View/Inspect userData?

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Hi All,

 

I have a NULL object that I have added userData to using a python node.

userData does not show up in the geometry spreadsheet because it is not an attribute.

 

 

Is there any way to view the user data in the Houdini interface?

[dedeks3000]

You can put your userData content in a string parameter.

[f1480187]

You can put your userData content in a string parameter.

Or display it via shelf button or customized right-click menu entry. Here the shelf tool:

def userdata(selected_nodes):
    '''Display user-defined data stored on selected node.'''
    if len(selected_nodes) != 1:
        hou.ui.setStatusMessage('Select one node to use this tool.')
        return

    node = selected_nodes[0]
    data = node.userDataDict()
    data = [(k + ': ' + v) for k, v in data.items()]
    data = '\n'.join(sorted(data))

    msg = 'Displaying user-defined data stored on %s node.' %node.name()
    hou.ui.displayMessage(msg, details=data, details_expanded=True)

userdata(hou.selectedNodes())

It will show newline-separated selectable string:

[Atom]

That is kind of neat. But it makes me think of going back to storing my userData in the text field of a stick note. Then I can see and edit it and if I don't want it anymore I can easily delete it. It looks like userData stores only strings anyway.