cannot read attribute value

[catchyid]

Hi,

In "color" sop node, I am trying to set the color value to a point attribute "rd" that I've created in an upstream Attribute Wrangler node. The problem is I am always getting 0.0 instead of the actual value of attribute "rd", hence the final color is always black. I am not sure what I am doing wrong?! Plz, see attached.

 

 

[dimovfx]

you could just write

@Cd = rand(@ptnum);

or use "Color Type" = "Random from Attribute" in "color1" node.

Edited August 23, 2016 by sasho78

[catchyid]

Thanks I was just throwing an example, setting color values is not my goal, sorry if I was not clear. My problem is that in any node I cannot read previously attributes using @ operator, so in this example, I was trying to read previously defined attribute rd and copy it to @Cd in an expression, but it did not work, and I am not sure why?

Once more, thanks

[MirrorSword]

The problem is that not all nodes support those per point local variable.

From the help docs on the color node:

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This is a Houdini Digital Asset and does not support local variables. To have different colors per element, see the other more advanced SOPs: Point, Primitive, Vertex.

So you just need to use a Point sop instead of the color sop.

Edited August 22, 2016 by MirrorSword

[catchyid]

Alright, thanks