Example using Operator Graph or User Options to create user data

[elmer.chris]

Hi,

I'm trying to add a custom user_data_float to a .ass file using htoa. It looks like I should use an operator graph or user options to do this, but the how is not clear.

Could someone point me to a simple example using htoa to do this?

Thanks!

Env info:
Houdini 18.5.563
HtoA 5.6.1.0
Arnold 6.2.1.0

This is the base .ass file.

procedural
{
 name /obj/box_ass/procedural
 matrix
 1 0 0 0
 0 1 0 0
 0 0 1 0
 0 0 0 1
 motion_end 0
 id 7549499
 filename "/home/artist/Desktop/detailAttrOverride.ass"
 declare frame constant FLOAT
 frame 1
 declare fps constant FLOAT
 fps 60
 declare _obj_path constant STRING
 _obj_path "/obj/box_ass"
}

And I'd like to add my user_data_float test to the end like this:

procedural
{
 name /obj/box_ass/procedural
 matrix
 1 0 0 0
 0 1 0 0
 0 0 1 0
 0 0 0 1
 motion_end 0
 id 7549499
 filename "/home/artist/Desktop/detailAttrOverride.ass"
 declare frame constant FLOAT
 frame 1
 declare fps constant FLOAT
 fps 60
 declare _obj_path constant STRING
 _obj_path "/obj/box_ass"

 declare test constant FLOAT
 test 5
}

[Stephen.Blair · Accepted solution]

You can use a set_parameter operator to add user data to the procedural node (at render time). But that won't insert it into the ass file on disk.

All you need is an assignment expression like float test = 5.0

[elmer.chris]

Thanks Stephen, this works great.