How to have one line cut off a line and have it continue below it?

[Krion]

Hi,

I am wondering how you would do something like this. How would you get a line with one length parameter, that has a constraint after which it can go no further, and then it continues below, like a little 'paragraph', so you could create variations of that line on different 'cards'.

Would really like to know how you could do something like that.

 

Thanks  

 

[anim]

while easily possible without coding, I just did a quick wrangle

vector startP = chv("startP");
float width = chf("width");
float spacing = chf("spacing");
float length = chf("length");

int nlines = ceil(length/width);
for(int i=0; i<nlines; i++){
    float linewidth = min(length - i*width, width);
    vector linestartP = startP + {0,-1,0}*spacing*i;
    int pt0 = addpoint(0, linestartP);
    int pt1 = addpoint(0, linestartP + {1,0,0}*linewidth);
    addprim(0, "polyline", pt0, pt1);    

}

 

ts_paragraph_line.hip

[Aizatulin]

Here is another (similar) solution using the copy node.

 

line_break.hipnc

Edited September 21, 2019 by Aizatulin

[konstantin magnus]

Ok, here comes the nice and simple SOP solution:

• Segment the input line with a polycut node.
• Align the segments with a primitive node.
• Assign letters with another primitive node. 

paragraph.hipnc

Edited September 21, 2019 by konstantin magnus

[Krion]

Super crazy shit guys.. too awesome.  Glad to be on the path of learning Houdini.