how to create group by color in 19.5

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gus1234: Member; 1 posts; Joined: April 2019; Offline

Sept. 3, 2022 10:30 a.m.

Hi,

Im trying to create groups from colors but in the tutorial that I'm watching they use partition which seems to be deprecated in the lastest Houdini 19.5, is there another way of doing this? In the docs it says to use groupsfrom name but I cant seem to figure out how to get it to work. Thanks for any help! (screenshot attachted)

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Benyee: Member; 56 posts; Joined: April 2008; Offline

Sept. 6, 2022 3:22 a.m.

try coding with some vex array stuffs?hope it helps

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Ziyad: Member; 2 posts; Joined: Oct. 2019; Offline

Sept. 8, 2022 12:42 p.m.

Hi,

you can use the cluster node by setting the control attribute to Cd, and using the cluster slider to control how many groups to create. Made a quick setup to demonstrate.

Hope it helps!

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Andr: Member; 900 posts; Joined: Feb. 2016; Offline

Sept. 9, 2022 11:51 a.m.

I believe Labs Group by Attribute is also an option. Maybe less computational demanding than the cluster sop solution.

cheers

Edited by Andr - Sept. 9, 2022 11:52:23


tamte: Member; 8520 posts; Joined: July 2007; Online

Sept. 9, 2022 10:56 p.m.

gus1234
In the docs it says to use groupsfrom name but I cant seem to figure out how to get it to work.

1. create any string attribute from any values you want, in your case color
2. use Group From Name to create groups by any unique value of provided string attribute

for example for primitive Cd attrib:
1. Primitive Wrangle:

s@color_string = sprintf("rgb_%f_%f_%f", v@Cd.x, v@Cd.y, v@Cd.z);

2. Group From Name SOP, Name Attribute: color_string

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ts_group_from_name_example.hipnc (102.4 KB)

Tomas Slancik
FX Supervisor
Method Studios, NY


tanguybc: Member; 35 posts; Joined: Oct. 2018; Offline

May 6, 2023 8:27 p.m.

Hello, I am trying to create a group based on specific colors and I am trying your method @Tomas but with no luck... HOW do I specify which color I want to include in my group ?

Edited by tanguybc - May 6, 2023 20:28:32


tanguybc: Member; 35 posts; Joined: Oct. 2018; Offline

May 6, 2023 8:31 p.m.

I was hoping to get something in vex to get there like:

if(@Cd > 0.95){
i@outerring=1;
}


tanguybc: Member; 35 posts; Joined: Oct. 2018; Offline

May 6, 2023 9:12 p.m.

I was able to create my groups with VEX :

@group_outer2UV = @Cd.x > 0.15;
@group_inner2UV = @Cd.y > 0.15;


tamte: Member; 8520 posts; Joined: July 2007; Online

May 6, 2023 9:55 p.m.

tanguybc
I was able to create my groups with VEX :

@group_outer2UV = @Cd.x > 0.15;
@group_inner2UV = @Cd.y > 0.15;

yes, this is definitely the easy way to do individual groups based on some expression, you can also use Group Expression SOP

additionally for simple comparisons, you can even use the same expression (without spaces) directly in group fields as ad-hoc group without having to create the group itself

the Group From Name SOP approach is more to procedurally create as many groups as there is unique values in an attribute, like mentioned Partition SOP used to do

Edited by tamte - May 6, 2023 21:56:13

Tomas Slancik
FX Supervisor
Method Studios, NY


tanguybc: Member; 35 posts; Joined: Oct. 2018; Offline

May 7, 2023 5:29 p.m.

Oh that is even nicer in my case ! the group field one

Thank you Tomas!


crtqcrtq: Member; 3 posts; Joined: Sept. 2021; Offline

Feb. 20, 2024 11:11 a.m.

Hello,
I'm in the same situation. I have a mask attribute i need to promote as group but i don't know what VEX expression to use. I basically wanna extrude an attribute paint but can't seem to be able. Any help?
Thanks!


tamte: Member; 8520 posts; Joined: July 2007; Online

Feb. 20, 2024 12:02 p.m.

crtqcrtq
Hello,
I'm in the same situation. I have a mask attribute i need to promote as group but i don't know what VEX expression to use. I basically wanna extrude an attribute paint but can't seem to be able. Any help?
Thanks!

mask attribute from Attribute Paint is usually float, so all you need to do is promote it to prim to be able to use in Poly Extrude

so append:
- Attribute Promote (Orig Name: mask, New Class: Primitive, Change New Name: On, New Name: zscale)
- Poly Extrude (Divide Into: Individual Elements, Distance: >0, Local Control/Distance Scale: On)
(and if you want optimize the polygons with 0 extrusion you can type this int the Group: @zscale>0)

Tomas Slancik
FX Supervisor
Method Studios, NY

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