Fabricio , 

 

The Attribute Promote help page has approx 15 examples you can load. Hopefully 
you might find something within the examples to inspires a solution.

 

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You can't get the "get maximum in set" when inside a vop.

But, you get those options with the promote attribute sop.

 


On Monday, March 6, 2017, Oscar Juarez <[email protected] 
<mailto:[email protected]> > wrote:

I would like to be proven wrong, but that would be the way, I mean in your 
second pointvop you don't need to add another noise, your noise is already 
saved in an attribute, when you promote just check off delete original and you 
can access the same noise. Also noises have specific output ranges, they come 
in the documentation, so you can always add a fit node to change your range to 
what you need, in the geometry spreadsheet you can also sort by value so you 
can see max and min. 

 

If you press X with your mouse over the noise output it will add a 
visualization node, you can visualize on the viewport or in the geometry 
spreadsheet the values. I know its not the same but as far as I know their is 
no way to do the same as the get maximum in set node in a vopsop context.

 

 

 

On Mon, Mar 6, 2017 at 3:57 PM, Fabricio Chamon <[email protected] 
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thanks everyone. The ramp parameter kind of works but as you say, is not that 
user friendly and does not show the points below 0. (that's ok, but I wonder if 
it is possible to write a custom widget in houdini)

 

anyway, the thing I could not get right just yet is that sort of "get maximum 
in set" thing. Sorry for using ICE language, I'm trying to be open minded here, 
so please tell me if that`s not the correct mindset.

 

so on this graph:

 



 

...how could I get the maximum value of the output noise node and compare to a 
single point output of the same node?

 

>From what I can tell, I'd have to:

 

1- create this pointvop node with a turbnoise, then store the output noise into 
an attribute (via bindexport?) 

2- up one level -> drop an attrib promote (detail), set to maximum

3- drop another pointvop node with another noise node inside (same parameters) 
and compare the result noise to that found on the atrib promote node??

 

I'm 99% sure this is totally wrong...how would you go about that single task 
specifically?

 

and finally, thanks for the suggestions on houdini forums and discord. will try 
both (although I pretty much like this list =) )

 

 

2017-03-06 15:17 GMT+01:00 gareth bell <[email protected] 
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yeah - the lack of handles is frustrating

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yep but it has no handles  

and try to make négative values, it takes them but wont show on the curve as it 
has a 0,1 space.

Unless i'm wrong (which i'd love to be)

 

Le 6 mars 2017 14:36, "Olivier Jeannel" <[email protected] 
<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> > a écrit :

in vop, bind and bind export node will get an set datas. 

Ramp Parameters is sort of fcurve.

It's a bit weak in terms of curve manipulation, but does the job. 

It has 2 modes rgb (ramp) and spline.

If you use several ramps in the same vop, name them with different name or they 
might not export.

 

Le 6 mars 2017 14:28, "Fabricio Chamon" <[email protected] 
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..sorry, hit send too soon. 

 

Question #1: are there any equivalents to ICE "get ... in set"? or or do I have 
to iterate and store values for later comparision? In other words: what is the 
best or recommended workflow to compare single point data with global point 
data?

 

Question #2: any nodes that resemble a fCurve node, like we have in ICE? if 
not, what is the alternative?

 

and finally, I can see this list is becoming more and more houdini-esque than 
ever..but, what is the best place to ask beginner questions like the above? 
houdini foruns, houdini list, odForce...

 

thanks!

 

2017-03-06 14:23 GMT+01:00 Fabricio Chamon <[email protected] 
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Hi, I'm slowly getting into houdini and this is my first attempt to port a 
really simple ridged fractal deformer made in ICE to houdini (using pointvop).  

 

Question #1: are there any equivalents to ICE "get ... in set"? or or do I have 
to iterate and store values for later comparision? In other words: what is the 
best or recommended workflow to compare single point data with 

 


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