Common Sense

[Noobini]

here's another classic case....sure you can immediately launch into a big mass of codes/logic...or you could sit back a bit, analyse the problem and then use common sense:

https://www.sidefx.com/forum/topic/53827/

[Noobini]

in case ppl don't have access to download the scenes, here's the VEX solution (No I'm not having a go at the contributors)

if( (@primnum >= 0) && (@primnum <= 1) )
    {
    setprimgroup(geoself(), "zero", @primnum, 1, "set");
    }
    
if( (@primnum >= 2) && (@primnum <= 4) )
    {
    setprimgroup(geoself(), "one", @primnum, 1, "set");
    }    
    
if( (@primnum >= 5) && (@primnum <= 8) )
    {
    setprimgroup(geoself(), "two", @primnum, 1, "set");
    }   
    
if( @primnum == 9)
    {
    setprimgroup(geoself(), "three", @primnum, 1, "set");
    }   
    
if( (@primnum >= 10) && (@primnum <= 11) )
    {
    setprimgroup(geoself(), "four", @primnum, 1, "set");
    }   
    
if( (@primnum >= 12) && (@primnum <= 13) )
    {
    setprimgroup(geoself(), "five", @primnum, 1, "set");
    }    
    
if( (@primnum >= 14) && (@primnum <= 15) )
    {
    setprimgroup(geoself(), "six", @primnum, 1, "set");
    }    
    
if( (@primnum >= 16) && (@primnum <= 17) )
    {
    setprimgroup(geoself(), "seven", @primnum, 1, "set");
    }     

if( @primnum == 18)
    {
    setprimgroup(geoself(), "eight", @primnum, 1, "set");
    }  
    
if( @primnum == 19)
    {
    setprimgroup(geoself(), "nine", @primnum, 1, "set");
    }  

 
   

int Success;
vector Color;


if( inprimgroup(0, "zero", @primnum) == 1)
    {
    Color = primattrib(1, "Cd", 0, Success);
    setprimattrib(0, "Cd", @primnum, Color, "set");
    }
    
if( inprimgroup(0, "one", @primnum) == 1)
    {
    Color = primattrib(1, "Cd", 1, Success);
    setprimattrib(0, "Cd", @primnum, Color, "set");
    }
    
if( inprimgroup(0, "two", @primnum) == 1)
    {
    Color = primattrib(1, "Cd", 2, Success);
    setprimattrib(0, "Cd", @primnum, Color, "set");
    }
    
if( inprimgroup(0, "three", @primnum) == 1)
    {
    Color = primattrib(1, "Cd", 3, Success);
    setprimattrib(0, "Cd", @primnum, Color, "set");
    }
    
if( inprimgroup(0, "four", @primnum) == 1)
    {
    Color = primattrib(1, "Cd", 4, Success);
    setprimattrib(0, "Cd", @primnum, Color, "set");
    }
    
if( inprimgroup(0, "five", @primnum) == 1)
    {
    Color = primattrib(1, "Cd", 5, Success);
    setprimattrib(0, "Cd", @primnum, Color, "set");
    }
    
if( inprimgroup(0, "six", @primnum) == 1)
    {
    Color = primattrib(1, "Cd", 6, Success);
    setprimattrib(0, "Cd", @primnum, Color, "set");
    }    
    
if( inprimgroup(0, "seven", @primnum) == 1)
    {
    Color = primattrib(1, "Cd", 7, Success);
    setprimattrib(0, "Cd", @primnum, Color, "set");
    }  
    
if( inprimgroup(0, "eight", @primnum) == 1)
    {
    Color = primattrib(1, "Cd", 8, Success);
    setprimattrib(0, "Cd", @primnum, Color, "set");
    }  
    
if( inprimgroup(0, "nine", @primnum) == 1)
    {
    Color = primattrib(1, "Cd", 9, Success);
    setprimattrib(0, "Cd", @primnum, Color, "set");
    }     

another solution is in this screenprint:

Then there's my common sense solution....of one node, take your pick..

Edited February 1, 2018 by Noobini

[Guest tar]

Eh? ...the common sense solution isn't very robust.  Just add more scatter points to see it fall apart.  

[Noobini]

show me...

and if it comes down to him having his Distance Threshold at 10...well, I made a comment there...

but anyway, show me...

[Guest tar]

Scatter set to 55..

In the end not sure of why this entire thread exists. Common sense is nothing more than the education you have before you are about 20.

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[Noobini]

subdiv Depth 4, done.

 

[Guest tar]

and that doesn't work for a scatter of 113..

[Noobini]

I'm surprised you haven't gone straight to scatter 1 million points...

(i'm a poor guy so my rig is crap...can't go anywhere near there)

Edited February 1, 2018 by Noobini

[Guest tar]

I did test it at various other settings it's a pretty poor solution to start a thread with and trumpet to other solutions. Not sure of the goal tbh unless you are aiming for ad hoc instead of robust solutions.

[Noobini]

fair enough if you think my solution is poor...I made a contribution.

So if you put up a better solution so everyone, including me, can learn from,...great...

Or do you just wanna have a go at me ?

Yes, I'm a noob.

Intimidated ? NO.

[Guest tar]

ummm I have no interest in you, my interest is in robust solutions that scale in Houdini.  For whatever reason you are personalising this feedback.

6 minutes ago, Noobini said:

fair enough if you think my solution is poor...I made a contribution.

So if you put up a better solution so everyone, including me, can learn from,...great...

Or do you just wanna have a go at me ?

Yes, I'm a noob.

Intimidated ? NO.

 

[Noobini]

3 minutes ago, marty said:

ummm I have no interest in you,

 

feeling is mutual

[michael]

I think this thread has run out of steam...

 

lets all move on.

[Noobini]

sincere apologies Michael for this one more post...but here's a better solution.

(I won't explain here, it is on SESI thread)

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[Marc]

Now this thread is really done.