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Hey,
is there an seexpr function for finding out the bounding box dimensions of an object similar to Houdini's bbox()

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calin

Hi,

nope, no such function for the moment. If I may, what are you trying to achieve ? (maybe there's a workaround depending on what you're trying to do)

I want to set up a turntable project where the camera positions itself at a distance based on some relationship of sizex and sizey of the bbox of the object. I know I could probably do that in python with a shelf button but I was wondering if it can be setup dynamically with seexpr.
Thanks for your offer to help.
cheers
calin

Hi again,

Ok, so yes in this case you guessed right: Python is your only way to compute this distance for the moment. I'll see if we can add a custom function along the lines of "get_bbox(...)" to query the bounding box of any scene item from inside SeExpr.

Regards,
Damien.

Thank you, that would be great Damien. It would be nice if it returns the position of the center along side with sizes in each axis, this way I can use the center to aim the camera at.

cheers
calin