Grab Physical Camera Setting per Frame

Submitted by freedom1k on Thu, 2017-09-14 06:40

I have a Physical camera Selected with zoom, fOV, Target distance and Focal length animated over time.
I want to grab the values of them to copy/paste in a text file, but when I execute the simple maxscript below the FOV and Zoom are constant for every frame, but the values are changing.

 
i=10 
f=60
format for t = i to f do at time t format "FOV: %\n" $.FOV
 
format for t = i to f do at time t format "FOV: %\n" $.target_distance
<code> 
 
Focal Length and Zoom works fine.
It seems simple, but can you help me with the correct syntax to gather the FOV and Target Distance over time when they are animated?
 
Thanks!

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Submitted by freedom1k on Fri, 2017-09-15 04:21.

Submitted by jahman on Thu, 2017-09-14 07:22.

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for i=1 to 5 do at time i (
 
	format "fov: %\ttarget distance: %\n" $.fov (distance $ $.target)
 
)

That's what I get with the above code. vray 3.2

fov: 10.2224 target distance: 86.3469
fov: 10.8618 target distance: 86.6359
fov: 11.8764 target distance: 87.1185
fov: 13.2246 target distance: 87.8038
fov: 14.8648 target distance: 88.7046

Submitted by freedom1k on Thu, 2017-09-14 09:01.

Thanks Jahman. I get an error

Thanks Jahman.

I get an error when selecting a basic camera or Physical Camera.

-- Syntax error: at ), expected

-- In line: )

Can you try your selection with a Physical camera instead of vray cam?

I'm using 3dsMax 2016.

Submitted by jahman on Thu, 2017-09-14 09:29.

There should be no problems

There should be no problems with the above code. How do you execute it?
Ctrl + C > MaxScript > New Script > Ctrl + V > Ctrl + E ?

Submitted by freedom1k on Thu, 2017-09-14 10:40.

I've been testing in the

I've been testing in the MAXscrpt Listener by 1st selecting the PhyCam, then copy/paste code then RETURN. it errors out.

Executing as you say above. Works perfect!
Thanks!

Submitted by freedom1k on Fri, 2017-09-15 04:21.

Strange. I expanded the time

Strange. I expanded the time range.

The Target distance works fine, but the .FOV repeats whatever frame I'm currently at. I restarted max and the file, same results.
(purpose. I'm animating the FocalLength and Zoom only. In doing so, I want to capture the .FOV reading per frame.)

for i=165 to 560 do at time i (
 
	format "frame: % fov: %\ttarget distance: %\n" i  $.fov (distance $ $.target)
 )
 
 
Results:
frame: 165 fov: 3.65129	target distance: 564.072
frame: 166 fov: 3.65129	target distance: 564.058
frame: 167 fov: 3.65129	target distance: 564.041
frame: 168 fov: 3.65129	target distance: 564.023
frame: 169 fov: 3.65129	target distance: 564.005
frame: 170 fov: 3.65129	target distance: 563.987
frame: 171 fov: 3.65129	target distance: 563.969
frame: 172 fov: 3.65129	target distance: 563.953
frame: 173 fov: 3.65129	target distance: 563.94
frame: 174 fov: 3.65129	target distance: 563.929
frame: 175 fov: 3.65129	target distance: 563.922

Submitted by jahman on Fri, 2017-09-15 05:05.

try this for i=165 to 560 do

try this

for i=165 to 560 do (
 
        sliderTime = i
	format "frame: % fov: %\ttarget distance: %\n" i  $.fov (distance $ $.target)
 )

Submitted by freedom1k on Fri, 2017-09-15 07:01.

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