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hello everyone,i'm learning c++ and I'm new to Houdini HDK. I was reading another topic, someone told that you can use example files and manipulate them. so I have some questions for you: as you can see the header code and it's definition namespace HDK_Sample { /// Run a sin() wave through geometry by deforming points /// @see @ref HOM/SOP_HOMWave.C, SOP_HOMWave, SOP_CPPWave class SOP_PointWave : public SOP_Node { public: SOP_PointWave(OP_Network *net, const char *name, OP_Operator *op); virtual ~SOP_PointWave(); static PRM_Template myTemplateList[]; static OP_Node *myConstructor(OP_Network*, const char *, OP_Operator *); /// This method is created so that it can be called by handles. It only /// cooks the input group of this SOP. The geometry in this group is /// the only geometry manipulated by this SOP. virtual OP_ERROR cookInputGroups(OP_Context &context, int alone = 0); protected: /// Method to cook geometry for the SOP virtual OP_ERROR cookMySop(OP_Context &context); private: void getGroups(UT_String &str){ evalString(str, "group", 0, 0); } fpreal AMP(fpreal t) { return evalFloat("amp", 0, t); } fpreal PHASE(fpreal t) { return evalFloat("phase", 0, t); } fpreal PERIOD(fpreal t) { return evalFloat("period", 0, t); } /// This is the group of geometry to be manipulated by this SOP and cooked /// by the method "cookInputGroups". const GA_PointGroup *myGroup; }; using namespace HDK_Sample; void newSopOperator(OP_OperatorTable *table) { table->addOperator(new OP_Operator( "hdk_pointwave", "Point Wave", SOP_PointWave::myConstructor, SOP_PointWave::myTemplateList, 1, 1, 0)); } static PRM_Name names[] = { PRM_Name("amp", "Amplitude"), PRM_Name("phase", "Phase"), PRM_Name("period", "Period"), }; PRM_Template SOP_PointWave::myTemplateList[] = { PRM_Template(PRM_STRING, 1, &PRMgroupName, 0, &SOP_Node::pointGroupMenu, 0, 0, SOP_Node::getGroupSelectButton( GA_GROUP_POINT)), PRM_Template(PRM_FLT_J, 1, &names[0], PRMoneDefaults, 0, &PRMscaleRange), PRM_Template(PRM_FLT_J, 1, &names[1], PRMzeroDefaults), PRM_Template(PRM_FLT_J, 1, &names[2], PRMoneDefaults), PRM_Template(), }; OP_Node * SOP_PointWave::myConstructor(OP_Network *net, const char *name, OP_Operator *op) { return new SOP_PointWave(net, name, op); } SOP_PointWave::SOP_PointWave(OP_Network *net, const char *name, OP_Operator *op) : SOP_Node(net, name, op), myGroup(NULL) { mySopFlags.setManagesDataIDs(true); } SOP_PointWave::~SOP_PointWave() {} OP_ERROR SOP_PointWave::cookInputGroups(OP_Context &context, int alone) { return cookInputPointGroups( context, // This is needed for cooking the group parameter, and cooking the input if alone. myGroup, // The group (or NULL) is written to myGroup if not alone. alone, // This is true iff called outside of cookMySop to update handles. // true means the group will be for the input geometry. // false means the group will be for gdp (the working/output geometry). true, // (default) true means to set the selection to the group if not alone and the highlight flag is on. 0, // (default) Parameter index of the group field -1, // (default) Parameter index of the group type field (-1 since there isn't one) true, // (default) true means that a pointer to an existing group is okay; false means group is always new. false, // (default) false means new groups should be unordered; true means new groups should be ordered. true, // (default) true means that all new groups should be detached, so not owned by the detail; // false means that new point and primitive groups on gdp will be owned by gdp. 0 // (default) Index of the input whose geometry the group will be made for if alone. ); } OP_ERROR SOP_PointWave::cookMySop(OP_Context &context) { OP_AutoLockInputs inputs(this); if (inputs.lock(context) >= UT_ERROR_ABORT) return error(); duplicatePointSource(0, context); fpreal t = context.getTime(); float phase = PHASE(t); float amp = AMP(t); float period = PERIOD(t); if (error() >= UT_ERROR_ABORT) return error(); if (cookInputGroups(context) >= UT_ERROR_ABORT) return error(); GA_Offset ptoff; GA_FOR_ALL_GROUP_PTOFF(gdp, myGroup, ptoff) { UT_Vector3 p = gdp->getPos3(ptoff); p.y() += SYSsin( (p.x() / period + phase) * M_PI * 2 ) * amp; gdp->setPos3(ptoff, p); } if (!myGroup || !myGroup->isEmpty()) gdp->getP()->bumpDataId(); return error(); } my first question is: we have this int header file : SOP_PointWave(OP_Network *net, const char *name, OP_Operator *op); where is it's definition in *.c file? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- my second question is: void newSopOperator(OP_OperatorTable *table) { table->addOperator(new OP_Operator( "hdk_pointwave", "Point Wave", SOP_PointWave::myConstructor, SOP_PointWave::myTemplateList, 1, 1, 0)); } why this function is void? I know because it won't return anything, but why it shouldn't? why newSopOperator's parameter is a class (i know a class is custom data type) but why? and what is table in the parameter? ----------------------------------------------------------------- BEST REGARDS