topic Re: Get mesh or shape node name in Bifrost Forum

Get mesh or shape node name

LFGFX3D — Thu, 08 Feb 2024 20:38:13 GMT

Hi All,

Is there a way to get the mesh name or shape node name as a string value in bifrost? For example, if I have a mesh called "TestCube" with shape node called "TestCubeSphape1" is there a way to get the names into a string in bifrost so it can be used as a file name or prim name in bifrost?

Re: Get mesh or shape node name

morten.bojsen-hansen — Mon, 12 Feb 2024 09:40:41 GMT

I don't know if this is what you are asking, but you can middle-click drag a Maya shape into the Bifrost graph.

Re: Get mesh or shape node name

LFGFX3D — Mon, 12 Feb 2024 15:14:53 GMT

Thanks for your reply. I'm asking about the Maya mesh or shape node name. Once a mesh is in BF, it is assigned some arbitrary name, for example "pCube1" becomes "mesh1" in BF. I want to get the name of the Maya mesh (pCube1) into BF and be able to use it as a string variable in BF.

The initial goal was to be able to create a simple compound to automate the conversion of Maya meshes to USD meshes. By default, the define_usd_mesh node uses /mesh as the mesh name. I would like to plug a string node to automatically replace the path in the define_usd_mesh node with the name of the mesh in Maya. So if I plug mesh called pCube1 into the compound, the output of the define_usd_mesh node would be a prim with a path "/pCube1" instead of "/mesh." Basically skip the process of manually having to enter the path in the define_usd_mesh node.

So far, I have not been able to find a way to get the Maya mesh/shape node name into BF.

Re: Get mesh or shape node name

morten.bojsen-hansen — Tue, 13 Feb 2024 09:30:07 GMT

There might be some way using Python scripting but I don't personally know how.