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Hi,
I'm working on a Globoid worm & wheel using the nodeditor.
To check if the worm & wheel are not colliding I made a animation nod file
that checks by doing a boolean operation every step of the animation.
It would be better if I could log the steps and boolean results rather than manually checking every step.
is it possible to record and log boolean event with the nodeditor.
Cheers
Barry

Image Attachments:
Animation.gif 

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Hi Barry,

This is what I use to record variables to a log within the Node Editor. It writes to a file, but is not accessible until exiting the node editor.

Wayne

datapop = moi.filesystem.openFileStream('c:\\temp\\datapop.txt', 'w');

// Usage;
for (var i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
datapop.writeLine("Title " + i);
}
;

// Exit node editor to view results.

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Hi Wayne,
thanks for the code but how do I implement it.
Cheers
Barry

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Hi Barry,

Create or verify this directory exists on your PC:
'c:\temp'

Here is a simple node to record the XYZ values of points.

Save this file as '_PointDetails.js' in the ext file of the node editor.

Start the node editor and load the PointDetails node that was just registered.

Attach a node with a point array output.

Run the node. (No output node required.)

Exit the node editor and exit MoI3d.

Look in the directory for the file 'c:\temp\datapop.txt'. It should be populated with the points detail.


Wayne

(function () {

   var datapop = moi.filesystem.openFileStream('c:\\temp\\datapop.txt', 'w');

	function PointDetails() {
        this.boxcolor = "#F05";
        this.addInput("Pts", "pointarray");
		this.addOutput("", "pointarray");
	}

	PointDetails.title = "PointDetails";

	PointDetails.prototype.onExecute = function () {
		if (!this.isInputConnected(0)) {
			this.local.errMsg = 'No Data Connection!';
			this.boxcolor = "#F05"
			return;
		};

		this.boxcolor = "#0F5"
		var ptArray = new pointArray(false);

		var i = 0,
			pt = 0,
			inp = this.getInputData(0, new pointArray());

		for (i = 0; i < inp.getLength(); i++) {
			pt = inp.getElement(i);
			x1 = pt.data[0];
			y1 = pt.data[1];
			z1 = pt.data[2];

            datapop.writeLine("X " + x1 +" Y " + y1 +" Z " + z1);
            
			ptArray.push(x1, y1, z1, 0, 0, 0, 1);
        }

        this.setOutputData(0, ptArray);
	}

	LiteGraph.registerNodeType("WidgetSample/PointDetails", PointDetails)

})();

Attachments:
_PointDetails.js

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