Deleting outside primitives after boolean fracture

[Trilec]

hi all,

This is a bread and butter problem, solved in many different ways....remove (cull) the outside piece primitives after a "Boolean Fracture".

Ive been looking for a simple and fast VEX solution (not... for-each loop nodes)

I found one that seems in the right direction as I love its simplicity. (was trying this in detail mode)

If anyone has other or a more elegant VEX solution I would love to explore it, cheers

int insides [] = expandprimgroup(0, "inside");
int outsides[] = expandprimgroup(0, "outside");

foreach(int inside; insides)
{
    int     success;
    string  insideName = primattrib(0, "name", inside, success);

    foreach(int outside; outsides)
    {
        string outsideName = primattrib(0, "name", outside, success);

        if(insideName == outsideName)
        {
            setprimgroup(0, "inside", inside, 0, "set");
            setprimgroup(0, "outside", inside, 1, "set");
            setprimattrib(0,"Cd",outside,set(1,0,0),"set"); //small test using the colour
            break;
        }
    }
}

as usual any help appreciated.

 

Edited July 1, 2020 by Trilec
hilighted booleans as this is the main issue,

[flcc]

Take a look at this topics
not specifically VEX  though, but the last one is not for-each loop.

 

Edited June 30, 2020 by flcc

[Trilec]

Thanks Flcc,

Interesting, uses similar to above, by default if you turn the Material type from Concrete to Wood (boolean fracture) you need to change the group expand to "wood_cutoutside". 

im still investigating and will post any other VEX solutions I might find.

 

c

Edited July 1, 2020 by Trilec