pointgroupmask expression function

Returns the list of point groups matching a pattern in a surface node.

Replaced by: hou.Geometry

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See also: haspoint, pointlist, pointgrouplist

Usage

pointgroupmask(surface_node, pattern)

The returned string is a space separated list of group names.

To simply get a list of all point groups (no pattern), use pointgrouplist.

Examples

pointgroupmask("/obj/model", "group*")

Returns the names of all point groups in the specified surface node which start with “group”. So this may be something like “group1 group2 group_smoke”.