Hi everyone, I'm working on an algorithm that calculates the surface area of nearby primitives and assigns the value to the point. The only thing that doesn't seem to be working is that the point wrangle isn't calculating all the points. Any thoughts or ideas greatly appreciated. Attached a scene file as well but here's the code:


float weight = 1.0;
float primArea = 0.0;


foreach(int j; pointprims(0, @ptnum)){

vector a;
int i = 0;


foreach(int pts; primpoints(0, @primnum)){
a = length(pts);
i++;
}


float A = abs(distance(a,a));
float B = abs(distance(a,a));
float C = abs(distance(a,a));

float s = (A + B + C)/2;

primArea += sqrt(s * (s - A) * (s - B) * (s - C)); //Heron's Formula

}

f@area += weight * primArea;

solved the problem, I didn't need to get length from the nested foreach loop. That part works but now I'm trying to take all these points and fit them into the range between 0 and 1. I'm trying this but its not working.

fit(primArea,min(primArea),max(primArea),0.0,1.0)

in case you are not doing this purely as a VEX exercise, you can use Measure SOP and promote area to point

I was unaware you could do that with a measure SOP, don't know how to yet either(haven't looked into that node). It works already so at this point I might as well compare/contrast it with the measure SOP. I'll reply with my findings. Thanks for the tip Tomas.