Houdini 20.5 Nodes APEX nodes

graph::PromoteOutput

Connects a port to an APEX graph output.

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Since 20.0

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

Example promoting an output

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 output node.

outputname: String

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

outputnodeid: ApexNodeID

The output node in the graph.

Outputs

*graph: ApexGraphHandle

The updated graph with the promoted output.

graphoutput: ApexPortID

The ID of the created output port.

See also

APEX nodes