Rendering out geo subnet

[kev2]

I have a subnet with 6 geometry objects inside. I put down a Ropnet at the obj level and inside, a geoRop. When I point the geoROP to an geometry inside the subnet, it renders it out as an .obj file just fine. When I point the geoRop to the subent - hoping to output them all as a unified object - I get a render error: "Cook error in input."

I know this must be possible but am at a loss for setting it up to render the subnet, short of rendering each item it contains separately.

Thanks, Kevin

[hopbin9]

Is this a SOP level subnet or an OBJ level subnet?

[Macha]

Are all your paths correct? Are you trying to render the node itself, on the scene level? It should refer to a rop.

[edward]

I assume this is an object level subnet. Try creating an Object Merge SOP, then give it the path to the OBJ subnet ... eg. "/obj/subnet1" ... If that doesn't work, try "/obj/subnet1/*". Then you have a single SOP node to output.

[kev2]

Hi all. Thanks for the help, much appreciated. I've attached a file that shows my set-up.

hopbin9: Yes, it’s a Scene/OBJ level subnet.

Macha: I refer to the scene/obj level subnet from a geometryROP inside the ROPnet. The ROPnet is at scene/obj level.

Edward: Houdini won't allow me to put down an objectmerge except inside the geometry of an object within the subnet. If I do that and merge in each of the other geometries in the subnet, and then point the geoROP to the merge, it renders only the first object connected to the merge (ignoring the merge basically).

Thanks for any help, I am struggling to understand Houdini's approach to working between contexts.

Kevin

example.hipnc

[edward]

I meant like this

exampleMergeAllForGeoOutput.hipnc

[kev2]

Thanks Edward, completely see it now. Huge help. Thanks again, Kevin