Houdini 20.5 Nodes VOP nodes

Point Cloud Import VOP node

This node imports point data while inside a pciterate or pcunshaded loop.

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The pcimport VOP imports point information while inside a pciterate or pcunshaded context. The data returned by pcimport will correspond to the current iteration point. pcimport should only be used with a point cloud iteration. This node corresponds to the pcimport VEX function.

There are two special channel names you can import:

point.number

The number of the point being processed.

point.distance

The distance of the point being processed from the query point. This is only available when iterating over unshaded points.

Inputs

handle

The point cloud handle to be used for import.

channel

The channel to import. You should select the data type for the channel using the Signature parameter.

Outputs

success

Returns 1 when the import was successful.

data

The data imported from the point cloud.

See also

VOP nodes