deltas will be calculated from the base geometry.

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void : setReverseDeformationsPose( String filePath )

Sets the path of a native file to load/apply immediately before a morph is loaded.

Parameter(s):

• filePath - The path of the file to be loaded.

See Also:

• applyReverseDeformationsPose()

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void : applyAfterJointChanged( Boolean onOff )

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void : attenuateChanged()

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void : attenuateEdgeStrengthChanged( Number strength )

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void : attenuateStrengthChanged( Number strength )

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void : controlNodeChanged( DzNode node )

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void : controlPropertyChanged( DzNumericProperty prop )

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void : createControlPropertyChanged( Boolean onOff )

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void : deltaToleranceChanged( Number val )

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void : ercCustomValueChanged( Number val )

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void : filenameChanged( String name )

Signature:“filenameChanged(const QString&)”

Emitted when the filename has changed.

Parameter(s):

• name - The new name of the file.

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void : hideSecondaryChanged( Boolean onOff )

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void : mirroringChanged( DzMorphLoader::MirroringType mirroring )

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void : morphNameChanged( String name )

Signature:“morphNameChanged(const QString&)”

Emitted when the morph name has changed.

Parameter(s):

• name - The new name of the morph.

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void : overwriteExistingChanged( DzMorphLoader::OverwriteMode value )

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void : preserveExistingDeltasChanged( Boolean onOff )

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void : propertyGroupPathChanged( String path )

Signature:“propertyGroupPathChanged(const QString&)”

Emitted when the path of the property group has changed.

Parameter(s):

• name - The new path of the property group.

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void : reverseDeformationsChanged( Boolean onOff )

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void : secondaryLabelChanged( String label )

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void : smoothCageChanged( Boolean onOff )

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void : useErcCustomValueChanged( Boolean onOff )

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void : useSecondaryLabelChanged( Boolean onOff )