-- Place a mesh node in the target position of the current thin lens camera node
    --
    -- @description creates a placement and a transformation node and connect to the selected meshe node
    -- @author      Beppe Gullotta
    -- @version     0.1
    -- @shortcut    alt+8

--  get the current render target and camera

local rendertarget = octane.render.getRenderTargetNode()
local camera = rendertarget:getInputNode(octane.P_CAMERA)

-- get the target position from the camera

local pos = camera:getPinValue(octane.P_POSITION)
local target = camera:getPinValue(octane.P_TARGET)
print (target)

--local function setPosition()

    -- get the current selection
    local selection = octane.project.getSelection()
     -- only do something if we do not have a single selection
        if #selection == 0 then error("a mesh node needs to be selected")
        elseif selection[1]:getProperties().type == octane.NT_GEO_MESH then
        print (#selection .." node selected")
        print ("----")
        for i, v in pairs(selection) do
        print (i, v)
        end

        -- get the position of the selected node in the graph editor
        pos = selection[1]:getProperties(position)
        print (pos.position[1], pos.position[2]) 

        -- create a placement node
        local placeOb = octane.node.create{type=octane.NT_GEO_PLACEMENT, name = "place", graphOwner=project, position={pos.position[1]-12, pos.position[2]+75}}
        placeOb:connectTo(octane.P_GEOMETRY, selection[1])

        -- create a transform node
        local tansOb = octane.node.create{type=octane.NT_IN_TRANSFORM, name = "trans", graphOwner=project, position={pos.position[1]-75, pos.position[2]+30}}
        tansObNode = octane.node.create{type=octane.NT_TRANSFORM_VALUE, pinOwnerNode=tansOb, pinOwnerId=octane.P_INPUT}
        placeOb:connectTo(octane.P_TRANSFORM, tansOb)

        -- transfer the target position to the mesh positio
        tansObNode:setAttribute(octane.A_TRANSLATION, target)
    end