Python/Tscript Equivalents

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All Operators[edit]

Commands[edit]

Python TScript
Creating an OP (Sphere SOP) op('/project1').create(sphereSOP) cc /project1
opadd SOP:sphere
Creating a named OP op('/project1').create(sphereSOP, 'mysphere') cc /project1
opadd SOP:sphere "mysphere"
Copying OPs (Nodes) op('/project1').copy(op('out1'), name='out2') opcp /project1/out1 out2
Deleting an OP op('mysphere').destroy() cc /project1
oprm "mysphere"
Renaming an OP op('mysphere').name = 'thesphere' cc /project1
opname "mysphere" "thesphere"
Changing an OP's type op('mysphere').changeType(boxSOP) cc /project1
opchangetype "mysphere" SOP:box
Changing multiple OPs' types list = ops('*sphere*')
[s.changeType(boxSOP) for s in list]
cc /project1
opchangetype "*sphere*" SOP:box
Setting an OP's comment op('mysphere').comment = 'this is a sphere' cc /project1
opcomment -c "this is a sphere" "mysphere"
Changing an OP's parameter op('mysphere').par.frequency = 10 cc /project1
opparm "mysphere" frequency ( 10 )
Changing an OP's parameter
with more than 1 value
s = op('mysphere')
s.par.tx = 1
s.par.ty = 2
s.par.tz = 3
cc /project1
opparm "mysphere" t( 1 2 3 )
Pulsing a parameter value op('moviein1').par.cue.pulse() opparm -p moviein1 cue (1)
Cooking an OP op('mysphere').cook() cc /project1
opcook "mysphere"
Saving an OP's data to a file op('mysphere').save('sphere.tog') cc /project1
opsave "mysphere" "sphere.tog"
Changing an OP's Render and Display Flags on s = op('mysphere')
s.render = True
s.display = True
cc /project1
opset -r 1 -d 1 "mysphere"
Loading a .tox file into a COMP op('/project1').loadTox('geo1.tox') cc /project1
loadcomponent "geo1.tox"
Wiring operators together Refer to the Connector Class opwire command
Clicking gadgets (panel components) op('slider1').click(.6, .7) click slider1 .6 .7
Timeline Play/Pause me.time.play = True/False playback/playback -s

Expressions[edit]

Python TScript
Querying another OP's parameter op('sphere1').par.tx par("sphere1:tx")
Querying a parameter in the same OP me.par.tx par("tx")
Getting Info CHOP channels from an OP
without cooking it
passive(op('moviein1')).width opinfop("moviein1", "resx")
Getting an OP's parent parent() opparent(".", 0)
Getting an OP's grand-parent parent(2) opparent(".", 1)
Getting an OP's name me.name $ON
Getting an OP's parent's name parent().name $OPN
Getting digits of an OP's name in its parameters me.digits $OD
Getting digits of an OP's parent's
name in its parameters
parent().digits $OPD
Getting digits of another OP's name op("moviein1").digits opdigits("moviein1")
Getting an OP's type # returns an op object, not a string
type(op('moviein1'))
optype("moviein1")
getting a unique random number each frame tdu.rand(absTime.frame+.1) rand($AF+.1)
getting a unique random number per numbered operator tdu.rand(me.digits+.17) rand($OD+.1)
Checking for an OP's existence if op('moviein1'):

or

bool(op('moviein1'))

opexists('moviein1')
Getting the number of children of a COMP len(op('geo1').children) opnumchildren("geo1")
Getting the number of inputs of a multi-input OP len(op('switch1').inputs)
Getting Info CHOP channels from an OP, width is a member op('moviein1').width opinfo("moviein1", "resx")
Conditional "if" in one line of a parameter 22 if me.time.frame<100 else 33 if($F<100,22,33)
Conditional "if" alternative [33,22][me.time.frame<100] if($F<100,22,33)
Convert space separated string to a list tdu.split('Space separated string with "two word item"')
List comprehension [c.name for c in root.children]
Conditional list comprehension [c.name for c in root.children if c.name != 'perform']
Test operator type type(root) == baseCOMP
Test operator family isinstance(root, TOP)

Time[edit]

"Absolute Time" is the time since you started your TouchDesigner process, not counting when your power button was off (top bar).

Python TScript
Retrieving a node's local frame number me.time.frame $F
Retrieving a node's local time in seconds me.time.seconds $T
Retrieving absolute time in frames absTime.frame $AF
Retrieving absolute time in seconds absTime.seconds $AT

Storage in Python[edit]

Storage is the preferred way to work with persistent global data in Python, since it can store anything data type.

Python
Setting a value in storage of a component n n.store('keyname', 0.0)
Getting a value from storage n.fetch('keyname')

Variables[edit]

Variables are always text strings.

Python TScript
Setting a value me.var('DESKTOP') $DESKTOP
Setting a Root Variable root.setVar('MEDIA', 'c:/MEDIA') rvar MEDIA="c:/MEDIA"
Setting a Component Variable
at the current component
parent().setVar('MEDIA', 'c:/MEDIA') cvar MEDIA="c:/MEDIA"
Setting a Component Variable
at another component
op('/project1/geo1').setVar('MEDIA', 'c:/MEDIA') cvar -p "/project1/geo1" MEDIA="c:/MEDIA"
Setting a Path Variable Set the Path Variable parameter of any parent component and use me.var('name') in the same way. Set the Path Variable parameter of any parent component.

For CHOPs[edit]

Expressions[edit]

Python TScript
Evaluate channel chan1 at the current frame op('wave1')['chan1'].eval()
or if in parameter, simply:
op('wave1')['chan1']
chop("wave1:chan1")
Get sample 8 of channel chan1 op('wave1')['chan1'].eval(8) chopi("wave1:chan1", 8)
Get the number of CHOP Channels op('wave1').numChans chopn("wave1")
Get the CHOP length op('wave1').numSamples chopl("wave1")
Get the third sample from the first channel op('wave1')[0][2] chopc("wave1", 0, 2)
Get the name of the 2nd channel op('wave1')[1].name chopname("wave1", 1)
Get the channel index of channel chan1 op('wave1')['chan1'].index chopindex("wave1:chan1")

For DATs[edit]

Expressions[edit]

Python TScript
Get a cell value by index op('table1')[2,3] tab("table1", 2, 3)
Get a cell value by label op('table1')['r1', 'c1'] tabrc("table1", r1, c1)
Get a cell value by row index, col label op('table1')[2, 'product'] tabc("table1", 2, "product")
Cast cell to integer and float int(op('table1')['month', 3])
float(op('table1')['speed', 4])
Get the number of table rows op('table1').numRows tabnr("table1")
Get the number of table columns op('table1').numCols tabnc("table1")
Set a cell value by indeces or labels op('table1')[3,4] = 'hello'
op('table1')[2, 'answer'] = 'hello'
op('table1')['month', 3] = 'july'
tabcell table1 rc 3 4 hello
tabcell table1 rC 2 answer hello
tabcell table1 Rc month 3 july
Set a cell value by label op('table1')['r1', 'c1'] = 'abc' tabcell "table1" RC r1 c1 "abc"
Copy a table to another table op('table1').copy(op('fromTable')) type fromTable >table1
Append a row to a table op('table1').appendRow(['s1','s2', num]) echo string1 string2 num >table1
Append a column to a table op('table1').appendCol(['s1','s2', num])
Access current cell in an Evaluate DAT me.inputCell $V
Access neighboring cells in an Evaluate DAT me.inputCell.offset(1,2) v($R+1,$C+2)