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Use expression to drive retime

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CarloB
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Hi!
I have a simple problem, very newby question.
I have some drops wich i drive with attributes created in a point wrangle.
I have emission frame(@dropF) and life(@life), so i have the end frame of their animation(i@endF=@dropF+(@life*24)).
I would like to use @endF in a time warp to automatically freeze the animation at it's last frame.But no chance to use that variable in the retime.What i'm i doing wrong?
Thanks alot!
C.
Edited by CarloB - Sept. 10, 2019 06:28:26

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Enivob
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I think you might have to place the Retime inside a loop and fetch the point attributes, one at a time.
use the point function to fetch the attribute you want for each retime field.
point("../foreach_begin1/",0,"dropF",0)
NOTE: You don't need the @ symbol when referencing an attribute using this hScript function.

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CarloB
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Thanks for the reply!I will try it now!
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CarloB
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Working, but i do have a problem, because i try to retime the drop mesh and not the particle,since the geo disappear also the attributes get 0 at that frame.
Infact what i whant to acheave is that the drops stay in place before it disappear.
There is no other way to store that attribute and pass it to the retime?
Cheers
C.


SOLVED, I did just put the retime after the loop, just using the foreach_begin1 node to store the value and pass it to the retime, not super clean but works!!
Thanks!
Edited by CarloB - Sept. 10, 2019 10:42:01
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