hou.DopDataType

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Describes the type of data in a DOP object.

See hou.DopData.dataTypeObject for a function that retrieves a DopDataType instance from a hou.DopData instance. Note that not all DOP data type names have a corresponding DopDataType instance.

Methods

name(self)

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Return the name of this data type.

>>> obj = hou.node("/obj/AutoDopNetwork").simulation().objects()[0]
>>> obj.dataTypeObject().name()
'SIM_Object'

nodeType(self) → hou.NodeType

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Return the DOP node type that creates this DOP data type.

>>> hou.dop.findDataType("SIM_SDF").nodeType()
<hou.NodeType for Dop volume>

allowedChildData(self) → tuple of hou.DopDataType

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Return a tuple of DopDataTypes that are allowed to be attached as subdata to instances of this data type.

These allowed child data types give hints to Houdini to prevent you from accidentally building DOP networks that attach DOP data to the wrong location. Houdini will validate the network and flag possible mistakes when the “Provide Data Hints” option is on.

Houdini also uses this information to decide how many data inputs to display on DOP nodes and how to label those inputs.

The default data hints are stored in $HFS/houdini/scripts/dophints.cmd.

maxNumAllowedChildData(self, type) → int or None

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Given a DopDataType, return the maximum number of allowed children of that type, or None if there is no maximum. If the type is not allowed at all, return 0.

allowedChildDataName(self, type) → str or None

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Given a DopDataType, return what any subdata of that type must be named, or None if there is no name restriction.

addAllowedChildData(self, dop_data_type, max_num=None, child_name=None)

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Allow a DOP data type to be a child of this one, with possible restrictions.

`max_num`	If not `None`, the maximum allowed number of children of this type. If `None`, there is no maximum.
`child_name`	If not `None`, the subdata must have this name when added as a child. If `None`, there are no name restrictions.

See hou.DopDataType.allowedChildData for more information.

removeAllowedChildData(self, dop_data_type)

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No longer allow a particular DOP data type to be a child of this one. See hou.DopDataType.allowedChildData and hou.DopDataType.addAllowedChildData for more information.

hou.DopDataType class

Methods