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Note
Unless you want to implement your own non-realistic lighting model, you do not need to write your own light shader.
In non-PBR rendering, light shaders are called from surface or fog shaders to compute the illumination from a light source. The light shader would be invoked in an illuminance loop or using the standard diffuse(), specular(), etc. functions.
Globals ¶
vector |
P
|
Read only |
Position of the point on the surface being shaded. In light or shadow shaders, the P variable contains the point on the light source. |
vector |
I
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Read only |
Direction from the eye to the point being shaded. This may or may not be a normalized vector. |
vector |
dPds
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Read only |
Change in position with respect to the parametric s. |
vector |
dPdt
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Read only |
Change in position with respect to the parametric t. |
vector |
N
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Read only |
Shading normal for the surface. |
vector |
Ng
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Read only |
Geometric normal for the surface. This normal represents the “true” normal of the surface being shaded. For example, with Phong shading, the N variable represents the interpolated normal, while the Ng variable represents the true polygon normal. |
vector |
Cl
|
Light color. |
|
vector |
L
|
Vector from the point on the surface to the light source. The length of this vector represents the distance to the light source. |
|
vector |
Ps
|
Read only |
Position of the point on the surface being illuminated. |
vector |
Eye
|
Read only |
Position of the eye. |
float |
s
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Read only |
Parametric s (sometimes called u) coordinate of the surface being shaded. |
float |
t
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Read only |
Parametric t (sometimes called v) coordinate of the surface being shaded. |
float |
Time
|
Read only |
The time at which the shading occurs, as a number from 0 (shutter open) to 1 (shutter close). |
float |
dPdz
|
Read only |
Floating point step size for volume rendering. |
vector |
Lz
|
Read only |
Z-axis in the space of the light. This is a unit vector. |
int |
SID
|
Read only |
Sample identifier for the current shading sample. |
Functions ¶
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Returns the derivative of the given value with respect to U.
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Returns the derivative of the given value with respect to V.
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Returns the derivative of the given value with respect to the 3rd axis (for volume rendering).
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Multiply matrices.
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Pre multiply matrices.
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Returns the absolute value of the argument.
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Returns the full path of a file.
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Returns the inverse cosine of the argument.
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Adds an attribute to a geometry.
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Adds a detail attribute to a geometry.
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Adds a point to the geometry.
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Adds a point attribute to a geometry.
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Adds a primitive to the geometry.
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Adds a primitive attribute to a geometry.
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Adds a mapping for an attribute to a local variable.
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Adds a vertex to a primitive in a geometry.
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Adds a vertex attribute to a geometry.
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Appends to a geometry’s visualizer detail attribute.
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Add a clip into an agent’s definition.
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Returns the number of channels in an agent primitive’s rig.
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Returns the names of the channels in an agent primitive’s rig.
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Returns the current value of an agent primitive’s channel.
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Returns the current values of an agent primitive’s channels.
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Returns all of the animation clips that have been loaded for an agent primitive.
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Finds the index of a channel in an agent’s animation clip.
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Returns the names of the channels in an agent’s animation clip.
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Blends values according to an agent’s animation layers.
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Returns the length (in seconds) of an agent’s animation clip.
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Returns an agent primitive’s current animation clips.
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Samples a channel of an agent’s clip at a specific time.
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Samples an agent’s animation clip at a specific time.
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Returns the sample rate of an agent’s animation clip.
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Samples an agent’s animation clip at a specific time.
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Returns the start time (in seconds) of an agent’s animation clip.
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Returns the current times for an agent primitive’s animation clips.
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Returns the transform groups for an agent primitive’s current animation clips.
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Returns the blend weights for an agent primitive’s animation clips.
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Returns the name of the collision layer of an agent primitive.
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Returns the names of an agent primitive’s collision layers.
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Returns the name of the current layer of an agent primitive.
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Returns the names of an agent primitive’s current layers.
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Finds the index of a clip in an agent’s definition.
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Finds the index of a layer in an agent’s definition.
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Finds the index of a transform group in an agent’s definition.
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Returns the transform that each shape in an agent’s layer is bound to.
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Returns all of the layers that have been loaded for an agent primitive.
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Returns the names of the shapes referenced by an agent primitive’s layer.
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Returns the current local space transform of an agent primitive’s bone.
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Returns the current local space transforms of an agent primitive.
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Returns the agent definition’s metadata dictionary.
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Returns the local space rest transform for an agent primitive’s joint.
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Returns the world space rest transform for an agent primitive’s joint.
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Returns the child transforms of a transform in an agent primitive’s rig.
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Finds the index of a transform in an agent primitive’s rig.
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Finds the index of a channel in an agent primitive’s rig.
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Returns the parent transform of a transform in an agent primitive’s rig.
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Applies a full-body inverse kinematics algorithm to an agent’s skeleton.
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Returns the number of transforms in an agent primitive’s rig.
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Returns whether a transform is a member of the specified transform group.
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agenttransformgroupmemberchannel
Returns whether a channel is a member of the specified transform group.
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Returns the names of the transform groups in an agent’s definition.
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Returns the weight of a member of the specified transform group.
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Returns the name of each transform in an agent primitive’s rig.
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Converts transforms from world space to local space for an agent primitive.
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Converts transforms from local space to world space for an agent primitive.
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Returns the current world space transform of an agent primitive’s bone.
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Returns the current world space transforms of an agent primitive.
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Returns the albedo (percentage of reflected light) for a bsdf given the outgoing light direction.
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Generates alligator noise.
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Adds an item to an array or string.
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Returns the area of the micropolygon containing a variable such as P.
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Returns the indices of a sorted version of an array.
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Efficiently creates an array from its arguments.
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Returns a specular BSDF using the Ashikhmin shading model.
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Returns the inverse sine of the argument.
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Returns 1 if the VEX assertions are enabled (see HOUDINI_VEX_ASSERT) or 0 if assertions are disabled. Used the implement the assert macro.
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An efficient way of extracting the components of a vector or matrix into float variables.
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Returns the inverse tangent of the argument.
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Returns the inverse tangent of y/x.
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Converts a string to a float.
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Converts a string to an integer.
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Computes attenuated falloff.
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Reads the value of an attribute from geometry.
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Returns the class of a geometry attribute.
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Returns the data id of a geometry attribute.
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Returns the size of a geometry attribute.
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Returns the type of a geometry attribute.
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Returns the transformation metadata of a geometry attribute.
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Returns the average value of the input(s)
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Compute the color value of an incandescent black body.
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Returns a Blinn BSDF or computes Blinn shading.
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Returns the cube root of the argument.
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Returns the smallest integer greater than or equal to the argument.
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Evaluates a channel (or parameter) and return its value.
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Evaluates a channel (or parameter) and return its value.
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Evaluates a channel (or parameter) and return its value.
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Evaluates a channel (or parameter) and return its value.
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Evaluates a key-value dictionary parameter and return its value.
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Evaluates a channel with a new segment expression.
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Evaluates a channel with a new segment expression at a given frame.
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Evaluates a channel with a new segment expression at a given time.
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Evaluates a channel (or parameter) and return its value.
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Evaluates a channel (or parameter) and return its value.
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Returns a chiang BSDF.
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Returns a chiang_fur BSDF.
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Resolves a channel string (or parameter) and return op_id, parm_index and vector_index.
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Returns the value of a CHOP channel at the specified sample.
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Returns the value of a CHOP local transform channel at the specified sample.
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Returns the value of a CHOP local transform channel at the specified sample and evaluation time.
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Returns the value of a CHOP channel at the specified sample and evaluation time.
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Evaluates a channel (or parameter) and return its value.
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Clears a channel primitive, removing all keys.
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Destroy an existing key from a channel primitive.
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Get the end time of a channel primitive.
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Evaluate a channel primitive at the given time.
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Insert a key into a channel primitive.
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Get the number of keys in a channel primitive.
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Get the key times of a channel primitive.
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Get the key values of a channel primitive.
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Get the length of a channel primitive.
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Set the acceleration of a channel primitive key.
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Set the slope of a channel primitive key.
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Set the value of a channel primitive key.
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Get the start time of a channel primitive.
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Converts an unicode codepoint to a UTF8 string.
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Evaluates a ramp parameter and return its value.
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Evaluates the derivative of a parm parameter with respect to position.
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Evaluates a channel (or parameter) and return its value.
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Evaluates an operator path parameter and return the path to the operator.
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Returns the raw string channel (or parameter).
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Evaluates a channel or parameter, and return its value.
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Evaluates a channel or parameter, and return its value.
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Samples a Catmull-Rom (Cardinal) spline defined by position/value keys.
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Returns value clamped between min and max.
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Clip the line segment between p0 and p1.
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Looks up a (filtered) color from a texture file.
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Combines Local and Parent Transforms with Scale Inheritance.
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In shading contexts, computes a normal. In the SOP contexts, sets how/whether to recompute normals.
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Concatenate all the strings specified to form a single string.
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Returns a cone reflection BSDF.
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Returns the cosine of the argument.
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Returns the hyperbolic cosine of the argument.
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Returns the cosine of the argument scaled by Pi.
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Depending on the value of c, returns the translate (c=0), rotate (c=1), scale (c=2), or shears (c=3) component of the transform (xform).
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Creates a cumulative distribution function (CDF) from an array of probability density function (PDF) values.
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Creates a probability density function from an array of input values.
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Returns the capture transform associated with a Capture Region SOP.
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Returns the deform transform associated with a Capture Region SOP.
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Returns the capture or deform transform associated with a Capture Region SOP based on the global capture override flag.
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Returns the cross product between the two vectors.
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Samples a Catmull-Rom (Cardinal) spline defined by uniformly spaced keys.
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Transforms between color spaces.
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Computes divergence free noise based on simplex noise.
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Computes divergence free noise in the plane based on simplex noise.
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Computes divergence free noise based on Perlin noise.
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Computes 2d divergence free noise based on Perlin noise.
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Computes divergence free noise based on Simplex noise.
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Computes 2d divergence free noise based on simplex noise.
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Evaluates the length of an arc on a primitive defined by an array of points using parametric uv coordinates.
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Creates a bsdf object from two CVEX shader strings.
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Generates Worley (cellular) noise using a Chebyshev distance metric.
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Decodes a variable name that was previously encoded.
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Decodes a geometry attribute name that was previously encoded.
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Decodes a node parameter name that was previously encoded.
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Decodes a UTF8 string into a series of codepoints.
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Converts the argument from radians into degrees.
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The depthmap functions work on an image which was rendered as a z-depth image from mantra.
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Reads the value of a detail attribute value from a geometry.
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Reads a detail attribute value from a geometry.
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Returns the size of a geometry detail attribute.
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Returns the type of a geometry detail attribute.
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Returns the type info of a geometry attribute.
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Reads the value of a detail intrinsic from a geometry.
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Computes the determinant of the matrix.
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Extracts diagonal entries or constructs a diagonal matrix.
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Diagonalizes Symmetric Matrices.
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Returns a diffuse BSDF or computes diffuse shading.
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Computes the rotation matrix or quaternion which rotates the vector a onto the vector b.
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Reads a variable from the displacement shader for the surface.
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Returns the distance between two points.
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Returns the squared distance between the two points.
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This function returns the closest distance between the point Q and the infinite line going through O parallel to vector D.
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This function returns the closest distance between the point Q and the semi-finite ray starting at O and extending in the direction D.
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This function returns the closest distance between the point Q and a finite line segment between points P0 and P1.
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Returns the dot product between the arguments.
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Reads the z-records stored in a pixel of a deep shadow map or deep camera map.
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Takes the value in one range and shifts it to the corresponding value in a new range.
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Computes the eigenvalues of a 3×3 matrix.
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Encodes any string into a valid variable name.
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Encodes any string into a valid geometry attribute name.
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Encodes any string into a valid node parameter name.
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Encodes a UTF8 string from a series of codepoints.
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Indicates the string ends with the specified string.
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Returns the color of the environment texture.
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Gauss error function.
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Inverse Gauss error function.
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Gauss error function’s complement.
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Reports a custom runtime VEX error.
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Creates a vector4 representing a quaternion from euler angles.
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Evaluates a bsdf given two vectors.
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Returns the exponential function of the argument.
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Perform UDIM or UVTILE texture filename expansion.
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Returns an array of point numbers corresponding to a group string.
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Returns an array of prim numbers corresponding to a group string.
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Returns an array of linear vertex numbers corresponding to a group string.
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Extracts Local Transform from a World Transform with Scale Inheritance.
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Sends a ray from the position P along the direction specified by the direction D.
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Samples the velocity field defined by a set of vortex filaments.
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Returns file system status for a given file.
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Computes an importance sample based on the given filter type and input uv.
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Sends a ray from the position P along direction D.
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Returns the anti-aliased weight of the step function.
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Finds an item in an array or string.
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Finds a primitive/point/vertex that has a certain attribute value.
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Returns number of elements where an integer or string attribute has a certain value.
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Finds the largest item smaller than a target value in an array.
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Finds the largest item smaller than a target value in a sorted array.
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Finds an item in a sorted array.
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Takes the value in one range and shifts it to the corresponding value in a new range.
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Takes the value in the range (0, 1) and shifts it to the corresponding value in a new range.
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Takes the value in the range (1, 0) and shifts it to the corresponding value in a new range.
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Takes the value in the range (-1, 1) and shifts it to the corresponding value in a new range.
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Returns the largest integer less than or equal to the argument.
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Generates 1D and 3D Perlin Flow Noise from 3D and 4D data.
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There are two forms of Perlin-style noise: a non-periodic noise which changes randomly throughout N-dimensional space, and a periodic form which repeats over a given range of space.
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Returns the fractional component of the floating point number.
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Computes the fresnel reflection/refraction contributions given an incoming vector, surface normal (both normalized), and an index of refraction (eta).
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Transforms a position from normal device coordinates to the coordinates in the appropriate space.
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If dot(I, Nref) is less than zero, N will be negated.
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Returns a handle to the current geometry.
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Returns an oppath: string to unwrap the geometry in-place.
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Reads an attribute value from geometry, with validity check.
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Copies the value of a geometry attribute into a variable and returns a success flag.
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Sets two vectors to the minimum and maximum corners of the bounding box for the geometry.
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Returns the center of the bounding box for the geometry.
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Returns the maximum of the bounding box for the geometry.
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Returns the minimum of the bounding box for the geometry.
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Returns the size of the bounding box for the geometry.
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Returns the blurred point position (P) vector at a fractional time within the motion blur exposure.
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Returns the bounding box of the geometry specified by the filename.
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Extracts a single component of a vector type, matrix type, or array.
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Evaluates surface derivatives of an attribute.
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Returns the depth of the ray tree for computing global illumination.
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Returns a light struct for the specified light identifier.
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Returns an array of light identifiers for the currently shaded surface.
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Returns a selection of lights that illuminate a given material.
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Returns a material struct for the current surface.
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Returns the object id for the current shading context.
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Gets the transform of a packed primitive.
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Returns the integer ID of the light being used for photon shading.
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Sets two vectors to the minimum and maximum corners of the bounding box for the geometry.
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Returns the center of the bounding box for the geometry.
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Returns the maximum of the bounding box for the geometry.
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Returns the minimum of the bounding box for the geometry.
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Returns the size of the bounding box for the geometry.
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Returns a selection of objects visible to rays for a given material.
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Returns a transform from one space to another.
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Evaluates UV tangents at a point on an arbitrary object.
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Returns a ggx BSDF.
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Returns the gradient of a field.
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Evaluates a simplex noise field.
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Evaluates a simplex noise field and its derivatives.
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Returns a BSDF for shading hair.
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Test string for UDIM or UVTILE patterns.
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Checks whether a geometry attribute exists.
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Returns if a geometry detail attribute exists.
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Returns whether a light illuminates the given material.
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Returns if a geometry point attribute exists.
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Returns if a geometry prim attribute exists.
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Returns if a geometry vertex attribute exists.
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Returns the destination point of a half-edge.
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Returns the destination vertex of a half-edge.
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Returns the number of half-edges equivalent to a given half-edge.
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Determines whether a two half-edges are equivalent (represent the same edge).
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Determines whether a half-edge number corresponds to a primary half-edge.
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Determines whether a half-edge number corresponds to a valid half-edge.
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Returns the half-edge that follows a given half-edge in its polygon.
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Returns the next half-edges equivalent to a given half-edge.
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Returns the point into which the vertex following the destination vertex of a half-edge in its primitive is wired.
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Returns the vertex following the destination vertex of a half-edge in its primitive.
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Returns the point into which the vertex that precedes the source vertex of a half-edge in its primitive is wired.
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Returns the vertex that precedes the source vertex of a half-edge in its primitive.
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Returns the half-edge that precedes a given half-edge in its polygon.
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Returns the primitive that contains a half-edge.
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Returns the primary half-edge equivalent to a given half-edge.
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Returns the source point of a half-edge.
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Returns the source vertex of a half-edge.
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Returns an anisotropic volumetric BSDF, which can scatter light forward or backward.
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Returns primitive number of an adjacent hexahedron.
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Returns vertex indices of each face of a hexahedron.
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Generates noise matching the output of the Hscript noise() expression function.
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Produces the exact same results as the Houdini expression function of the same name.
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Generates turbulence matching the output of the HScript turb() expression function.
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Convert HSV color space into RGB color space.
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Returns an identity matrix.
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Finds a point by its id attribute.
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Finds a primitive by its id attribute.
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Remaps a texture coordinate to another coordinate in the map to optimize sampling of brighter areas.
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Returns 1 if the edge specified by the point pair is in the group specified by the string.
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Returns 1 if the point specified by the point number is in the group specified by the string.
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Returns 1 if the primitive specified by the primitive number is in the group specified by the string.
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Inserts an item, array, or string into an array or string.
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Creates an instance transform matrix.
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Computes irradiance from the given Hosek Sky on a horizontal surface
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Interpolates a value across the currently shaded micropolygon.
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This function computes the first intersection of a ray with geometry.
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Computes all intersections of the specified ray with geometry.
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Inverts a matrix.
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Returns 1 if the vertex specified by the vertex number is in the group specified by the string.
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Inverses a linear interpolation between the values.
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Returns 1 if all the characters in the string are alphabetic
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Parameters in VEX can be overridden by geometry attributes (if the attributes exist on the surface being rendered).
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Returns 1 if all the characters in the string are numeric
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Checks whether a value is a normal finite number.
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Returns 1 if the shader is being called to evaluate illumination for fog objects, or 0 if the light or shadow shader is being called to evaluate surface illumination.
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Checks whether a value is a positive or negative infinity.
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Checks whether a value is not a number.
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Returns an isotropic BSDF, which scatters light equally in all directions.
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Detects the orientation of default shading space.
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Indicates whether the shader is being evaluated while doing UV rendering (e.g. texture unwrapping)
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Checks if the index given is valid for the array or string given.
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Check whether a VEX variable is varying or uniform.
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Converts an integer to a string.
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Concatenate all the strings of an array inserting a common spacer.
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Converts a VEX dictionary into a JSON string.
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Converts a JSON string into a VEX dictionary.
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Returns all the keys in a dictionary.
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Returns an interpolated value along a curve defined by a basis and key/position pairs.
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Returns the length of an array.
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Returns the magnitude of a vector.
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Returns the squared distance of the vector or vector4.
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Performs linear interpolation between the values.
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Limits a unit value in a way that maintains uniformity and in-range consistency.
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Samples a polyline between the key points.
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Returns the natural logarithm of the argument.
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Returns the logarithm (base 10) of the argument.
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Computes a rotation matrix or angles to orient the negative z-axis along the vector (to-from) under the transformation.
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Samples a polyline defined by linearly spaced values.
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Strips leading whitespace from a string.
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Compute the luminance of the RGB color specified by the parameters.
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Creates an orthonormal basis given a z-axis vector.
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Builds a 3×3 or 4×4 transform matrix.
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Forces a string to conform to the rules for variable names.
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Returns new BSDF that only includes the components specified by the mask.
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This function returns 1 if the subject matches the pattern specified, or 0 if the subject doesn’t match.
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Returns a BSDF that matches the output of the traditional VEX blinn function.
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Returns a BSDF that matches the output of the traditional VEX specular function.
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Once you get a handle to a metaball using metastart and metanext, you can query attributes of the metaball with metaimport.
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Takes the ray defined by p0 and p1 and partitions it into zero or more sub-intervals where each interval intersects a cluster of metaballs from filename.
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Iterate to the next metaball in the list of metaballs returned by the metastart() function.
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Open a geometry file and return a handle for the metaballs of interest, at the position p.
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Returns the metaweight of the geometry at position p.
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Given a position in world space, returns the position of the closest point on a given geometry.
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Generates Worley (cellular) noise using a Manhattan distance metric.
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MaterialX compatible cellnoise
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MaterialX compatible Perlin noise
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MaterialX compatible Voronoi noise
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MaterialX compatible Worley noise
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Finds a point by its name attribute.
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Finds a primitive by its name attribute.
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Returns the camera space z-depth of the NDC z-depth value.
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Finds the closest point in a geometry.
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Finds the all the closest point in a geometry.
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Returns the number of edges in the group.
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Returns the point number of the next point connected to a given point.
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Returns the number of points that are connected to the specified point.
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Returns an array of the point numbers of the neighbours of a point.
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Initializes a sampling sequence for the nextsample function.
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There are two forms of Perlin-style noise: a non-periodic noise which changes randomly throughout N-dimensional space, and a periodic form which repeats over a given range of space.
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Derivatives of Perlin Noise.
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Returns the induced matrix 1-norm.
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Returns the Frobenius norm of a matrix.
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Returns the induced matrix infinity-norm.
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Returns the matrix max-norm.
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Returns the matrix spectral norm.
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Returns the normal for the diffuse component of a BSDF.
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Returns a normalized vector.
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Returns the number of points in the input or geometry file.
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Returns the number of points in the group.
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Returns the number of primitives in the input or geometry file.
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Returns the number of primitives in the group.
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Non-deterministic random number generation function.
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Transforms a normal vector.
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Returns the number of unique values from an integer or string attribute.
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Returns the number of vertices in the input or geometry file.
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Returns the number of vertices in the group.
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Evaluates an ocean spectrum and samples the result at a given time and location.
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Returns the names of active displays supported in Open Color IO
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Returns the names of active views supported in Open Color IO
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Imports attributes from OpenColorIO spaces.
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Parse the color space from a string
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Returns the names of roles supported in Open Color IO
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Returns the names of color spaces supported in Open Color IO.
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Transform colors using Open Color IO
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Transform colors to a view using Open Color IO
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These functions are similar to wnoise and vnoise.
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Returns the integer value of the last sequence of digits of a string
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Returns the full path for the given relative path
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Resolves an operator path string and return its op_id.
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Returns the parent bone transform associated with an OP.
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Returns the parent transform associated with an OP.
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Returns the parm transform associated with an OP.
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Returns the preconstraint transform associated with an OP.
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Returns the pre and parm transform associated with an OP.
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Returns the pre and raw parm transform associated with an OP.
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Returns the pretransform associated with an OP.
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Returns the raw parm transform associated with an OP.
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Returns the transform associated with an OP.
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Converts an UTF8 string into a codepoint.
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Create an orthographic projection matrix.
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Evaluates a point attribute at the subdivision limit surface using Open Subdiv.
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Evaluates a vertex attribute at the subdivision limit surface using Open Subdiv.
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Outputs the Houdini face and UV coordinates corresponding to the given coordinates on an OSD patch.
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Outputs the OSD patch and UV coordinates corresponding to the given coordinates on a Houdini polygon face.
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Returns a list of patch IDs for the patches in a subdivision hull.
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Returns the outer product between the arguments.
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Transforms a normal vector from Object to World space.
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Transforms a position value from Object to World space.
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Transforms a direction vector from Object to World space.
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Reversibly packs an integer into a finite, non-denormal float.
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Transforms a packed primitive.
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This function closes the handle associated with a pcopen function.
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Returns a list of closest points from a file within a specified cone.
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Returns a list of closest points from a file in a cone, taking into account their radii
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Writes data to a point cloud inside a pciterate or a pcunshaded loop.
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Returns the distance to the farthest point found in the search performed by pcopen.
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Filters points found by pcopen using a simple reconstruction filter.
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Returns a list of closest points from a file.
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Returns a list of closest points from a file taking into account their radii.
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Generates a point cloud.
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Imports channel data from a point cloud inside a pciterate or a pcunshaded loop.
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Imports channel data from a point cloud outside a pciterate or a pcunshaded loop.
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Imports channel data from a point cloud outside a pciterate or a pcunshaded loop.
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Imports channel data from a point cloud outside a pciterate or a pcunshaded loop.
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Imports channel data from a point cloud outside a pciterate or a pcunshaded loop.
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Imports channel data from a point cloud outside a pciterate or a pcunshaded loop.
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Imports channel data from a point cloud outside a pciterate or a pcunshaded loop.
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Imports channel data from a point cloud outside a pciterate or a pcunshaded loop.
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This function can be used to iterate over all the points which were found in the pcopen query.
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Returns a list of closest points to an infinite line from a specified file
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Returns a list of closest points to an infinite line from a specified file
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This node returns the number of points found by pcopen.
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Returns a handle to a point cloud file.
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Returns a handle to a point cloud file.
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Changes the current iteration point to a leaf descendant of the current aggregate point.
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Returns a list of closest points to a line segment from a specified file
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Returns a list of closest points to a line segment from a specified file
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Iterate over all of the points of a read-write channel which haven’t had any data written to the channel yet.
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Writes data to a point cloud file.
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Create a perspective projection matrix.
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Returns a list of closest points from a file.
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Samples a color from a photon map.
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Computes the pseudo-inverse of a matrix.
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Computes the distance and closest point of a point to an infinite plane.
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Computes the intersection of a 3D sphere and an infinite 3D plane.
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Converts an English noun to its plural.
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There are two forms of Perlin-style noise: a non-periodic noise which changes randomly throughout N-dimensional space, and a periodic form which repeats over a given range of space.
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Reads a point attribute value from a geometry.
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Reads a point attribute value from a geometry and outputs a success/fail flag.
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Returns the size of a geometry point attribute.
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Returns the type of a geometry point attribute.
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Returns the type info of a geometry attribute.
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Finds and returns a half-edge with the given endpoints.
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Finds and returns a half-edge with a given source point or with given source and destination points.
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Returns the next half-edge with the same source as a given half-edge.
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Returns an array of point localtransforms from an array of point indices.
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Returns the list of primitives containing a point.
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Returns a point transform from a point index.
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Returns a rigid point transform from a point index.
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Returns an array of point transforms from an array of point indices.
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Returns an array of rigid point transforms from an array of point indices.
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Returns a linear vertex number of a point in a geometry.
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Returns the list of vertices connected to a point.
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Computes the polar decomposition of a matrix.
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Returns an array of the primitive numbers of the edge-neighbours of a polygon.
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Removes the last element of an array and returns it.
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Raises the first argument to the power of the second argument.
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Determines if a point is inside or outside a triangle circumcircle.
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Determines if a point is inside or outside a tetrahedron circumsphere.
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Determines the orientation of a point with respect to a line.
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Determines the orientation of a point with respect to a plane.
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Pre multiply matrices.
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Applies a pre rotation to the given matrix.
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Prescales the given matrix in three directions simultaneously (X, Y, Z - given by the components of the scale_vector).
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Pretranslates a matrix by a vector.
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Reads a primitive attribute value from a geometry.
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Interpolates the value of an attribute at a certain parametric (u, v) position and copies it into a variable.
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Returns the normal of the primitive (prim_number) at parametric location u, v.
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Evaluates the length of an arc on a primitive using parametric uv coordinates.
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Reads a primitive attribute value from a geometry, outputting a success flag.
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Returns the size of a geometry prim attribute.
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Returns the type of a geometry prim attribute.
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Returns the type info of a geometry attribute.
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Returns position derivative on a primitive at a certain parametric (u, v) position.
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Returns a list of primitives potentially intersecting a given bounding box.
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Returns one of the half-edges contained in a primitive.
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Finds the indices and weightings of the vertices that will compute an interior point given the UVW coordinates.
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Reads a primitive intrinsic from a geometry.
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Converts a primitive/vertex pair into a point number.
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Returns the list of points on a primitive.
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Interpolates the value of an attribute at a certain parametric (uvw) position.
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Convert parametric UV locations on curve primitives between different spaces.
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Converts a primitive/vertex pair into a linear vertex.
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Returns number of vertices in a primitive in a geometry.
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Returns the list of vertices on a primitive.
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Prints a message only once, even in a loop.
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Prints values to the console which started the VEX program.
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Returns the product of a list of numbers.
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Computes a filtered sample from a ptex texture map. Use texture instead.
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This function returns the closest distance between the point Q and a finite line segment between points P0 and P1.
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Transforms a vector from one space to another.
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Adds an item to an array.
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Simplex noise is very close to Perlin noise, except with the samples on a simplex mesh rather than a grid. This results in less grid artifacts. It also uses a higher order bspline to provide better derivatives. This is the periodic simplex noise
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Periodic derivatives of Simplex Noise.
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Converts a quaternion represented by a vector4 to a matrix3 representation.
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Finds distance between two quaternions.
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Inverts a quaternion rotation.
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Multiplies two quaternions and returns the result.
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Rotates a vector by a quaternion.
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Creates a vector4 representing a quaternion.
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Creates a euler angle representing a quaternion.
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Converts the argument from degrees into radians.
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Evaluates a Houdini-style ramp at a specific location.
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Packs a set of arrays into a string-encoded ramp.
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Unpacks a string-encoded ramp into a set of arrays.
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Creates a random number between 0 and 1 from a seed.
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Generate a random number based on the integer position in 1-4D space.
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Generate a uniformly distributed random number.
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Hashes floating point numbers to integers.
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Hashes integer numbers to integers.
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Generates a random Poisson variable given the mean to the distribution and a seed.
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Hashes a string to an integer.
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Generate a uniformly distributed random number.
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Looks up an unfiltered color from a texture file.
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Sends a ray from the position P along the direction D.
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Imports a value sent by a shader in a gather loop.
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Matches a regular expression in a string
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Finds all instances of the given regular expression in the string
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Returns 1 if the entire input string matches the expression
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Replaces instances of regex_find with regex_replace
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Splits the given string based on regex match.
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Returns the vector representing the reflection of the direction against the normal.
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Returns the refraction ray given an incoming direction, the normalized normal and an index of refraction.
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Computes the relative path for two full paths.
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Returns the relative position of the point given with respect to the bounding box of the geometry.
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Returns the relative path to a file.
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Returns the relative position of the point given with respect to the bounding box of the geometry.
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Removes an attribute or group from the geometry.
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Removes a detail attribute from a geometry.
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Removes an item at the given index from an array.
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Removes a point from the geometry.
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Removes a point attribute from a geometry.
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Removes a point group from a geometry.
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Removes a primitive from the geometry.
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Removes a primitive attribute from a geometry.
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Removes a primitive group from a geometry.
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Removes an item from an array.
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Removes a vertex from the geometry.
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Removes a vertex attribute from a geometry.
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Removes a vertex group from a geometry.
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Reorders items in an array or string.
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Replaces occurrences of a substring.
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Replaces the matched string pattern with another pattern.
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Sets the length of an array.
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Returns an array or string in reverse order.
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Convert RGB color space to HSV color space.
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Convert a linear sRGB triplet to CIE XYZ tristimulus values.
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Rounds the number to the closest whole number.
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Applies a rotation to the given matrix.
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Rotates a vector by a rotation that would bring the x-axis to a given direction.
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Strips trailing whitespace from a string.
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Samples a BSDF.
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Samples the Cauchy (Lorentz) distribution.
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Samples a cumulative distribution function (CDF).
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Generates a uniform unit vector2, within maxangle of center, given a uniform number between 0 and 1.
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Generates a uniform unit vector2, given a uniform number between 0 and 1.
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Generates a uniform vector2 with alpha < length < 1, where 0 < alpha < 1, given a vector2 of uniform numbers between 0 and 1.
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Generates a uniform vector2 with length < 1, within maxangle of center, given a vector2 of uniform numbers between 0 and 1.
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Generates a uniform vector2 with length < 1, given a vector2 of uniform numbers between 0 and 1.
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Generates a uniform unit vector, within maxangle of center, given a vector2 of uniform numbers between 0 and 1.
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Generates a uniform unit vector, given a vector2 of uniform numbers between 0 and 1.
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Returns an integer, either uniform or weighted, given a uniform number between 0 and 1.
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Samples the exponential distribution.
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Samples geometry in the scene and returns information from the shaders of surfaces that were sampled.
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Generates a unit vector, optionally biased, within a hemisphere, given a vector2 of uniform numbers between 0 and 1.
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Generates a uniform vector4 with length < 1, within maxangle of center, given a vector4 of uniform numbers between 0 and 1.
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Generates a uniform vector4 with length < 1, given a vector4 of uniform numbers between 0 and 1.
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Samples the log-normal distribution based on parameters of the underlying normal distribution.
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Samples the log-normal distribution based on median and standard deviation.
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Samples the normal (Gaussian) distribution.
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Generates a uniform unit vector4, within maxangle of center, given a vector of uniform numbers between 0 and 1.
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Generates a uniform unit vector4, given a vector of uniform numbers between 0 and 1.
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Samples a 3D position on a light source and runs the light shader at that point.
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Generates a uniform vector with length < 1, within maxangle of center, given a vector of uniform numbers between 0 and 1.
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Generates a uniform vector with alpha < length < 1, where 0 < alpha < 1, given a vector of uniform numbers between 0 and 1.
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Generates a uniform vector with length < 1, given a vector of uniform numbers between 0 and 1.
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Warps uniform random samples to a disk.
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Scales the given matrix in three directions simultaneously (X, Y, Z - given by the components of the scale_vector).
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Evaluates a scattering event through the domain of a geometric object.
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Returns one of two parameters based on a conditional.
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Sensor function to render GL scene and query the result.
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Sensor function query a rendered GL scene.
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Sensor function to query average values from rendered GL scene.
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Sensor function query a rendered GL scene.
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Sensor function to save a rendered GL scene.
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Flattens an array of vector or matrix types into an array of floats.
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Creates a new value based on its arguments, such as creating a vector from its components.
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Overrides the value of an agent primitive’s channel.
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Overrides the values of an agent primitive’s channels.
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Sets the current animation clips for an agent primitive.
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Sets the animation clips that an agent should use to compute its transforms.
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Sets the current times for an agent primitive’s animation clips.
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Sets the blend weights for an agent primitive’s animation clips.
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Sets the collision layer of an agent primitive.
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Sets the collision layers of an agent primitive.
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Sets the current layer of an agent primitive.
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Sets the current display layers of an agent primitive.
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Overrides the local space transform of an agent primitive’s bone.
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Overrides the local space transforms of an agent primitive.
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Overrides the world space transform of an agent primitive’s bone.
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Overrides the world space transforms of an agent primitive.
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Writes an attribute value to geometry.
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Sets the meaning of an attribute in geometry.
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Sets a single component of a vector or matrix type, or an item in an array.
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Sets a detail attribute in a geometry.
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Sets the value of a writeable detail intrinsic attribute.
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Sets edge group membership in a geometry.
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Sets the transform of a packed primitive.
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Sets a point attribute in a geometry.
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Adds or removes a point to/from a group in a geometry.
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Sets an array of point local transforms at the given point indices.
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Sets the world space transform of a given point
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Sets an array of point transforms at the given point indices.
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Sets a primitive attribute in a geometry.
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Adds or removes a primitive to/from a group in a geometry.
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Sets the value of a writeable primitive intrinsic attribute.
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Rewires a vertex in the geometry to a different point.
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Sets a vertex attribute in a geometry.
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Adds or removes a vertex to/from a group in a geometry.
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Rewires a vertex in the geometry to a different point.
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The shadowmap function will treat the shadow map as if the image were rendered from a light source.
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Bit-shifts an integer left.
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Bit-shifts an integer right.
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Bit-shifts an integer right.
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Returns -1, 0, or 1 depending on the sign of the argument.
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Imports a variable sent by a surface shader in an illuminance loop.
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Returns the sine of the argument.
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Returns the hyperbolic sine of the argument.
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Returns the sine of the argument scaled by Pi.
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Yields processing for a certain number of milliseconds.
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Quaternion blend between q1 and q2 based on the bias.
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Spherical blends between two vectors based on the bias.
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Slices a sub-string or sub-array of a string or array.
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Finds the normal component of frame slid along a curve.
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Computes ease in/out interpolation between values.
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Returns the closest equivalent Euler rotations to a reference rotation.
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These functions are similar to wnoise.
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Computes the solid angle (in steradians) a BSDF function subtends.
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Applies an inverse kinematics algorithm to a skeleton.
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Solves a cubic function returning the number of real roots.
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Applies a curve inverse kinematics algorithm to a skeleton.
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Applies a full-body inverse kinematics algorithm to a skeleton.
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Applies an inverse kinematics algorithm to a skeleton.
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Applies a full-body inverse kinematics algorithm to a skeleton, with optional control over the center of mass.
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Finds the real roots of a polynomial.
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Solves a quadratic function returning the number of real roots.
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Finds the angles of a triangle from its sides.
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Returns the array sorted in increasing order.
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Returns a specular BSDF or computes specular shading.
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Returns the computed BRDFs for the different lighting models used in VEX shading.
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Samples a value along a polyline or spline curve.
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Generate a cumulative distribution function (CDF) by sampling a spline curve.
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Splits a string into tokens.
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Splits a bsdf into its component lobes.
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Splits a file path into the directory and name parts.
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Formats a string like printf but returns the result as a string instead of printing it.
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Returns the square root of the argument.
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Creates an approximate SSS BSDF.
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Returns 1 if the string starts with the specified string.
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Strips leading and trailing whitespace from a string.
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Returns the length of the string.
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Returns the sum of a list of numbers.
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Finds the distance of a point to a group of points along the surface of a geometry.
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Computes the singular value decomposition of a given matrix.
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Use a different bsdf for direct or indirect lighting.
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Rearranges the components of a vector.
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Returns the trigonometric tangent of the argument
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Returns the hyperbolic tangent of the argument
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Returns the trigonometric tangent of the argument scaled by Pi
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Returns primitive number of an adjacent tetrahedron.
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Returns vertex indices of each face of a tetrahedron.
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Imports attributes from texture files.
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Similar to sprintf, but does expansion of UDIM or UVTILE texture filename expansion.
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Computes a filtered sample of the texture map specified.
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Returns the value of the 3d image at the position specified by P.
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This function queries the 3D texture map specified and returns the bounding box information of the file.
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Returns a string that is the titlecase version of the input string.
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Transforms a position into normal device coordinates.
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Converts all characters in string to lower case
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Converts all characters in string to upper case
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Returns the trace of the given matrix.
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Translates a matrix by a vector.
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Returns a Lambertian translucence BSDF.
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Transposes the given matrix.
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Removes the fractional part of a floating point number.
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Transforms a normal vector from Texture to World space.
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Transforms a position value from Texture to World space.
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Transforms a direction vector from Texture to World space.
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Returns a numeric code identifying a VEX data type.
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Returns one of the set of unique values across all values for an int or string attribute.
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Returns the set of unique values across all values for an int or string attribute.
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Reverses the packing of pack_inttosafefloat to get back the original integer.
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Turns a flat array of floats into an array of vectors or matrices.
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Adds a uniform item to an array.
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Creates an attribute of a given type on a primitive.
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Excludes an object from the collection
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Includes an object in the collection
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usd_addinversetotransformorder
Appends an inversed transform operation to the primitive’s transform order
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Applies a quaternion orientation to the primitive
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Creates a primitive of a given type.
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Creates a primvar of a given type on a primitive.
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Adds a target to the primitive’s relationship
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Applies a rotation to the primitive
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Applies a scale to the primitive
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Creates an attribute of a given type on a primitive, and sets the custom metadata flag to False.
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Appends a transform operation to the primitive’s transform order
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Applies a transformation to the primitive
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Applies a translation to the primitive
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Apply an API schema to a primitive.
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Reads the value of an attribute from the USD primitive.
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Reads the value of an element from an array attribute.
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Returns the length of the array attribute.
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Returns the names of the attributes available on the primitive.
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Returns the tuple size of the attribute.
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Returns the time codes at which the attribute values are authored.
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Returns the name of the attribute type.
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Blocks the attribute.
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Blocks the primvar.
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Blocks the primvar.
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Blocks the primitive’s relationship
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Returns the material path bound to a given primitive.
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Returns the names of the primitive’s children.
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Clears the value of the metadata.
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Clears the primitive’s transform order
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Obtains the list of all objects that belong to the collection
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Checks if an object path belongs to the collection
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Obtains the object paths that are in the collection’s exclude list
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Obtains the collection’s expansion rule
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Obtains the object paths that are in the collection’s include list
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Returns the primitive’s draw mode.
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Retrurns primitive’s transform operation full name for given the transform operation suffix
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Reads the value of a flattened primvar directly from the USD primitive or from USD primitive’s ancestor.
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Reads an element value of a flattened array primvar directly from the USD primitive or from its ancestor.
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Reads the value of an flattened primvar directly from the USD primitive.
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Reads an element value of a flattened array primvar directly from a USD primitive.
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Sets two vectors to the minimum and maximum corners of the bounding box for the primitive.
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Returns the center of the bounding box for the primitive.
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Returns the maximum of the bounding box for the primitive.
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Returns the minimum of the bounding box for the primitive.
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Returns the size of the bounding box for the primitive.
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Obtains the primitive’s bounds
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Obtains the primitive’s bounds
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Checks if the primitive adheres to the given API.
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Checks if the primitive adheres to the given API.
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Reads the value of a primvar directly from the USD primitive or from USD primitive’s ancestor.
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Reads the value of an element from the array primvar directly from the USD primitive or from USD primitive’s ancestor.
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Returns the element size of the primvar directly from the USD primitive or from USD primitive’s ancestor.
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Returns the index array of an indexed primvar directly on the USD primitive or on USD primitive’s ancestor.
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Returns the element size of the primvar directly on the USD primitive or on USD primitive’s ancestor.
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Returns the length of the array primvar directly on the USD primitive or on USD primitive’s ancestor.
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Returns the names of the primvars available directly on the given USD primitive or on USD primitive’s ancestor.
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Returns the tuple size of the primvar directly on the USD primitive or on USD primitive’s ancestor.
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Returns the time codes at which the primvar values are authored directly on the given primitive or on its ancestor.
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Returns the name of the primvar type found on the given primitive or its ancestor.
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Checks if the primitive is abstract.
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Checks if the primitive is active.
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Checks if the attribute is an array.
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Checks if there is an array primvar directly on the USD primitive or on USD primitive’s ancestor.
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Checks if the given metadata is an array.
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Checks if there is an array primvar directly on the USD primitive.
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Checks if the primitive has an attribute by the given name.
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Checks if the collection exists.
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Checks if the path is a valid collection path.
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Checks if there is an indexed primvar directly on the USD primitive or on USD primitive’s ancestor.
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Checks if there is an indexed primvar directly on the USD primitive.
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Checks if the primitive is an instance.
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Checks if the primitive or its ancestor has a primvar of the given name.
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Checks if the primitive is of a given kind.
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Checks if the primitive has metadata by the given name.
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Checks if the primitive is a model.
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Checks if the path refers to a valid primitive.
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Checks if the primitive has a primvar of the given name.
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Checks if the primitive has a relationship by the given name.
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Checks if the stage is valid.
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Checks if the primitive transform is reset
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Checks if the primitive is of a given type.
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Checks if the primitive is visible.
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Returns the primitive’s kind.
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Obtains the primitive’s local transform
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Constructs an attribute path from a primitive path and an attribute name.
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Constructs a collection path from a primitive path and a collection name.
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Constructs an property path from a primitive path and an property name.
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Constructs an relationship path from a primitive path and a relationship name.
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Forces a string to conform to the rules for naming USD primitives.
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Forces a string to conform to the rules for paths to USD primitives.
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Reads the value of metadata from the USD object.
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Reads the value of an element from the array metadata.
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Returns the length of the array metadata.
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Returns the names of the metadata available on the object.
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Returns the name of the primitive.
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Returns the path of the primitive’s parent.
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Sets two vectors to the minimum and maximum corners of the bounding box for the given instance inside point instancer.
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usd_pointinstance_getbbox_center
Returns the center of the bounding box for the instance inside a point instancer primitive.
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Returns the maximum position of the bounding box for the instance inside a point instancer primitive.
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Returns the minimum position of the bounding box for the instance inside a point instancer primitive.
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usd_pointinstance_getbbox_size
Returns the size of the bounding box for the instance inside a point instancer primitive.
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Returns the relative position of the point given with respect to the bounding box of the geometry.
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Obtains the transform for the given point instance
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Reads the value of a primvar directly from the USD primitive.
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Returns the namespaced attribute name for the given primvar.
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Reads the value of an element from the array primvar directly from the USD primitive.
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Returns the element size of the primvar directly from the USD primitive.
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Returns the index array of an indexed primvar directly on the USD primitive.
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Returns the element size of the primvar directly on the USD primitive.
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Returns the length of the array primvar directly on the USD primitive.
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Returns the names of the primvars available on the given USD primitive.
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Returns the tuple size of the primvar directly on the USD primitive.
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Returns the time codes at which the primvar values are authored directly on the given primitive.
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Returns the name of the primvar type found on the given primitive.
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Returns the primitive’s purpose.
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usd_relationshipforwardedtargets
Obtains the relationship forwarded targets.
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Returns the names of the relationships available on the primitive.
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Obtains the relationship targets.
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Returns the relative position of the point given with respect to the bounding box of the geometry.
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Remove a target from the primitive’s relationship
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Sets the primitive active state.
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Sets the value of an attribute.
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Sets the value of an element in an array attribute.
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Sets the excludes list on the collection
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usd_setcollectionexpansionrule
Sets the expansion rule on the collection
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Sets the includes list on the collection
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Sets the primitive’s draw mode.
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Sets the primitive’s kind.
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Sets the value of an metadata.
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Sets the value of an element in an array metadata.
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Sets the value of a primvar.
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Sets the value of an element in an array primvar.
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Sets the element size of a primvar.
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Sets the indices for the given primvar.
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Sets the interpolation of a primvar.
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Sets the primitive’s purpose.
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Sets the targets in the primitive’s relationship
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Sets the primitive’s transform order
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Sets/clears the primitive’s transform reset flag
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Sets the selected variant in the given variant set.
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Configures the primitive to be visible, invisible, or to inherit visibility from the parent.
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Makes the primitive visible or invisible.
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Returns the primitive’s specifier.
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Constructs a full name of a transform operation
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Obtains the primitive’s transform order
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Extracts the transform operation suffix from the full name
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Infers the transform operation type from the full name
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Returns the name of the primitive’s type.
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Constructs a unique full name of a transform operation
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Returns the variants belonging to the given variant set on a primitive.
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Returns the currently selected variant in a given variant set.
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Returns the variant sets available on a primitive.
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Obtains the primitive’s world transform
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Finds the distance of a uv coordinate to a geometry in uv space.
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This function computes the intersection of the specified ray with the geometry in uv space.
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Interpolates the value of an attribute at certain UV coordinates using a UV attribute.
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Computes the position and normal at given (u, v) coordinates, for use in a lens shader.
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Computes the mean value and variance for a value.
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Reads a vertex attribute value from a geometry.
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Reads a vertex attribute value from a geometry.
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Returns the size of a geometry vertex attribute.
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Returns the type of a geometry vertex attribute.
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Returns the type info of a geometry attribute.
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Returns the parametric coordinate of a vertex along the perimeter of its primitive.
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Returns the half-edge which has a vertex as source.
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Converts a primitive/vertex pair into a linear vertex.
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Returns the linear vertex number of the next vertex sharing a point with a given vertex.
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Returns the point number of linear vertex in a geometry.
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Returns the linear vertex number of the previous vertex sharing a point with a given vertex.
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Returns the number of the primitive containing a given vertex.
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Converts a linear vertex index into a primitive vertex number.
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Generates Voronoi (cellular) noise.
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Returns the volume of the microvoxel containing a variable such as P.
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Samples the volume primitive’s value.
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Samples the volume primitive’s value.
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Calculates the volume primitive’s gradient.
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Gets the value of a specific voxel.
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Gets the active setting of a specific voxel.
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Gets the integer value of a specific voxel.
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Gets the index of the bottom left of a volume primitive.
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Gets the vector4 value of a specific voxel.
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Converts a volume voxel index into a position.
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Gets the vector2 value of a specific voxel.
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Gets the vector value of a specific voxel.
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Converts a position into a volume voxel index.
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Gets the resolution of a volume primitive.
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Samples the volume primitive’s float value.
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Samples the volume primitive’s integer value.
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Samples the volume primitive’s vector4 value.
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Samples the volume primitive’s vector2 value.
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Samples the volume primitive’s vector value.
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Samples the volume primitive’s value.
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Samples the volume primitive’s value.
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Gets the typeid of the data of a volume or VDB primitive.
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Computes the approximate diameter of a voxel.
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Transforms a directional vector.
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Reports a custom runtime VEX warning.
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Blends an existing name/weight array pair with another array or named item.
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Initializes an index array and weight array pair with a single named entry.
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Normalizes an array of floats so it sums to 1.0.
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Discards any weights below a threshold from an name/weight array pair.
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Computes the winding number of a mesh around a point. Winding number indicates how many times a geometry wraps around a point. Useful for inside/outside test, the winding number is equal to one inside of the mesh and zero outside.
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Computes the winding number of a curve in XY plane around a point. Winding number indicates how many times a curve wraps around a point. Useful for inside/outside test, the winding number is equal to one inside of the curve and zero outside.
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Generates Worley (cellular) noise.
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Transforms a normal vector from World to Object space.
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Transforms a position value from World to Object space.
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Transforms a direction vector from World to Object space.
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Transforms a normal vector from World to Texture space.
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Transforms a position value from World to Texture space.
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Transforms a direction vector from World to Texture space.
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Simplex noise is very close to Perlin noise, except with the samples on a simplex mesh rather than a grid. This results in less grid artifacts. It also uses a higher order bspline to provide better derivatives.
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Derivatives of Simplex Noise.
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Finds the distance from a point to the closest location on surface geometry.
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Convert CIE XYZ tristimulus values to a linear sRGB triplet.