VEX: find the max of the max of bounding boxes of connected pieces

[anicg]

For each connected piece, get the bounding box, find the axis with the maximum scale and remember just the number. Say e.g. a box is 18 by 3 by 2, a grid is 4 by 7, a sphere is 15 by 15 by 15 then we need 18, 15, and 7.

Then find the max of these maxs (18 vs 7 vs 15) and assign it to an attribute, such that we end up f@maxattrib = 18.

Edited June 25, 2020 by anicg

[tamagochy]

Put to point wrangle 

int pts[] = neighbours(0,@ptnum);
float dists[];

foreach(int pt; pts){
    vector pos = point(0,"P",pt);
    vector dir = pos-@P;
    float dist = length(dir);
    append(dists,dist);
    
}
dists = sort(dists);
float d = dists[-1]; //longest 
f@d=d;
setdetailattrib(0,'dist',d,'max');

in first input connect all bounding boxes

[anicg]

On 25/06/2020 at 8:26 PM, tamagochy said:

Put to point wrangle 

int pts[] = neighbours(0,@ptnum);
float dists[];

foreach(int pt; pts){
    vector pos = point(0,"P",pt);
    vector dir = pos-@P;
    float dist = length(dir);
    append(dists,dist);
    
}
dists = sort(dists);
float d = dists[-1]; //longest 
f@d=d;
setdetailattrib(0,'dist',d,'max');

in first input connect all bounding boxes

Thank you, I'm almost there, I get an attribute d which has 7,9 and 21, I only need the 21, the highest number, one value, what do I need to add to get that?

[tamagochy]

Highest number saved at detail, look there I promote it by setdetailattribute.

[anim]

you can also just directly merge your geo (without appending Bound SOP to each)

use Connectivity in Point mode to compute connectivity attribute, default i@class for example

then Point Wrangle:

vector scale = getpointbbox_size(0, "@class=" + itoa(i@class));
float max = max(scale);
setdetailattrib(0, "max", max, "max");

should give you what you need

[tamagochy]

On 7/8/2020 at 6:51 PM, anim said:

you can also just directly merge your geo (without appending Bound SOP to each)

use Connectivity in Point mode to compute connectivity attribute, default i@class for example

then Point Wrangle:

vector scale = getpointbbox_size(0, "@class=" + itoa(i@class));
float max = max(scale);
setdetailattrib(0, "max", max, "max");

should give you what you need

Is the getpointbbox working in world coordinates? But if you need oriented bounds this code not enough I thinks.

[anim]

Right, it doesn't do oriented bounding box 

You would need to transform your pieces by inverted oriented transform before that node to get the oriented bbox lengths

Unless they are packed and then oriented in which case you can use bounds intrinsic