You can get at the ICE attributes of a point cloud through PointCloudGeometry.ICEAttributes or PointCloudGeometry.GetICEAttributeFromName.

To get the attribute values for every point in a point cloud, you get the DataArray of the attribute.

Here’s some sample JScript that shows how to get ICE attributes. Run it once, and then randomize the initial shapes of the particles and run the script again. See the difference? (Look at the difference in IsConstant and the contents of DataArray for the Shape attribute).

Remember that in the script editor you can double-click a method or property name (like “DataArray”) and press F1 to go to the SDK reference page.

var pc = Dictionary.GetObject( "PointCloud" );
var oPointCloudGeometry = pc.ActivePrimitive.Geometry;

// Get the NbPoints attribute
var oIceAttrib = oPointCloudGeometry.GetICEAttributeFromName( "NbPoints" );
logAttributeInfo( oIceAttrib );
logDataArray( oIceAttrib.DataArray );

// Get the Shape attribute
var oIceAttrib = oPointCloudGeometry.GetICEAttributeFromName( "Shape" );
logAttributeInfo( oIceAttrib );
logDataArray( oIceAttrib.DataArray );

// Utility functions
function logAttributeInfo( oIceAttrib )
{
    LogMessage( oIceAttrib.Name + "ICE attribute");
    LogMessage( "\tIsConstant=" + oIceAttrib.IsConstant );
    LogMessage( "\tContextType=" + oIceAttrib.ContextType );
    LogMessage( "\tDataType=" + oIceAttrib.DataType );
}

function logDataArray( dataArray )
{
    // DataArray is a safe array
    // So, convert it to a JScript array
    var a = new VBArray( dataArray ).toArray();
    LogMessage( "\tDataArray.length=" + a.length );
    for ( var i in a )
    {
        if ( typeof(a[i])=="object" )
        {
            LogMessage( "\tDataArray["+i+"].Type=" + a[i].Type );
			LogMessage( ClassName( a[i] ) );	// Shape
        }
        else
        {
            LogMessage( "\tDataArray["+i+"]=" + a[i] );
        }
    }
}