primintinsic access in dops

[Varaya]

Is it possible to access primintrinsics in dops? I have Geometry wich is transformed by a sim. For the second rbd sim i want to make the geometry look at a particular direction. For example to its original direction. So I deleted all Attributes from the first sim to prevent side effects and connected it in to the second sim.

To make it look to a direction i want to use the poplookat node (target is direction) in dops. I enabled VEXpression. This is my VEXpression setup:

target = {1,0,0};
refdir = v@xdir;

up = {0,1,0};
refup = v@ydir;

Now i need the original X direction and the Y direction from my Geo.

 

I could convert the primintrinsic "transform" matrix to the directions, but somehow it is not possible to do that in dops.

 

is there any solution?

[Follyx]

one solution is using a SOPGEO, in some cases a sopsolver also would help.

[Librarian]

21 hours ago, Varaya said:

Is it possible to access primintrinsics in dops?

@Varaya Packed geometry already give you primintrinsics ... in dops using particles you can access those ..Please post your file and some one with more experiences can help you ..

 

//geometry wranG popforce

f@age += @TimeInc;
int i = chi('activate');
if (i == 1) {

//measure distance between point and rest
vector p1 = point(0,"P", @ptnum);
vector p2 = point(1,"P", @ptnum);
vector pivot = primintrinsic(1,"pivot", @primnum);
setprimintrinsic(0, "pivot", @primnum, pivot, "set");
float dist = distance(p1,p2);

if (dist < (1+@age/3)) {
    //set mix value
    float mix = .1;
    f@mix += mix;
    // blend transformation matrix
    matrix m1 = getpackedtransform(0, @primnum);
    matrix m2 = getpackedtransform(1, @primnum);
    matrix m3 = slerp(m1,m2,mix);
    setpackedtransform(0,@primnum, m3);
    //deactivate stuff
    if (dist < .3) @active = 0;
    if (@mix > 5) @group_ignore = 1;
    
    }

    
}

 

[Varaya]

@Librarian thx for your visual reply. I created a scene file, wich is representing and explaining the situation.

example_scene.hipnc

[Varaya]

@Librarian your code is pretty helpful i think. But can you share your node setup, so i can view the code in context? Im not experienced enough to get it work. Thank you

[Librarian]

@Varaya Have Fun.
 

[Varaya]

@Librarian I will. Thank you very much!