Shape Manager Attributes

View attributes for the Shape Manager. Some of these attributes are only available for the View.GetAttributeValue method and some only for View.SetAttributeValue. Check the third column in the table.

Attribute Name

Description

Supports

targetcontent

Returns the full name of the object currently in the Shape Manager view. If the Shape Manager is empty it returns an empty string.

Possible Values:

<name of a scene item> The SIObject.FullName of the object contained in the Shape Manager.

• Get

createselection

Returns a comma-delimited list of names (SIObject.FullName) for the selected ShapeKey in the Create tab of the Shape Manager. This returns a non-empty string only if there is an actual ShapeKey on the targetcontent. If the Shape Manager is displaying the result of animation or the base shape the return value is "Result" or "BaseShape".

Possible Values:

<name of a scene item> A comma-delimited list of shape keys names (SIObject.FullName) selected in the Create tab of the Shape Manager.

• Get

animateselection

Returns a comma-delimited list of names (SIObject.FullName) for the selected Parameter in the Animate tab of the Shape Manager. This returns an empty string if the Shape Manager is in Create mode.

Possible Values:

<name of a scene item> A comma-delimited list of shape keys names (SIObject.FullName) selected in the Animate tab of the Shape Manager.

• Get

refresh

Forces the Shape Manager to refresh its state on the current object.

Possible Values:

<any value> This value is ignored.

• Set

 

See View Attributes for a complete list of types of attributes that you can use when customizing your Relational Views.

 



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