Fit Attribute max && min by Array

Fit attribute value to 0 and 1 is one of my favorite thing to do in Houdini and i always look for new way to do it and i wish if SideFX make node for this, it’s really important thing to get the the best result for example drive the color by attribute.
I write a blog here about this topic and this is another way to fit the attribute value to 0 and 1 “only try it with float attribute”  and this method is store all the attribute values in an array and then pop the last and first value from a sorted array.

1- store all the attribute values in an array use point wrangle.

float attrib[] = array(@attrib);
setdetailattrib(0, "attrib", attrib, "append");

2- sort the array “Returns the array sorted in increasing order” to get the attribute min value and it’s important here to use detail wrangle.

f[]@myattrib = sort(f[]@attrib);
f@attrib_min = pop(@myattrib, 0);

3- in the same detail wrangle reverse the sort array to get the attribute max value.

f[]@myattrib = reverse(sort(f[]@attrib));
f@attrib_max = pop(@myattrib, 0);

4- promote min and max attribute from detail to point use point wrangle.

setpointattrib(0, "attrib_min", @ptnum, f@attrib_min);
setpointattrib(0, "attrib_max", @ptnum, f@attrib_max);

5- fit the attribute to 0 and 1 use point wrangle.

f@attrib = fit(@attrib, @attrib_min, @attrib_max, 0, 1);

in the end this is really interesting way to get value from attribute but it’s really slow compared to other method i talk about them here.

Retype VOP in VEX

One of my Hobby to learn vex is Retype VOP node in VEX i am sure for advance coder this is stupid, LOL! but for me i learn many thing from this Hobby especially someone like me have no background in coding ever.
so yah the idea is really simple find in VOP network done by you or anyone and try to recreate it but in vex and use the help file from sidefx  and for sure some time you can search in google if you don’t get it.

 

Max && Min of Attribute

I used to be think like just use the max and min function and you will be ready to go, however i find it more difficult to get the max and max and min of attribute or maybe it’s just the stupid me. anyway recently i find how to get the min and max and here is how:

1 – loop over all point to get the max and min but this some time is really heavy in calculation.

int all = i@numpt;
string attrib = chs("attrib");

float min = point(0, attrib, @ptnum);
float max = point(0, attrib, @ptnum);

for(int pt=0; pt < all; pt++){
    float comper = point(0, attrib, pt);
    
    if(comper < min){
        min = comper;
        }
        else{
            if(comper > max){
                max = comper;
                }
            }
    } 

2 – promote the attribute to detail then import it back to point i find this way more faster in calculation.

setdetailattrib(0, "attrib_min", @attrib, "min");
setdetailattrib(0, "attrib_max", @attrib, "max");
float min = detail(0, "attrib_min", 0);
float max = detail(0, "attrib_max", 0);

3- and if you like VOP there is a way to fit max and min of Attribute inside VOP

• use attribute promote node to se the max and the min of your attribute
•  merge the max and min with merge node.
• copy the max and min with copy attribute node to your geometry.
• inside VOP import detail attribute min and max and set them as source max and min in fit node and dest min and max as is it 0, 1.
• export your Attribute or use it inside VOP.

 

that’s all for now please share with me in the comment below if you know better way.

 

 

 

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hello world

It’s ben a year now since i start learning Houdini and i am in love everyday and every day new challenge, i will share what i learn and please replay to my post if you want add anything or correct something i am open to learn from anyone so let’s keep learning and see how much we can push or knowledge.