[Sidefx-houdini-list] Adding setConditional to existing parm on node using python

[Sandy Sutherland]

Thanks Lars,

Wonder what the difference is, if I manually enter { renderengine != mantra
} into the hide of the parameter, then it works, just not from my script,
even the setting does not appear when I check after completing the asset
with the tool, using Type Properties.

Cheers

Sandy

On Tue, Mar 14, 2017 at 11:33 AM, Lars van der Bijl <com48com at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I just tested out your code and it seems to work fine on a geo
>
> On Tue, Mar 14, 2017 at 10:47 AM, Sandy Sutherland <
> sandy.maillists at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I am working on a tool to modify assets here, so that we can render with
> > Redshift, so am adding a menu to select which renderer to use.
> >
> > I wish to add a setConditional to an existing parm on the nodes, but it
> > does not seem to work.
> >
> > I have this function, that adds the menu, then attempts to add the
> > conditional.
> >
> > def _add_menu_parm(node):
> >     parm_group = node.parmTemplateGroup()
> >     vplod = node.parm('viewportlod').parmTemplate()
> >     if not node.parm('renderengine'):
> >         rendermenu = hou.MenuParmTemplate("renderengine", "Renderer",
> >                                           menu_items=(["mantra",
> > "redshift", "redshift proxy"]),
> >                                           menu_labels=(["Mantra",
> > "Redshift", "Redshift Proxy"]),
> >                                           default_value=0,
> >                                           icon_names=([]),
> >                                           item_generator_script="",
> >
> > item_generator_script_language=hou.scriptLanguage.Python,
> >                                           menu_type=hou.menuType.Normal)
> >         parm_group.insertAfter(vplod, rendermenu)
> >         mpt = parm_group.find('vm_rendervisibility').clone()
> >         mpt.setConditional(hou.parmCondType.HideWhen, '{ renderengine !=
> > mantra }')
> >         parm_group.replace('vm_rendervisibility', mpt)
> >         node.setParmTemplateGroup(parm_group)
> >
> > This is not working for me, anyone done this?  Where am I going wrong?  I
> > originally attempted on the parmTemplate from the .find, but then tried
> > .clone() to see if it had to be a copy rather than the original.
> >
> > Thanks for any help.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Sandy
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