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    • jiminy-billy-bobJ Offline
      jiminy-billy-bob
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      As far as I know, there is no API for VfS.
      But the data is stored as XML in the object's attribute. So you can modify it to change the light's properties.

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        mcekk
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        Thanks, Ted and Jiminy for the quick response.
        Can I safely edit the file current_skp.xml (located at ASGVIS/VfS), that apparently stores the current global parameters?
        Still can't find the light parameters.

        Manuel Eguia
        Associate Professor
        University of Quilmes

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        • TedVitale_CGT Offline
          TedVitale_CG
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          Send me a PM and Ill email over a short example from one of the Developers.

          Ted Vitale
          Owner | Creative Director
          http://www.voxl.vision

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            mcekk
            last edited by

            Thanks Ted.

            Manuel Eguia
            Associate Professor
            University of Quilmes

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            • dkendigD Offline
              dkendig
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              no, that file gets overridden when you kick off a render. There are some helper functions we use to manipulate the xml that we store in the attribute dictionaries of the scene, but none of it is very obvious or easy to use for your own purposes. We are also going to be modifying the way a lot of our stuff works over the next couple versions, so if you were to tap in to our xml and play with it, it might not have a very long lifespan.

              Devin Kendig
              Developer

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                mcekk
                last edited by

                Thanks for the answer, Devin. Is there another V-Ray implementation where I can animate the illumination? Or I have to wait that this feature comes to SU? I also work with Blender. Thanks in advance.

                Manuel Eguia
                Associate Professor
                University of Quilmes

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                • dkendigD Offline
                  dkendig
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                  we currently don't support animated parameters in any portion of V-Ray for SketchUp

                  Devin Kendig
                  Developer

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                    mcekk
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                    I was able to do some short progress modifying the skp files from each light separately and reloading through the ruby script. The only thing that it is still missing is the possibility to render the scene from the script. It is possible to do this from the SU API or from the system? Thanks in advance.

                    Manuel Eguia
                    Associate Professor
                    University of Quilmes

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                    • jiminy-billy-bobJ Offline
                      jiminy-billy-bob
                      last edited by

                      Yes, you can call
                      VRayForSketchUp.launch_vray_render
                      VRayForSketchUp.launch_vray_rt_render
                      VRayForSketchUp.launch_vray_batch_render

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                        mcekk
                        last edited by

                        Many Thanks Jiminy. !

                        Manuel Eguia
                        Associate Professor
                        University of Quilmes

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                          tuanminhtq
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                          How to call this to run Vray in ruby, please help, thanks alot
                          VRayForSketchUp.launch_vray_render
                          VRayForSketchUp.launch_vray_rt_render
                          VRayForSketchUp.launch_vray_batch_render

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                            Vizan @tuanminhtq
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                            @tuanminhtq said in V-Ray scripting in ruby?:

                            How to call this to run Vray in ruby, please help, thanks alot
                            VRayForSketchUp.launch_vray_render
                            VRayForSketchUp.launch_vray_rt_render
                            VRayForSketchUp.launch_vray_batch_render

                            Have you found a solution?

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