Point Cloud Unshaded VEX node

This node advances to the next unshaded iteration point returned by pcopen.

See also: Point Cloud Open, Point Cloud Import, Point Cloud Export, Point Cloud Close

The pcunshaded VOP will either start a new unshaded point iteration or advance to the next iteration point. Unshaded iteration differs from iteration since points will only be iterated over once, so that per-point calculations can be performed once and filtered many times. The pcunshaded VOP should normally be used as input to a while loop condition, with Point Cloud Import operations inside the loop to gather iteration point information and Point Cloud Export operations to store shaded information. The pcunshaded VOP corresponds to the pcunshaded VEX function.

You should usually iterate through all points in the point cloud. If you don’t iterate over all points, it is necessary to use the Point Cloud Close VOP to close the point cloud before other operations are performed in the shader.