Extracting Point Position

[MADjestic]

Hi there,

It looks like it's pretty easy to get a geo's point position in dops via

point("//obj/dopnet1:a/Geometry", 0, "P", 0)

function. However that gets only the geo's initial model point position. What if one decided to get the current point's position directly in DOPs (i.e. including the geo's Initial State - transform, rotation and such)?

I thought that one could probably bring the simulation geometry back to SOPs and get the point's position from there, but maybe there's a simpler, more direct way to accomplish that?

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[craig]

I thought that one could probably bring the simulation geometry back to SOPs and get the point's position from there, but maybe there's a simpler, more direct way to accomplish that?

I don't think there is - that's the most direct way.

I suppose you could use a SOP Solver to create a copy of the transformed geometry, and then carry that transformed geometry around as part of your dops object, and then go get the values from that other geometry - but that's hardly more direct.

[MADjestic]

Thanks, craig

Just wanted to say that your notes/materials/FAQs as well as general feedback and DVDs (that I haven't yet got, unfortunately) are very helpful. From time to time I stumble at something, read your notes and it opens a whole new world for me, no doubt it helps to organize the data to the propper brain-shelves

Thanks a lot.