There's some (not complete) documentation shipping with the download in distrib/documentation/python_html. Run index.html in your browser. In its mm.tool module section you find links to the available ToolStrings and most of the ToolParameters.
The basic routine is:
1. launch a tool (e.g. Hollow):
mm.begin_tool(remote, "hollow")
2. set parameters if they aren't default (e.g. Hollow>Offset at 2.5 world units):
mm.set_toolparam(remote, "offsetDistanceWorld", 2.5)
- you need to add this line for each parameter to be changed.
3. some (not all) tools (which come with buttons like UpdateHollow) need to be updated after a parameter was changed:
mm.tool_utility_command(remote, "update")
4. accept the tool:
mm.accept_tool(remote)
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Here's a code building a tiny window in your screen's upper right. Hitting its Run button you can select an input file.
It automatically appends this object to an existing scene (You might simply open the default plane object), performs its hollowing at 2.5 , cutting at a third of its height and saves the file in the same format adding "_mod" to its name to the same directory as it was loaded from (to avoid an additional SaveTo dialog):
from Tkinter import *
from tkFileDialog import askopenfilename, asksaveasfilename
import Tkinter as tk
import mmapi
from mmRemote import *
import mm
remote = mmRemote()
remote.connect()
thickness_hollow = 2.5
path_to_file = ""
def Load_File():
path_to_file = askopenfilename(parent = root)
if path_to_file is "":
return
else:
mm.append_objects_from_file(remote,path_to_file)
Hollow(path_to_file)
def Hollow(path_to_file):
mm.begin_tool(remote, "hollow")
mm.set_toolparam(remote, "offsetDistanceWorld", thickness_hollow)
mm.tool_utility_command(remote, "update")
mm.accept_tool(remote)
Cut(path_to_file)
def Cut(path_to_file):
(fMin,fMax) = mm.get_selected_bounding_box(remote)
cut_height = fMin[1] + (fMax[1]-fMin[1])/3
mm.begin_tool(remote, "planeCut")
mm.set_toolparam(remote, "origin", (0.0, cut_height, 0.0))
mm.accept_tool(remote)
Save_File(path_to_file)
def Save_File(path_to_file):
path_out = path_to_file.split('.')
save_path = path_out[0] + '_mod.' + path_out[1]
mm.export_mesh(remote,save_path)
# Setup a tiny GUI window:
root = Tk()
root.title("Hollow and Cut")
w = 240
h = 30
ws = root.winfo_screenwidth()
x = ws - w
y = 0
root.geometry('%dx%d+%d+%d' % (w, h, x, y))
root.attributes("-topmost", True)
buttonLoad = Button(root, text="Run", command = Load_File)
buttonLoad.pack()
def on_closing():
remote.shutdown()
root.destroy()
root.protocol("WM_DELETE_WINDOW", on_closing)
root.mainloop()
Gunter Weber
Triangle Artisan
