Hi Elang,

re:
> However, I can't find the right place to have the reference for each objects, i.e.: how to use
> moi.command.createFactory, what parameters needed, etc.

For using moi.command.createFactory(), the example you posted shows it, you pass it the string name of a factory, in what you posted that's 'box'.

In the regular box command the inputs to the box factory are filled in by picking a point to place the corner point and coordinate frame, and then the width, height, and extrusion values are filled in by either another point pick or by values that are typed in to edit fields.

In your example code it's setting values of 20 each for width, height, and extrusion.

If you instead had:

factory.setInput( 2, 30 ); // Input index 2 is width
factory.setInput( 3, 40 ); // input index 3 is height
factory.setInput( 4, 50 ); // input index 4 is extrusion

that would make a width of 30, a height of 40, and an extrusion of 50 units.

- Michael

Hi Michael,

So in general the setInput indexes is something that mimics the way we input them in Moi?

Still are there any reference list for each of the command? I'm hoping something like here:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/visual-basic/language-reference/functions/string-functions

... though a much simpler way is ok.

Thank you very much in advance.

Found something very interesting here:
http://moi3d.com/forum/index.php?webtag=MOI&msg=10720.5

Is this contains all object in Moi?

Hi Elang, I think there's a more up to date one here:
http://moi3d.com/forum/index.php?webtag=MOI&msg=10857.36

> Is this contains all object in Moi?

I think it has all of them at that point in time that it was made but it's from quite a while ago.


re:
> So in general the setInput indexes is something that mimics the way we input them in Moi?

Yes the regular commands fill in these same factory inputs, often times by connecting them to edit fields in the UI and also some inputs take x,y,z point values that are filled in by a pointpicker.

A script can just directly fill in the factory inputs instead which is what your example code there was doing.

- Michael

Well, I cannot believe this.
I was working on a super simple BoxBasic script, and either Windows 11, or a recent version of Notepad++ renamed TWO entirely different .htm files to .html.
So nothing was working.

- Brian

Also, my Windows 10 file manager shows both .html and .htm files as HTML Document.
Notepad++ does show the correct extension of an .htm file, or an .html file.

For MoI scriptwriters dealing with .htm files, is may be a good idea, in Windows 10 file manager,
to select view, and check the box "File name extensions", which will display the corresponding
.htm or .html extensions attached to the file name.

Here is a very simple script to create a box, using just the MoI Box factory.
The Box seems to be sitting on the x,z plane, so I may switch to the x,y plane, the original intention, with Height in the z direction.
This can be done by just re-ordering the order of the box factory inputs.

Note that there are more than one way to make this box. There is .update and .commit.
There is .calculate, and moi.geometryDatabase.addObject( box ), with objectlists.

This box is a solid, with 6 faces. If one face is deleted, the box is a joined surface, with walls and bottom of zero thickness.

The desired box has not been specified.
My concept of what the desired box could be, is that of a candy box, with open top, and 4 sides (walls), and a bottom, all of which have non-zero width.
One way to do this, as for the previous manual method several posts ago, would utilized a half dozen or so factories, in one script...

- Brian

Here is Alpha4 version, with Height in z direction.
Just swapped box factory inputs 3 and 4.

- Brian

ps Change a slider, then click on input label, to restore default dimension value.

Wonderful! Thank you very much, Brian.
I'm sure I will learn a lot from your script.

- Elang

In the past, when I just cannot get a script to work, by making a question, or request, Michael has provided a lot of tremendous help!

- Brian

Hi,
attached a nod file created in nodeditor that makes boxes from any closed curve profile that can be scaled.
Not sure if this is the kind of thing you are after.
Cheers
Barry

Hi Barry,

You have made a very nice node!

Select a closed profile, e.g. Rectangle, Star, Circle, etc.
Run Box2.nod in nodeeditor.

- Brian

Thanks Brian,
the nodeditor as it’s uses for us non programmers.
Cheers
Barry

NE-Box

Joinery!!! Nice WN.

Also Barry. Always great contributor! :)

Cool nodes process!

Hi everyone, Thank you very much for such nice and helpful respond.
I'll learn a lot from all of you.

Please keep them coming.

Thank you and have a nice day!