Hi
Messing with wire solver to get a wild vortex of lines. Im using copy stamp to alter the length of the lines but after applying a polywire or wireframe is there a way to apply a random wire radius to multiple wires?
So in short, copy stamp the radius of wires after they've been simulated?
Polywire random withs?
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Hi,
You can create a $WIDTH attribute to your points, randomize it on a per-wire basis and then connect the merged wires to a polywire SOP with $WIDTH for radius.
Cheers
You can create a $WIDTH attribute to your points, randomize it on a per-wire basis and then connect the merged wires to a polywire SOP with $WIDTH for radius.
Cheers
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You can use an AttribCreate to create a Primitive Integer which stores $PR, then use a AttribPromote to change it from Prim to Point class. The Polywire has access to Point class attributes so now that the primitive number is stored on your points you can randomize based on this.
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Thank you for your responses
ok so i tried both methods, with promoting the attributes i was getting weird extrusions, along with massive inconsistencies with the entire shape.
for just adding the $WIDTH attribute, it looked like i was getting variations but, each wire would taper in and out of it self, how could i fix that?
I also tried using wireframe for this method and it does not accept $WIDTH, why is that?
ok so i tried both methods, with promoting the attributes i was getting weird extrusions, along with massive inconsistencies with the entire shape.
for just adding the $WIDTH attribute, it looked like i was getting variations but, each wire would taper in and out of it self, how could i fix that?
I also tried using wireframe for this method and it does not accept $WIDTH, why is that?
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Can you post a scene with some of those wires? One static frame would be enough.
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in your rand() expression, use $PR, instead of $PT. the first will return a different value per wire, and the second will return a different value per point of the wire, hence the ins and outs of the extrusion.
Unfortunately $PR is only accessible from a primitive context, so I had to do a little hack here, check the attached file.
Cheers
Unfortunately $PR is only accessible from a primitive context, so I had to do a little hack here, check the attached file.
Cheers
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Guess you get two options afterall! 
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