Feature Request: Copy Node to ASCII, to paste on Otoy Forums

[Hydra]

It seems that we all spend a lot of time trying to explain what we're doing and or copy and pasting jpgs of whatever we are doing in the GUIs.

If I could just 'copy' of a node and paste it to a forum as an ASCII List, everyone can read and understand what is going on quicker. There would of course be bonus marks if we could copy that from the forum and paste it to into Octane.

(Just an FYI, but I mostly edit through the Daz plug in. However I'm really trying to get at what goes on in the Node Graph Editor.

If you look at we are all communicating at times, it can be clunky;
http://render.otoy.com/forum/viewtopic. ... s+V6+skins

[abstrax]

It seems that we all spend a lot of time trying to explain what we're doing and or copy and pasting jpgs of whatever we are doing in the GUIs.

If I could just 'copy' of a node and paste it to a forum as an ASCII List, everyone can read and understand what is going on quicker. There would of course be bonus marks if we could copy that from the forum and paste it to into Octane.

(Just an FYI, but I mostly edit through the Daz plug in. However I'm really trying to get at what goes on in the Node Graph Editor.

If you look at we are all communicating at times, it can be clunky;
http://render.otoy.com/forum/viewtopic. ... s+V6+skins

You can do that already in the Standalone version. Did you try?

[Hydra]

I've never seen anyone use it before... how do you display it in the forum?

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<OCS2 version='2210003'>
<graph id='1' type='1' name='Data I/O'>
<node id='2' type='34' name='RGB Image' position='132.5 -25'>
<attr name='filename' type='11'>C:\....\H_Chest_Plates_N.jpg</attr>
<pin name='power'>
<node id='3' type='31'>
<attr name='value' type='6'>1</attr>
</node>
</pin>
<pin name='gamma'>
<node id='4' type='6'>
<attr name='value' type='8'>2.2 0 0</attr>
</node>
</pin>
<pin name='invert'>
<node id='5' type='11'>
<attr name='value' type='1'>1</attr>
</node>
</pin>
<pin name='transform'>
<node id='6' type='66'>
<pin name='rotation'>
<node id='7' type='6'>
<attr name='value' type='8'>0 0 0</attr>
</node>
</pin>
<pin name='scale'>
<node id='8' type='6'>
<attr name='value' type='8'>1 1 0</attr>
</node>
</pin>
<pin name='translation'>
<node id='9' type='6'>
<attr name='value' type='8'>0 0 0</attr>
</node>
</pin>
</node>
</pin>
<pin name='projection'>
<node id='10' type='78'>
<pin name='uvSet'>
<node id='11' type='9'>
<attr name='value' type='4'>1 0 0</attr>
</node>
</pin>
</node>
</pin>
<pin name='borderMode'>
<node id='12' type='57'>
<attr name='value' type='2'>0</attr>
</node>
</pin>
</node>
<node id='13' type='34' name='RGB Image' position='-167.5 -25'>
<attr name='filename' type='11'>C:\...\H_Chest_Plates_D.jpg</attr>
<pin name='power'>
<node id='14' type='31'>
<attr name='value' type='6'>1</attr>
</node>
</pin>
<pin name='gamma'>
<node id='15' type='6'>
<attr name='value' type='8'>2.2 0 0</attr>
</node>
</pin>
<pin name='invert'>
<node id='16' type='11'>
<attr name='value' type='1'>0</attr>
</node>
</pin>
<pin name='transform'>
<node id='17' type='66'>
<pin name='rotation'>
<node id='18' type='6'>
<attr name='value' type='8'>0 0 0</attr>
</node>
</pin>
<pin name='scale'>
<node id='19' type='6'>
<attr name='value' type='8'>1 1 0</attr>
</node>
</pin>
<pin name='translation'>
<node id='20' type='6'>
<attr name='value' type='8'>0 0 0</attr>
</node>
</pin>
</node>
</pin>
<pin name='projection'>
<node id='21' type='78'>
<pin name='uvSet'>
<node id='22' type='9'>
<attr name='value' type='4'>1 0 0</attr>
</node>
</pin>
</node>
</pin>
<pin name='borderMode'>
<node id='23' type='57'>
<attr name='value' type='2'>0</attr>
</node>
</pin>
</node>
<node id='24' type='34' name='RGB Image' position='-17.5 -25'>
<attr name='filename' type='11'>C:\...\H_Chest_Plates_S.jpg</attr>
<pin name='power'>
<node id='25' type='31'>
<attr name='value' type='6'>1</attr>
</node>
</pin>
<pin name='gamma'>
<node id='26' type='6'>
<attr name='value' type='8'>2.2 0 0</attr>
</node>
</pin>
<pin name='invert'>
<node id='27' type='11'>
<attr name='value' type='1'>0</attr>
</node>
</pin>
<pin name='transform'>
<node id='28' type='66'>
<pin name='rotation'>
<node id='29' type='6'>
<attr name='value' type='8'>0 0 0</attr>
</node>
</pin>
<pin name='scale'>
<node id='30' type='6'>
<attr name='value' type='8'>1 1 0</attr>
</node>
</pin>
<pin name='translation'>
<node id='31' type='6'>
<attr name='value' type='8'>0 0 0</attr>
</node>
</pin>
</node>
</pin>
<pin name='projection'>
<node id='32' type='78'>
<pin name='uvSet'>
<node id='33' type='9'>
<attr name='value' type='4'>1 0 0</attr>
</node>
</pin>
</node>
</pin>
<pin name='borderMode'>
<node id='34' type='57'>
<attr name='value' type='2'>0</attr>
</node>
</pin>
</node>
<node id='35' type='16' name='Glossy Material' position='52.5 75'>
<pin name='diffuse' connect='13'/>
<pin name='specular' connect='24'/>
<pin name='roughness'>
<node id='36' type='31'>
<attr name='value' type='6'>0.2</attr>
</node>
</pin>
<pin name='index'>
<node id='37' type='6'>
<attr name='value' type='8'>0 0 0</attr>
</node>
</pin>
<pin name='normal' connect='2'/>
<pin name='opacity'>
<node id='38' type='31'>
<attr name='value' type='6'>1</attr>
</node>
</pin>
<pin name='smooth'>
<node id='39' type='11'>
<attr name='value' type='1'>1</attr>
</node>
</pin>
<pin name='edgesRounding'>
<node id='40' type='6'>
<attr name='value' type='8'>0 0 0</attr>
</node>
</pin>
<pin name='filmwidth'>
<node id='41' type='31'>
<attr name='value' type='6'>0</attr>
</node>
</pin>
<pin name='filmindex'>
<node id='42' type='6'>
<attr name='value' type='8'>1.45 0 0</attr>
</node>
</pin>
</node>
</graph>
</OCS2>

[roeland]

At least in the standalone you can copy nodes to a text file. Copy in Octane, paste in any text field. On the forum you can put the text in a code block.

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<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<OCS2 version='2220000'>
 <graph id='1' type='1' name='clipboard'>
  <node id='2' type='18' name='Blue water' position='1526 -86'>
   <pin name='reflection'>
    <node id='3' type='31'>
     <attr name='value' type='6'>1</attr>
    </node>
   </pin>
   <pin name='transmission'>
    <node id='4' type='31'>
     <attr name='value' type='6'>1</attr>
    </node>
   </pin>
   <pin name='roughness'>
    <node id='5' type='31'>
     <attr name='value' type='6'>0</attr>
    </node>
   </pin>
   <pin name='index'>
    <node id='6' type='6'>
     <attr name='value' type='8'>1.333 0 0</attr>
    </node>
   </pin>
   <pin name='dispersion_coefficient_B'>
    <node id='7' type='6'>
     <attr name='value' type='8'>0 0 0</attr>
    </node>
   </pin>
   <pin name='bump'>
    <node id='8' type='31'>
     <attr name='value' type='6'>0</attr>
    </node>
   </pin>
   <pin name='normal'>
    <node id='9' type='31'>
     <attr name='value' type='6'>0</attr>
    </node>
   </pin>
   <pin name='opacity'>
    <node id='10' type='31'>
     <attr name='value' type='6'>1</attr>
    </node>
   </pin>
   <pin name='smooth'>
    <node id='11' type='11'>
     <attr name='value' type='1'>1</attr>
    </node>
   </pin>
   <pin name='medium'>
    <node id='12' type='58'>
     <pin name='absorption'>
      <node id='13' type='33'>
       <attr name='value' type='8'>0.5 0.05 0.01</attr>
      </node>
     </pin>
     <pin name='scale'>
      <node id='14' type='6'>
       <attr name='value' type='8'>1 0 0</attr>
      </node>
     </pin>
    </node>
   </pin>
   <pin name='fake_shadows'>
    <node id='15' type='11'>
     <attr name='value' type='1'>0</attr>
    </node>
   </pin>
   <pin name='refractionAlpha'>
    <node id='16' type='11'>
     <attr name='value' type='1'>0</attr>
    </node>
   </pin>
   <pin name='filmwidth'>
    <node id='17' type='31'>
     <attr name='value' type='6'>0</attr>
    </node>
   </pin>
   <pin name='filmindex'>
    <node id='18' type='6'>
     <attr name='value' type='8'>1.45 0 0</attr>
    </node>
   </pin>
  </node>
 </graph>
</OCS2>

You can copy (*) the text and then paste into Octane Standalone. This is not yet supported in the plug-ins though.

--
Roeland


(*) Unfortunately when using Firefox, you have to select by dragging from the start to the end of the code block.

[grimm]

That is cool. At first I was thinking to myself, what good is a bunch of unreadable XML?