delete points on curve except first and last

[br1]

Hi,

I'm trying to remember how to do this.

I'm using a pattern to delete points on a curve, something like !*:10 but I want to exclude the first and the last point.

Bruno

[magneto]

I think there are many ways to do this. I would use this pattern:

0 $N

and set it to "Delete Non-Selected".

Edited May 22, 2013 by magneto

[sanostol]

try this as a python expression in the pattern field

inc = 10
points2delete = range(1,len(hou.pwd().inputs()[0].geometry().points())-1,inc)
return points2delete
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Edited May 22, 2013 by sanostol

[br1]

I think there are many ways to do this. I would use this pattern:

0 $N

and set it to "Delete Non-Selected".

Mmm, maybe I didn't state it correctly. I don' t want to delete all points between first and last, only a percentage based on the pattern !*:10

[br1]

try this as a python expression in the pattern field

inc = 10
points2delete = range(1,len(hou.pwd().inputs()[0].geometry().points())-1,inc)
return points2delete
[/CODE]

It gives me an error :

Error: Unable to evaluate expression (Syntax error - extra tokens detected in expression (/obj/curve_object1/Br1_fence1/delete1/pattern)).

My bad, it was not correctly set to python. Seems to work now

Edited May 22, 2013 by br1

[anim]

you can as well just use this pattern

!*:10 ^0 ^$N[/CODE]

[br1]

you can as well just use this pattern

!*:10 ^0 ^$N[/CODE]

Exactly what I was looking for, Tomas !

Looks so simply now , thanks !

[sanostol]

hahaha, short and simple