Houdini 20.0 Nodes VOP nodes

Agent Add Clip VOP node

Add a clip into an agent’s definition.

This node type is deprecated. It is scheduled to be deleted in an upcoming revision of Houdini.

Use the Agent Clip SOP or HOM to edit agent definitions

(Since version 20.0.)

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Since 14.0

Deprecated

The Agent Add Clip VOP is now deprecated. Use Agent Clip SOP instead.

Overview

This adds a .clip or .bclip file saved from a CHOP (or generated by an Agent ROP) to the definition of the given agent primitive. Clips in an agent definition contains transform animation for driving the agent’s skeleton.

The channels within the clip should of the form transform_name:channel_name where _transform_name_ is a string matching the values returned by the Agent Transform Names VOP and _channel_name_ is one of tx, ty, tz, rx, ry, rz, sx, sy, or sz. The channels starting with t denote translation, r denote rotation, and s denote scale. The resulting transforms will be treated as local transforms, such as those returned by the Agent Transforms VOP (ie. they are relative to the corresponding parent transform in the agent’s skeleton).

Parameters

Geometry Handle

Refers to what geometry to write to. The default of 0 means the currently processed geometry.

Primitive Number

The primitive number of the agent primitive whose definition is to be modified.

Clip Name

The name to identify the clip. All clips in an agent definition must have unique names.

Clip Path

The filename of the .clip or .bclip file saved from a CHOP or generated by the Agent ROP. Use op:full_path_to_chop to directly refer to a CHOP in the scene.

Keep External Reference

When clippath refers to a filename on disk, this boolean flag indicates whether the external reference should be maintained when the geometry will be saved. If the reference is maintained, then the original source of the clip needs to be available when the saved geometry is used. Otherwise, a copy of the clip will be inlined when saving out the geometry so that the original clip is no longer needed.

See also

VOP nodes