Separating objects by colour

[archz2]

How can I select objects by colour and split them into different groups so that in the external render engine, I have different sets of geometry on which I can apply different material (3 in the attached file, currently)

I downloaded the original file from this page. 
https://www.tokeru.com/cgwiki/index.php?title=HoudiniVolumes

and made changes in the colour ramp of attribute vop titled 'Cd_ramp_by_sdf_depth'. 

However, now I'm getting only one colur. 

 

 

Vol_worms_curlnoise_v02_edited.hipnc

[toadstorm]

The Partition SOP has a preset for grouping primitives based on their Cd attribute; check the dropdown presets on that node.

[archz2]

I have added partition sop, chose the option of 'group by color',  but it is not splitting up my geometry into various groups. Maybe it's due to the fact that the three colors haven't been applied as mentioned earlier?

 

 

Vol_worms_curlnoise_v02_edited.hipnc

 

 

Edited August 3, 2021 by archz2

[toadstorm]

The minimum and maximum values you were using to fit your ramp weren't a good input range for remapping your SDF values. I exported the sampled values to a temporary attribute ("test") and then used those values as the starting point for remapping. Once you have the color values working, the Partition SOP creates groups like you'd expect.

 

 

 

Vol_worms_curlnoise_v03_toadstorm (1).hipnc

Edited August 3, 2021 by toadstorm
updated file

[archz2]

I see. Thank you so much!! I'll take a deeper look at the SDF values and the ramp.  One more query. How can I avoid the polywires crashing into each others and turning with noisy joints? Enabling or disabling 'prevent joint buckling' doesn't help. 

 

[Fenolis]

You can try several methods:
- Fuse points
- Measure Curvature and Polycut at tight corners
- Run a loop over the lines before Polywire and use Ray to manage layering
 

[archz2]

4 hours ago, Fenolis said:

You can try several methods:
- Fuse points

 

Where exactly are you suggesting to fuse points in the workflow? I added fuse right after scatter but I'm still getting the same result. 

 

4 hours ago, Fenolis said:

- Measure Curvature and Polycut at tight corners
- Run a loop over the lines before Polywire and use Ray to manage layering
 

I don't know how to do that. What is the process to do it?

 

[Librarian]

@archz2 You have Files on Cg-world Japan section Houdini Tutorials
Houdini Cook Book

Edited August 6, 2021 by Librarian
Nam* Sectione

[archz2]

16 hours ago, Librarian said:

@archz2 You have Files on Cg-world Japan section Houdini Tutorials
Houdini Cook Book

Thanks for suggesting this resource. It's an extremely vast.

I reached here on their page listing various chapters in their series of tutorials.

https://cgworld.jp/regular/202107-hcb-114.html#related_Entries

 

Can you point out to any particular tutorial that covers these two techniques?

 

- Measure Curvature and Polycut at tight corners
- Run a loop over the lines before Polywire and use Ray to manage layering

 

 

 

Edited August 7, 2021 by archz2

[Librarian]

@archz2 Maybe you gonna find some useful stuff .
 

Zeko.hiplc

[archz2]

On 8/8/2021 at 9:43 AM, Librarian said:

@archz2 Maybe you gonna find some useful stuff .
 

Zeko.hiplc

Thanks a lot for sharing this. Will definitely check it out!