def cloneMeshInstance(self, oldObject, newName):
"""
Clone a mesh object into a new name and attach it to the current geometryInstance
"""
print "AcdOptiGeometryInstance::cloneMeshInstance()"
assert not newName in self.meshInsts
newMesh = AcdOptiMeshInstance.createNew_clone(os.path.join(self.folder, self.meshInstanceFolderName, newName), oldObject, self)
self.meshInsts[newName] = newMesh
self.write()
def createNew_clone(folder, cloneFrom):
"""
Creates a new geomInstance in a not previously existing folder,
which has identical settings as an already existing geometryInstance.
The newly created geomInstance is then returned.
This is a deep copy, meshInstances etc. are also cloned.
"""
#Create the new geomInstance
AcdOptiGeometryInstance.createNew(folder)
newInstance = AcdOptiGeometryInstance(folder, cloneFrom.template)
#Copy information
for key in cloneFrom.templateOverrides_getKeys():
newInstance.templateOverrides_insert(key, cloneFrom.templateOverrides_get(key))
for (meshName, mesh) in cloneFrom.meshInsts.iteritems():
newMesh = AcdOptiMeshInstance.createNew_clone(os.path.join(folder,"meshInstances",meshName), mesh, newInstance)
newInstance.meshInsts[meshName] = newMesh
newInstance.write()
return newInstance