Houdini 20.5 Nodes APEX nodes

graph::PromoteInput

Connects a port to an APEX graph input.

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Since 20.0

Promotes a graph input by creating a new port, parmname, on the graph input node, and connecting parmname to an input port (portid) on a node in the graph.

Example promoting an input

The graph ports of this node are in-place ports, which means that the graph is updated without creating a copy.

Inputs

*graph: ApexGraphHandle Required

The graph to modify.

portid: ApexPortID

The port to connect to the graph input node.

subportname: String

An optional subport name if the portid refers to a variadic port.

parmnodeid: ApexNodeID

The input node in the graph.

parmname: String

The name for the port on the graph input node. This port is connected to portid.

Outputs

*graph: ApexGraphHandle

The updated graph with the promoted input.

graphinput: ApexPortID

The ID of the created input port.

See also

APEX nodes