DisplayGroupNames Otl

[asnowcappedromance]

Hey guys,

I wrote a Python Operator that creates a string attribute for incoming point/prim groups and addds

the associated display options. Also it supports multiple groups on a point/primitive.

Feel free to give it a shot, I find it very helpful, feedback appreciated!

regards,

Manuel

SOP_displayGroupName.otl

[tmdag]

hey, nice tool, thanks for sharing

one thing - you have hardcoded your evalParm assigments

instead using:

toggle = hou.parm('/obj/box_object1/groupName1/displayme')

mode = hou.evalParm('/obj/box_object1/groupName1/mode')

use:

mode = hou.pwd().evalParm('mode')

toggle = hou.pwd().evalParm('displayme')

and will work fine

[asnowcappedromance]

oh, thanks for mentionning this, I tend to forget that sometimes, it's always so easy to grab a parameter with dragging

it from the parameter pane into the Python shell

glad you like it!

Manu

[tmdag]

you could also add random color per group as separate toggle

[asnowcappedromance]

Good idea!

Would require to restructure the code though, right now the groups are stored in one attribute string, I'd have to split them up (one variable per group). Don't know

if you want to end up with like 10 attributes if you got a heavy scene, you would also have to create 10 options in the viewport display options, kind of messy.

A question: I renamed the otl to "displayGroupNames" after I created it, but everytime I throw a new node in the network editor it names the operator "groupName1".

Couldn't figure out where to change this, anybody knows how to do that?

Anyway, updated otl is attached! (paths are no longer hardcoded.)

Manu

SOP_displayGroupName.otl

[tmdag]

Good idea!

Would require to restructure the code though, right now the groups are stored in one attribute string, I'd have to split them up (one variable per group). Don't know

if you want to end up with like 10 attributes if you got a heavy scene, you would also have to create 10 options in the viewport display options, kind of messy.

You could just setAttrib Cd randomly (if exists or create one if not) based on random.seed(g) (your group name)