Difference between revisions of "Create Grid of Spheres with Dedicated Shaders"

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Latest revision as of 05:18, 22 April 2017

//Author Nick Pisca 0001d 2009
for ($x=1;$x<10;$x++) {
	for ($y=1;$y<10;$y++) {
		string $PSuffix = ($x+"_"+$y);
		sphere -r 1 -p 0 0 0 -n ("SPH_"+$PSuffix);
		move -r ($x*2) ($y*2) 0;
		
		string $MatPrefix = "BLINN_";
		string $CurMat = $MatPrefix + $PSuffix;
		string $CurMatSG = $MatPrefix + $PSuffix + "SG";
		string $CurMatSGsS = $MatPrefix + $PSuffix + "SG.surfaceShader";
		string $CurMatoutColor = $MatPrefix + $PSuffix + ".outColor";
		
		shadingNode -asShader blinn -n $CurMat;
		sets -renderable true -noSurfaceShader true -empty -name $CurMatSG;
		connectAttr -f $CurMatoutColor $CurMatSGsS;
		sets -e -forceElement $CurMatSG ("SPH_"+$PSuffix);
		if ($x==5 && $y==1) {
			setAttr ($CurMat+".color") -type "double3" 1 1 1;
		}
		else 	{
			setAttr ($CurMat+".color") -type "double3" 0 0 0;
		}
	}
}


More information on navigating shader nodes, read pages 133-134 in YSYT.