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The following functions are called exclusively from Studio. initializePreview and freePreview mainly reset and free the arrays allocated in getProxyDisplay*. Keep a copy of the allocated pointers as members of the class and free them in freePreview.
initializeForRendering
virtual bool initializeForRendering( Cmaxwell* pMaxwell ) = 0;
Called at the initial stage before rendering starts. Useful for pre-allocating everything that will be needed during the render. This is especially important for Procedural Geometry extensions.
Arguments
Cmaxwell* pMaxwell : input, pointer to the scene.
Returns
true on success, false otherwise. false aborts the render.
getFileDependencies
virtual
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void
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getFileDependencies(
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dword&
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numDependencies,
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char**
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& paths
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);
This function returns all the paths of the files that the extension depends on.
Arguments
dword& numDependencies : output, number of paths.
char**& paths : output, array of paths. On entry, the pointer is NULL. Allocate with malloc.
Returns
nothing.
initializePreview
virtual
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bool
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initializePreview(
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Cmaxwell*
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pMaxwell
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);
Reset all the pointers allocated in getProxyDisplay* and make them ready for reuse.
Arguments
Cmaxwell* pMaxwell : input, pointer to the scene.
Returns
true on success, false otherwise.
freePreview
virtual
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void
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freePreview(
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void
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);
Free the allocated pointers in getProxyDisplay*.
Arguments
none.
Returns
nothing.