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A folder set is a group of adjacent folders, and only one of those folders can be displayed at a time. A folder set corresponds to one parameter, and the value of that parameter determines which folder is displayed.
Note that there is also a hou.FolderParmTemplate class. Folder sets are used when there is a mapping to a parameter; for example, asking a hou.ParmTuple for its parm template may return a folder set, but it will never return a folder. Folder parm templates are used by hou.ParmTemplateGroup because they easily let you add, remove, and move individual folders, and they let you easily place parameters inside folders. Attempting to place folder set parm templates in hou.ParmTemplateGroup objects will raise hou.OperationFailed.
Methods
__init__(name, folder_names, folder_type=hou.folderType.Tabs, tags={})
Create a new FolderSetParmTemplate instance.
name
The name that parm tuple instances of this parm template will be given.
folder_names
A sequence of strings of the names of the folders in the set. These names are displayed in the parameter dialog.
folder_type
A hou.folderType enumerated value controlling the type of folder. Note that multiparm folder types are not allowed for folder sets.
tags
A dictionary of extra information attached to the parm template.
folderNames()
→ tuple of str
Return the names of the folders in this set.
When hou.Parm.evalAsString() is called on a folder parameter, it will return one of these folder names.
setFolderNames(folder_names)
Set the names of the folders in this set to the given sequence of strings.
See the folderNames method for more information.
Raises hou.OperationFailed if folder_names
is an empty sequence.
setFolderType(folder_type)
Set the type of folder to a hou.folderType enum value.
Raises TypeError
if the folder type is for a multiparm or import block.
folderStyle()
→ hou.folderType enum value
This method is deprecated. It is an alias for the folderType method.
Methods from hou.ParmTemplate
clone()
→ hou.ParmTemplate
Return a copy of this parm template.
This method can be called on an instance of a ParmTemplate subclass and an instance of the subclass is properly returned.
name()
→ string
Return the internal name of the parm template. This is the name that hou.ParmTuple objects created from this parm template will have.
Note that the names of hou.Parm objects inside ParmTuples based off this ParmTemplate are determined by this name, the number of components in this parm template, and the naming scheme. See the namingScheme method for more information.
setName(name)
Change the internal name of this parm template. Remember that ParmTemplates just store data, so the name change will not have any effect unless this parm template is later used to modify a parameter layout in Houdini.
label()
→ string
Return the name of the parameter tuple that is displayed in the parameter pane.
setLabel(label)
Change the name of the label that is displayed in the parameter pane.
type()
→ hou.parmTemplateType enum value
Return the enumerated value identifying the type of this parameter.
Remember that ParmTemplate objects are always instances of a subclass of this class. The following table shows the mapping between hou.parmTemplateType enumeration values and ParmTemplate subclasses:
Enumerated Value
ParmTemplate Subclass
dataType()
→ hou.parmData enum value
Return the data type stored in hou.Parm instances inside hou.ParmTuple instances corresponding to this ParmTemplate.
For example, suppose this parm tuple is a hou.FloatParmTemplate with 3 components. The corresponding hou.ParmTuple will have 3 hou.Parm objects inside it, and each will store a floating point value. In this example, this method would return hou.parmData.Float.
numComponents()
→ int
Return the number of values stored inside hou.ParmTuple instances of this ParmTemplate.
For example, if this parm template has 3 components, there will be 3 parameter fields displayed in the parameter pane and there will be 3 hou.Parm objects inside a hou.ParmTuple based off this parm template.
setNumComponents(num_components)
→ int
Set the number of values stored inside hou.ParmTuple instances of this ParmTemplate.
Note that some ParmTemplate subclasses only support one component, so calling this method with a value other than 1 may raise a hou.OperationFailed exception. Also, changing the number of components may automatically change the size of the tuple of default values for some ParmTemplate subclasses.
namingScheme()
→ hou.parmNamingScheme enum value
Return the naming scheme used to name parameters inside the parm tuple for this ParmTemplate.
For example, if the naming scheme is
hou.parmNamingScheme.XYZW and the parm template
is named "foo"
and has 3 components, the parameters will be named
"foox"
, "fooy"
, and "fooz"
. On the other hand, if the naming scheme
was hou.parmNamingScheme.Base1, the parameters
would be named "foo1"
, "foo2"
, and "foo3"
.
Note that when the parm template only has 1 component, the parm name is the same as the parm tuple name.
See hou.parmNamingScheme for more information.
setNamingScheme(naming_scheme)
Set the naming scheme used to name parameters inside the parm tuple for this ParmTemplate to a hou.parmNamingScheme enum value.
See the namingScheme
method for more information.
look()
→ hou.parmLook enum value
Return the look of this parameter in the parameter pane. For example, a tuple of 3 floats can be displayed as a 3D vector or as an RGB color.
See hou.parmLook for more information.
setLook(look)
Set the look of this parameter to a hou.parmLook enum value.
See the look
method for more information.
help()
→ str
Return the help that Houdini displays when you hover over the parameter label in the parameter pane.
setHelp(help)
Set the help that Houdini displays when you hover over the parameter label in the parameter pane.
isHidden()
→ bool
Return whether this parameter is hidden in the parameter pane.
hide(on)
Marks this parameter as visible or invisible in the parameter pane.
Note that hidden parameters still exist, and can be evaluated, channel-referenced, etc. They simply will not be displayed in the parameter pane.
isLabelHidden()
→ bool
Return whether the label for this parameter is hidden in the parameter pane.
hideLabel(on)
Hide or show the label for this parameter in the parameter pane.
joinsWithNext()
→ bool
Return whether this parameter is displayed on the same line as the next parameter in the parameter pane.
joinWithNext()
→ bool
This method is deprecated in favor of the joinsWithNext method.
setJoinWithNext(on)
Sets whether this parameter is displayed on the same line as the next parameter in the parameter pane.
disableWhen()
→ str
This method is deprecated in favor of the conditionals method.
setDisableWhen(disable_when)
This method is deprecated in favor of the setConditional method.
conditionals()
→ dict of [Hom:hou.parmCondType] enum value to string
Returns the set of conditionals currently affecting this parameter.
See the Conditionals section of the Operator Type Properties window help for more information on this string.
setConditional(type, conditional)
Set a conditional string of the given hou.parmCondType type for this parameter. This string consists of rules on how this parameter’s display behaves when other parameters change.
See the Conditionals section of the Operator Type Properties window help for more information on this string.
tags() -> dict of string to string
Return a dictionary of extra data stored in the parm template.
Houdini uses this dictionary to attach arbitrary data to parm templates. The keys in this dictionary vary depending on the ParmTemplate type and its use.
scriptCallback()
→ str
Return the contents of the script that Houdini runs when this parameter changes. This script is most commonly used in hou.ButtonParmTemplate objects to respond to the button being pressed.
Note that Houdini uses the tags dictionary to store the script callback information.
setScriptCallback(script_callback)
Set the callback script to the given string. This script runs in response to a parameter change.
See the scriptCallback method for more information.
scriptCallbackLanguage()
→ hou.scriptLanguage enum value
Return the language of the script that Houdini runs when this parameter changes.
Note that Houdini uses the tags dictionary to store the script callback information.
See also the scriptCallback method.
setScriptCallbackLanguage(script_callback_language)
Set the script callback language to a hou.scriptLanguage enum value.
See the scriptCallbackLanguage method for more information.
setTags(tags)
Set the dictionary of extra data stored in this parm template.
See the tags method for more information.
asCode(function_name=None, variable_name=None)
→ str
Return a string containing Python statements that can be executed to
recreate the parameter template. To run the string, use Python’s
compile
, or execfile
functions or the exec
statement.
function_name
If function_name is specified, then the code returned creates a Python function with the given name. function_name must be a non-zero length string consisting of only alphanumeric and underscore characters. Any invalid characters are internally converted to underscores.
The function returns a reference to the newly created parameter template object.
variable_name
The name of a Python variable that the result code will assign to.
If None
, Houdini uses the variable name "hou_parm_template"
.
Here is an example of saving the output to a file and then loading it back into Houdini:
# Get a reference to the target parameter template. node = hou.node("/obj/geo1") parm_template = node.parm("tx").parmTemplate() # Execute asCode and write the output script to a file. code = parm_template.asCode() source_file = open("create_parm_template.py", "w") source_file.write(code) source_file.close() # Execute the script. The new parameter template will be stored # in the 'hou_parm_template' variable. execfile("create_parm_template.py") # Add a spare parameter to the node using the saved parameter # template. node.addSpareParmTuple(hou_parm_template)
Here is an example of saving the output into a function in a file and then calling it from Houdini:
# Get a reference to the target parameter template. node = hou.node("/obj/geo1") parm_template = node.parm("tx").parmTemplate() # Execute asCode and write the function definition to a file. code = parm_template.asCode(function_name="createParmTemplate") source_file = open("parmtemplatelib.py", "w") source_file.write(code) source_file.close() # Call the function definition. import parmtemplatelib hou_parm_template = parmtemplatelib.createParmTemplate() # Add a spare parameter to the node using the saved parameter # template. node.addSpareParmTuple(hou_parm_template)