Houdini 21.0 Nodes APEX nodes

guide::SetGuideParent

Parents joints and updates the matching nodes in the graph.

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Since 21.0

Parents the guide joints and, if set, also parents the matching nodes in the graph. This helps with calculating the restlocal ports on the TransformObject nodes.

Inputs

graph: ApexGraphHandle

The graph that contains the nodes to parent.

geo: Geometry

The guide geometry that contains the joints to parent.

child: String

The name of the child joint/node.

parent: String

The name of the parent joint/node.

set: Bool

If set to False (the default), only the joints are parented. If set is True, the matching nodes are also parented.

Outputs

graph: ApexGraphHandle

The graph with the updated node hierarchy.

geo: Geometry

The geometry with the updated hierarchy.

pattern: String

A string pattern formed from the point numbers of the parent and child joints.

nodeids: ApexNodeIDArray

The parent and child nodes.

See also

APEX nodes