Hi, masters !

I am newbie to Houdini and looking for help.
My current small project is to visualize stock market index;
to change the number data into graphics.

What would be the best way to read given data (txt file), and
then change them into visible forms, like lines or spirals etc.

Thanks you.

Do

Seems like you'll want to start by bringing your data in via CHOPs. Turn that string of numbers into geometry, and then off you go to do whatever it is you're thinking of.

the file craig is talking about is a text file
where each line holds a value of a company.
(for more complex setups, like multiple companies over time consult the help file)

now you read the file with the fileCHOP in the chop context.

you can access this values from SOPs with the chopf expression:
chopf(path_to_chop, number_of_index)

you could use the copySOP and a stamp expression to read the data and produce interessting results.

maybe as foggy as craigs response, but you might find some hooks to lookup stuff in the help.

please post some images - I'd like to see some houdinized stock markets.


Cheers,
Georg

Thanks for the infos on the CHOPs

I will try them right away.



Do