View results of a node

[jarombrand]

Is there a way to see the results of a node? Say I have an Add node with 2 value nodes plugged into it, one with a value of 1 and another with a value of 2. I would like to see the output value of the add node so I know it is calculating as expected. So in this case I should see 3.  I would also like to see the incoming values as well. Is there any way to see the value instead of simply the link to the node and its attribute? incoming 

[Christoph_Schaedl]

Maybe a Watchpoint will help.

http://help.autodesk.com/view/BIFROST/ENU/?guid=Bifrost_Common_build_a_graph_diagnose_and_debug_grap...

[jarombrand]

Yeah, that was my first thought, but they don't seem to display all relevant info. In the example I gave, it doesnt show any info at all. 

[mjcg91]

You need to connect it to an output port. Anything that is not connected to an output will not be evaluated.

[jarombrand]

Ok, I just tried connecting the add output to the output node and I am still not getting any info out of the watchpoint. Am I missing something? 

[ihooper · Accepted solution]

Just connecting to an Output is not quite enough. You also need something to ask for the data. If you have something in Maya using the output of the graph, then it will work, otherwise, you can try adding something in the graph, such as get_property.

[jarombrand]

Excellent, that makes a lot of sense. Thanks for your help, it works great! Though I am not sure what get_property is supposed to do in this case.