Digital Assets and the Tab menu

[hopbin9]

Hi,

Ok, I've done this before but now I can't remember how.

When I create a digital asset, and then use them again, they are appearing under the tab / Menu / Digital Asset.

How do you define your own menu section for your assets? I have something called xRing and I want to put it under xPrimitives?

Thanks

[lukeiamyourfather]

In the type properties dialog there's a tab called Tools then a another tab called Context. There's a parameter there called TAB Submenu Path.

[hopbin9]

In the type properties dialog there's a tab called Tools then a another tab called Context. There's a parameter there called TAB Submenu Path.

awesome, thank you.

[redpaw]

Any idea how to query that "Tab Submenu path" string on an HDA using python?  cant' seem to find that bit of data anywhere?

[animknight]

It can be done but there's no direct way to access it AFAIK

hda_def = hda_node.type().definition()
tools_section = hda_def.sections()['Tools.shelf']
# tools_section.contents returns an XML string which you
# need to parse and get the value of the tab Submenu path
tools_contents = tools_section.contents()

Hope it helps

-J

[Pancho]

In H18 there's no Tab called tools anymore. What has changed and how do I accomplish it now?

 

[Pancho]

Interactive -> Shelf Tools

[papsphilip]

How can i make a submenu inside Digital Assets to store specific HDAs?

 

Asset Manager - select the HDA i want - right click Type Properties - Interactive -Shelf Tools - Context - TAB Submenu Path -

currently set to Digital Assets

can i write something like Digital Assets/Custom Menu ?

[papsphilip]

yes i can apparently