File In SOP
Summary[edit]
The File In SOP allows you to read a geometry file that may have been previously created in the Model Editor, output geometry from a SOP, or generated from other software such as Houdini. The geometry file can be read in from disk or from the web. Use http:// when specifying a URL.
Contents
Parameters - Page
Geometry File file - Contains the full pathname of the geometry file to be read in.
Some of the geometry formats that can be read:
- TouchDesigner : .tog
- Houdini : .classic, .bhclassic
- Common : .obj
Flip Primitive Faces flipfacing - Flips the primitive faces of the geometry.
Compute Normals if None Exist normals - Creates normals if the geometry does not have them.
Refresh refresh - Reload the file when this parameter is set to On.
Refresh Pulse refreshpulse - Instantly reload the file from disk.
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An Operator Family that reads, creates and modifies 3D polygons, curves, NURBS surfaces, spheres, meatballs and other 3D surface data.
A surface type in SOPs including polygon, curve (NURBS and Bezier), patch (NURBS and Bezier) and other shapes like sphere, tube, and metaball. Points and Primitives are part of the Geometry Detail, which is a part of a SOP.
To pulse a parameter is to send it a signal from a CHOP or python or a mouse click that causes a new action to occur immediately. A pulse via python is via the .pulse() function on a pulse-type parameter, such as Reset in a Speed CHOP. A pulse from a CHOP is typically a 0 to 1 to 0 signal in a channel.
