How to show mesh infomation into "Type" or "Maya text"?

[g2m.agent]

in After Effects, there is a simple way to show "Value" to a text layer.

i think Bifrost should be more powerful than that. question is how?

[g2m.agent]

i tried some more but got the error message.

this is Bifrost Graph: output the face number of the cube as a string.

try output a string

this is Node Editor: connect "Type" to show that face number:

then i got warning:

connectAttr -f bifrostGraph1.string type1.textInput;
// Result: Connected bifrostGraph1.string to type1.textInput. //
// Warning: No valid input. Check the Script Editor for more info. //
// Warning: Can't perform polySoftEdge1 on selection //

and the viewport show nothing.

this is the result I expected:

[mspeer]

Hi!

The Text input of the Type node requires hexadecimal code,

if you want to create a "6" you need to output the value "36".

In your example add "30" and it will work for face numbers from 0 to 9.

For higher values the node network in Bifrost will become more complex, but it can be done.

[Bruce.Lee. · Accepted solution]

Check out the demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTFIfTzd500

The method is that you need to set the type to Python, and then connect the characters output by Bifrost to the python Expression port.

[mspeer · Accepted solution]

Hi!

To be a bit more specific you can set in the Type node the attribute "Generator" to "Python".

Then the Python Expression (input) will be used.

This is of course much better than using the Text Input.