Houdini node custom nodeshapes multiple outline paths

[laishi]

hello everyone:

Problem: Houdini nodeshapes outline connects multiple paths into a single path by default.

Hope: render multiple paths. I hope hero will help me

Like this:

node

my node json file:

{

"name": "bu",

"flags": {

    "0": { "outline": [[-5.29534,-4.54064],[-4.29534,-3.54064],[-3.29534,-4.54064],[-4.29534,-5.54064]] },

    "1": { "outline": [[3.35357,-4.54064],[4.35357,-3.54064],[5.35357,-4.54064],[4.35357,-5.54064]] },

    "2": { "outline": [[-5.29534,2.51168],[-4.29534,3.51168],[-3.29534,2.51168],[-4.29534,1.51168]] },

    "3": { "outline": [[3.35357,2.51168],[4.35357,3.51168],[5.35357,2.51168],[4.35357,1.51168]] }

},

"outline": [[-1.25276,0.213431],[-1.25923,0.309851],[-1.30349,0.394224],[-1.29497,0.47906],[-1.36316,0.550381],[-1.45099,0.590245],[-1.53925,0.634121],[-1.61488,0.696022],[-1.69347,0.750341],[-1.74882,0.824306],[-1.81171,0.8714],[-1.83659,0.956907],[-1.9125,1.00581],[-1.97364,1.0764],[-2.01776,1.16133],[-2.05029,1.25191],[-2.0291,1.33113],[-2.00998,1.40823],[-1.94328,1.45771],[-1.84454,1.45776],[-1.75471,1.48497],[-1.66473,1.45814],[-1.57213,1.483],[-1.48071,1.51168],[-1.39479,1.47999],[-1.30474,1.45768],[-1.20599,1.45744],[-1.11375,1.45738],[-1.03079,1.45305],[-0.933161,1.45511],[-0.840912,1.4311],[-0.746666,1.41519],[-0.666513,1.36062],[-0.57858,1.32661],[-0.509929,1.25572],[-0.440216,1.18585],[-0.361736,1.13248],[-0.309893,1.05345],[-0.267179,0.966646],[-0.247831,0.873476],[-0.271751,0.784101],[-0.302257,0.69543],[-0.330984,0.606109],[-0.362486,0.516366],[-0.430011,0.444505],[-0.431249,0.361089],[-0.46221,0.271445],[-0.537867,0.240972],[-0.627704,0.217588],[-0.723824,0.204975],[-0.818026,0.191915],[-0.916513,0.189011],[-0.989947,0.238176],[-1.08684,0.233389],[-1.16306,0.190902],[-0.0896633,-0.85592],[-0.0162713,-0.907296],[-0.0440153,-0.993095],[-0.092796,-1.07688],[-0.119774,-1.16938],[-0.117304,-1.26852],[-0.101692,-1.35111],[-0.0611493,-1.43945],[0.00966948,-1.50801],[0.0701438,-1.58586],[0.0779375,-1.68253],[0.0966957,-1.77584],[0.0522163,-1.8582],[0.0590184,-1.94568],[-0.00745084,-2.01896],[-0.0259245,-2.11297],[-0.0957056,-2.18375],[-0.15938,-2.23693],[-0.251681,-2.23553],[-0.342575,-2.2712],[-0.435283,-2.29682],[-0.528216,-2.27211],[-0.608642,-2.22125],[-0.687235,-2.27358],[-0.771978,-2.27317],[-0.863951,-2.27147],[-0.955879,-2.28504],[-1.0389,-2.30603],[-1.11612,-2.3652],[-1.15033,-2.45391],[-1.20767,-2.48434],[-1.30157,-2.50686],[-1.39189,-2.53805],[-1.4679,-2.57303],[-1.48233,-2.66838],[-1.51407,-2.75968],[-1.55427,-2.84851],[-1.61736,-2.92476],[-1.69211,-2.98678],[-1.7636,-3.05586],[-1.84349,-3.11057],[-1.91457,-3.18012],[-1.98385,-3.25126],[-2.05411,-3.3213],[-2.13465,-3.37621],[-2.20524,-3.44622],[-2.28953,-3.48795],[-2.38258,-3.5108],[-2.47293,-3.54064],[-2.56396,-3.51485],[-2.65324,-3.52943],[-2.73479,-3.48859],[-2.81346,-3.44894],[-2.90757,-3.4302],[-2.97934,-3.36323],[-3.05737,-3.30465],[-3.11618,-3.22843],[-3.18529,-3.15697],[-3.24367,-3.0798],[-3.29031,-2.99401],[-3.29534,-2.89666],[-3.27031,-2.81609],[-3.2105,-2.74023],[-3.15248,-2.6618],[-3.0774,-2.60366],[-2.98082,-2.59102],[-2.89667,-2.63906],[-2.80408,-2.61172],[-2.72251,-2.62929],[-2.67057,-2.56426],[-2.5783,-2.53981],[-2.52505,-2.48168],[-2.44062,-2.45777],[-2.35856,-2.41193],[-2.28873,-2.34116],[-2.20845,-2.28437],[-2.15446,-2.20594],[-2.10152,-2.12772],[-2.02155,-2.07476],[-1.94601,-2.01565],[-1.96558,-1.92315],[-1.99231,-1.83046],[-2.03461,-1.74276],[-2.08694,-1.66163],[-2.16588,-1.60691],[-2.23732,-1.53935],[-2.31481,-1.48118],[-2.388,-1.41438],[-2.43796,-1.33527],[-2.47839,-1.24645],[-2.55762,-1.19282],[-2.61699,-1.11474],[-2.65685,-1.02691],[-2.6544,-0.927574],[-2.61478,-0.836792],[-2.54023,-0.815655],[-2.46606,-0.749887],[-2.38713,-0.794302],[-2.29729,-0.83562],[-2.20435,-0.859514],[-2.10768,-0.862174],[-2.02224,-0.879863],[-1.92726,-0.894372],[-1.83173,-0.87103],[-1.74068,-0.892858],[-1.64447,-0.911428],[-1.54728,-0.921334],[-1.46092,-0.928672],[-1.37227,-0.947298],[-1.27287,-0.947195],[-1.17896,-0.974368],[-1.0795,-0.975247],[-1.00093,-1.02744],[-0.918379,-0.982807],[-0.864963,-1.05931],[-0.773071,-1.08369],[-0.673665,-1.08393],[-0.593718,-1.13653],[-0.502432,-1.10318],[-0.41836,-1.05577],[-0.340008,-1.00256],[-0.252495,-1.01966],[-0.236533,-0.924357],[-0.172376,-0.882274],[1.50071,-0.867543],[1.57177,-0.876523],[1.66508,-0.885486],[1.75381,-0.876432],[1.83481,-0.929243],[1.90484,-1.00008],[1.97656,-1.06899],[2.01435,-1.13573],[2.05308,-1.21758],[2.10168,-1.30318],[2.17285,-1.37279],[2.22605,-1.45303],[2.30573,-1.50694],[2.38506,-1.56057],[2.42315,-1.64649],[2.50226,-1.70223],[2.59726,-1.72006],[2.66738,-1.78162],[2.67653,-1.8715],[2.76501,-1.91579],[2.84736,-1.96818],[2.87304,-2.05955],[2.95207,-2.09998],[3.02263,-2.17028],[3.10105,-2.22678],[3.1357,-2.31791],[3.13746,-2.41686],[3.20928,-2.47529],[3.2084,-2.51873],[3.27619,-2.58],[3.3231,-2.66714],[3.35357,-2.7591],[3.33868,-2.85462],[3.31854,-2.94723],[3.2982,-3.03998],[3.23332,-3.11403],[3.24218,-3.20171],[3.19459,-3.25954],[3.14832,-3.22755],[3.09692,-3.30484],[3.11611,-3.38043],[3.02199,-3.4078],[2.92894,-3.43398],[2.84137,-3.44371],[2.75087,-3.41153],[2.65298,-3.40707],[2.57186,-3.35862],[2.4927,-3.3019],[2.43609,-3.22343],[2.38229,-3.1422],[2.33758,-3.05469],[2.2876,-2.96974],[2.23219,-2.88896],[2.1794,-2.80843],[2.13042,-2.72779],[2.10283,-2.63645],[2.05715,-2.55384],[2.01459,-2.47819],[1.97456,-2.40235],[1.97546,-2.30274],[1.92944,-2.22559],[1.86866,-2.16812],[1.80746,-2.0927],[1.80092,-2.00489],[1.78669,-1.91773],[1.78727,-1.81829],[1.74117,-1.73738],[1.69018,-1.65415],[1.65581,-1.56268],[1.59659,-1.48456],[1.57555,-1.40598],[1.58085,-1.30767],[1.54026,-1.21759],[1.48465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"inputs": [[-4.29534,2.51168,90],[-2.56555,2.51168,90],[-0.835773,2.51168,90],[0.894008,2.51168,90],[2.62379,2.51168,90],[4.35357,2.51168,90]],

"outputs": [[-4.29534,-4.54064,270],[-2.56555,-4.54064,270],[-0.835773,-4.54064,270],[0.894008,-4.54064,270],[2.62379,-4.54064,270],[4.35357,-4.54064,270]],

"icon": [[0.38,0.03],[0.62,0.27]]

}

I try & failed

In houdini NodeShapes load path

"config" / "NodeShapes"

ouline like this:

PySide2.QtGui.QPolygonF(QPointF(0.405,-15.185)QPointF(1.935,-15.785)QPointF(5.13,-16.555)QPointF(8.4,-16.915)QPointF(11.69,-16.995)QPointF(16.615,-16.72)QPointF(21.505,-16.08)QPointF(29.595,-14.595)QPointF(34.49,-13.975)QPointF(39.42,-13.73)QPointF(42.705,-13.85)QPointF(45.965,-14.285)QPointF(49.135,-15.155)QPointF(49.98,-15.495)QPointF(49.855,0.24)QPointF(46.9,1.16)QPointF(43.655,1.695)QPointF(40.375,1.895)QPointF(35.445,1.765)QPointF(30.535,1.255)QPointF(20.8,-0.375)QPointF(15.905,-0.98)QPointF(10.98,-1.26)QPointF(7.69,-1.195)QPointF(4.42,-0.845)QPointF(1.23,-0.06)QPointF(0.32,0.29))

in this file $HH\python3.9libs\nodemacros\schematic.py  def:

def _loadShapes():

class NodeShape:

class SchematicItem:

class DotSchematic(SchematicItem):

class NoteSchematic(SchematicItem):

class BoxSchematic(SchematicItem):

class NodeSchematic(SchematicItem):

class SubnetInputSchematic(NodeSchematic):

class SchematicView(QtWidgets.QGraphicsView):

class SchematicScene(QtWidgets.QGraphicsScene):

class SchematicWidget(QtWidgets.QWidget):

Edited August 16, 2022 by laishi