Tcl/Tk
valueAndReference
Arrays in Softwish
Structures in Softwish
Accessing Arrays and Structures
Plugin Architecture
Plugin Plumbing
Plugin Examples
Standalones

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• Softwish is based upon the Tcl language with extensions to allow it to handle C language data-structures and arrays. The extensions for Softimage data structures  make things like scenes, databases, elements, and subelements (defined in the C language based Softimage SDK)  accessible from Tcl. These language extensions allocate memory for and track instances of these types so that they can be passed down to Softimage. There are also extensions for arrays of these structures and arrays C types, such as  ints, char, double, float etc. There is also a language extension for accessing these structures and arrays. 
  
• Tcl/Tk references
• Passing Parameters by Value and Reference
• Arrays in Softwish
• Structures in Softwish
• Accessing Arrays and Structures in Softwish
• SoftWish provides utilities so that you almost never have to write your own plugins, but if you want to you can. Here's how
• The Softimage Plugin Architecture
• Plugin Plumbing (Getting Your Plugin working)
• Plugin Examples
• Standalones are programs which use Softimage but don't use it's interactive display. A standalone, unlike a plugin, is pretty easy to setup. Here's how:
• Standalones