Move nodes to a nice Layout

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jjayakumar: Member; 106 posts; Joined: June 2011; Offline

March 13, 2013 5:33 a.m.

Hey guys

I have a big hierarchy of nodes. When I press the ‘L’ key it creates a nice layout of my nodes. I'm just wondering if there is a way I can do this using python. I tried using hou.node.moveToGoodPosition(). It doesn't look the same as pressing the ‘L’ key. Any ideas ??

Cheers
-J


edward: Member; 7725 posts; Joined: July 2005; Offline

March 13, 2013 8:48 a.m.

Try: hou.node(“/obj”).layoutChildren()


jjayakumar: Member; 106 posts; Joined: June 2011; Offline

March 14, 2013 5:30 a.m.

Thanks Edward for your reply. I tried it but it doesn't give the same layout as the ‘L’ Key :cry:


edward: Member; 7725 posts; Joined: July 2005; Offline

March 14, 2013 8:54 a.m.

It seems to work for me. How is it doing it differently for you?


jjayakumar: Member; 106 posts; Joined: June 2011; Offline

March 14, 2013 9:41 p.m.

First Image shows the layout I get when I press the L-Key. Second one is the layout using layoutChildren()

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edward: Member; 7725 posts; Joined: July 2005; Offline

March 14, 2013 11:52 p.m.

Oh, I see I think there must be a bug in the python call where it doesn't include the subnet input. You should log it (see Support menu on this web page). Thanks!

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