Backface Culling

# 1 15-12-2005 , 12:22 AM

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How do I add backface culling to my shelf?
Shift/cntrl lftmouse doesnt work.

When using backfaceculling on and off, the commands doesn't appear in the script editor either.

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# 2 15-12-2005 , 01:12 AM

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here is a script that toggles culling per object.

assign it to a hot key as short cut. like alt+1 or something

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# 3 15-12-2005 , 06:23 AM

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cool thank you, I'll try it right now, but isn't there a way to put it in the shelf also?

Last edited by Anhslaught; 15-12-2005 at 06:26 AM.

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# 4 15-12-2005 , 07:20 AM

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Ok i got this one for the shelf, which works good.

Backface Culling On:
toggleSurfaceBackfaceCulling();

Backface Culling On/off:
string $Cursel[]=`ls -sl`;
int $bfc = `getAttr ( $Cursel[0] + ".backfaceCulling" )`;

if ($bfc == 0){
setAttr ( $Cursel[0] + ".backfaceCulling" ) 3;
print "Backface Culling Full";
}else{
setAttr ( $Cursel[0] + ".backfaceCulling" ) 0;
print "Backface Culling Off";}
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But I'm not sure how to use that script you posted. I went to Hot Key to try and upload it, but theres nothing to upload it. How do you use that? Paste it in script editor also?? If by doing that, how would I assign a key to it?

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# 5 15-12-2005 , 12:41 PM

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just take the srcipt, paste it into script editor, then select the script by highlighting it, then mmb drag it onto a shelf.
to assign it as hot key
go to windows>prefs>hotkey editor

when the window pop up, scroll down to "user" tab,
then click new,
then paste the script into command. give it a name and description [optional]
then choose a hot key to assign it to.

this is what i have in my script instead of what i posted above.

global proc tglCulling()
{
if(`window -q -ex tcwin`)
{
if(`intField -q -v if1` == 0){ polyOptions -fb -bcv on; intField -e -v 1 if1; }
else{ polyOptions -bc -bcv off; intField -e -v 0 if1; }
}
else
{
window -ret -vis off tcwin; columnLayout; intField -v 0 if1;
}
}tglCulling();

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# 6 15-12-2005 , 08:14 PM

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Hey awesome help. I really really appreciate it.
It all works just fine, except when I use hot key it gets errors, but it still work, so I'm not sure what the error is. It works though so I'm content. Thank's a lot. user added image

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