Limit Point selection by Group Create ?

[CinnamonMetal]

When using the Group Create SOP along with Keep in Bounding Regions with a bounding sphere, I'm trying to limit my selection to only the edge points of the selection by enabling Include in Edges but that is not working; how do I limit the selection using the Group Create SOP ? 

The Bounding sphere has selected all the points, how can I get the Group Create SOP to limit only the edge points ?

Edited June 19, 2019 by CinnamonMetal

[eikonoklastes]

Create a sphere and PolyExtrude it a little, so it creates a shell. Use this as the Bounding Object for the Group and you should be sorted.

bounding_ring.hiplc

[CinnamonMetal]

50 minutes ago, eikonoklastes said:

Create a sphere and PolyExtrude it a little, so it creates a shell. Use this as the Bounding Object for the Group and you should be sorted.

bounding_ring.hiplc

I mean't select the edges of the hole as you see in the screen capture; if I extrude a sphere it won't specifically selected the hole point edges 

[eikonoklastes]

How are you creating that hole? Can you post your file?

[cudarsjanis]

include by edges and check unshared Edges.

Should do the job.

[cudarsjanis]

But you need to do bounding object group separately. so group twice.

But unshared edges will work only on flat geo. looks like yours is extruded

Edited June 20, 2019 by cudarsjanis
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[cudarsjanis]

This should work. Just group by dot product.

vector upVector = set(0,1,0);
float dotPr = dot(@N, upVector);
if(abs(dotPr) == 1)
    i@group_points = 1;
 

dotProduct.hip

 

 

Even easier way of doing that 

 

Edited June 20, 2019 by cudarsjanis

[CinnamonMetal]

None of these suggestions are working, I forgot to mentioned it's an extruded volume 

@cudarsjanis I have the group created then I created a point wrangler with your dot product code but not the result I wanted.

Edited June 20, 2019 by CinnamonMetal

[cudarsjanis]

5 minutes ago, CinnamonMetal said:

None of these suggestions are working, I forgot to mentioned it's an extruded volume 

@cudarsjanis I have the group created then I created a point wrangler with your dot product code but not the result I wanted.

you need to change upVector, depending of orientation of your object. Anyway it`s not the best way.

just use this method. It`s gonna work

 

[eikonoklastes]

On 6/21/2019 at 2:32 AM, CinnamonMetal said:

None of these suggestions are working, I forgot to mentioned it's an extruded volume 

@cudarsjanis I have the group created then I created a point wrangler with your dot product code but not the result I wanted.

It would really help if you posted your file. At least export the geometry in question and post that. It could be something as simple as include by edge angle, but difficult to say without a scene file.