Graphics

I have a dummy textobject that I want to copy and place in a specific group:

Dim group, obj As xpBaseObject
Dim source As xpTextObject
scene.GetObjectByName("NewsAnimGroup", group)
scene.GetObjectByName("DummyNewsField", source)
obj = scene.GetObjectCopy(source)
obj.Name = "test_object"
obj.SetParent(group)

It creates and names the object under scene, but SetParent does not work (and returns false).

Also does not work if I try it on an object after scene.CreateObject. If I specify the parent in CreateObject it works, but if I use setParent afterwards, it doesn't.

It does look like a bug. SetParent does indeed work, but the Object Manager doesnt redraw to show the new parent. If you change to a different scene and come back, it will show the node with the new parent.

There is an alternative method you can use which does redraw correctly, using xpScene.MoveTo()

e.g. (This is a script I attached to a keyboard event, to duplicate and move an object).

dim scene as xpScene
dim ob as xpBaseObject
dim ob1 as xpBaseObject

engine.GetSceneByName("Scene1", scene, false)
scene.GetObjectByName("Quad1", ob)
ob1 = scene.GetObjectCopy(ob)
scene.GetObjectByName("Group1", ob)
scene.MoveTo(ob1, ob, MoveMode.mmAddChildLast)


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