POP inherit point normal from passing a point

[bastianlstrube]

Hi Odforce.

I have POPs moving past a point and I want the stream to inherit and keep the points normal after passing.
I thought this would be a straight forward pcopen() case, but I cant get it to keep the normal. It's only there for as long as it is within the search radius.

I've tried a few different things in vex. wrapping it in an If statement instead of while, but to no avail.

Edit: I should maybe mention that I'm in SOP right after importing from a DOP.
Tried to make it work in POP wrangle but had no luck there either.

Thanks,
Bastian

Edited November 22, 2017 by bastianlstrube

[woodenduck]

Try this in a popwrangle inside the popnet.

 

if(@n2 == 0)
    {
        float radius = chf("radius");
        int maxpts = chi("maxpts");

        int handle = pcopen(1, "P", @P, radius, maxpts);

        v@n2 = pcfilter(handle, "N");

        v@N = @n2;
    }    

[woodenduck]

You will need to set the 'radius' and 'maxpoints' channels to something useful... ;D

[bastianlstrube]

Thanks! This plus a little help from a friend got me the solution.

Needed a SOP solver in the DOP, and inside there a wrangle with pciterate worked perfectly.