I'm lightly stuck on a step in the soccer ball tutorial.

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Re this tutorial. [www.sidefx.com]


Page 50, steps 6 and 7, about getting the patch values to display in the viewport. I'm sure I've followed the steps, however I don't see the values.

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I think attributes are case sensitive so if in your attribute create you typed “Patches”, type the same in the “Edit visualizer” window
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Did you ever solve this problem? I am stuck at exactly this point, even bearing in mind case-sensitivity.
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I too have the exact same problem., did anyone solve this. It would be nice if there was a wee bit more support trying to get through the manual/ first tutorials. Have followed everything to the letter but see no numbers
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Just ran through it and it worked fine (18.5.408). Post your HIP file if you are having trouble and I can take a look.
Edited by rmagee - Jan. 14, 2021 15:15:56
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I also can't make this patch marker to work.
The value "@primnum" looks a little too abstract compared to the rest of this fine tutorial.

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In another case I also have the error "Local variable 'primnum' not found."

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Hi,

I had the same problem with the markers not showing up, but somehow I managed to view them.
When creating the marker, I left the class set to "Auto".  

I am not sure if this is really a solution, because the behavior is not consistent, but it's something to try out. Another thing that helped was to leave the default names in place (attribute1, vis_marker_1, Marker 1). At one attempt, closing and reopening Houdini also helped. So I don't know what causes the issue, but mostly leaving Marker Class to Auto showed me the correct markers (I am saying "correct" because, at some point, it displayed "-1").
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