Wedge

Causes upstream nodes to be dispatched multiple times in a range of contexts, each time with a different value for a specified variable. This variable should be referenced in upstream expressions to apply variation to the tasks being performed. For instance, it could be used to drive a shader parameter to perform a series of “wedges” to demonstrate the results of a range of possible parameter values.

user

Container for user-defined plugs. Nodes should never make their own plugs here, so users are free to do as they wish.

preTasks

Input connections to upstream nodes which must be executed before this node.

postTasks

Input connections to nodes which must be executed after this node, but which don’t need to be executed before downstream nodes.

task

Output connections to downstream nodes which must not be executed until after this node.

dispatcher

Container for custom plugs which dispatchers use to control their behaviour.

dispatcher.batchSize

Maximum number of frames to batch together when dispatching tasks.

dispatcher.immediate

Causes this node to be executed immediately upon dispatch, rather than have its execution be scheduled normally by the dispatcher. For instance, when using the LocalDispatcher, the node will be executed immediately in the dispatching process and not in a background process as usual.

When a node is made immediate, all upstream nodes are automatically considered to be immediate too, regardless of their settings.

variable

The name of the context variable defined by the wedge. This should be used in upstream expressions to apply the wedged value to specific nodes.

indexVariable

The name of an index context variable defined by the wedge. This is assigned values starting at 0 and incrementing for each new value - for instance a wedged float range might assign variable values of 0.25, 0,5, 0.75 or 0.1, 0,2, 0.3 but the corresponding index variable would take on values of 0, 1, 2 in both cases.

The index variable is particularly useful for generating unique filenames when using a float range to perform wedged renders.

mode

The method used to define the range of values used by the wedge. It is possible to define numeric or color ranges, and also to specify explicit lists of numbers or strings.

floatMin

The smallest value of the wedge range when the mode is set to “Float Range”. Has no effect in other modes.

floatMax

The largest allowable value of the wedge range when the mode is set to “Float Range”. Has no effect in other modes.

floatSteps

The number of steps in the value range defined when in “Float Range” mode. The steps are distributed evenly between the min and max values. Has no effect in other modes.

intMin

The smallest value of the wedge range when the mode is set to “Int Range”. Has no effect in other modes.

intMax

The largest allowable value of the wedge range when the mode is set to “Int Range”. Has no effect in other modes.

intStep

The step between successive values when the mode is set to “Int Range”. Values are generated by adding this step to the minimum value until the maximum value is exceeded. Note that if (max - min) is not exactly divisible by the step then the maximum value may not be used at all. Has no effect in other modes.

ramp

The range of colours used when the mode is set to “Colour Range”. Has no effect in other modes.

colorSteps

The number of steps in the wedge range defined when in “Colour Range” mode. The steps are distributed evenly from the start to the end of the ramp. Has no effect in other modes.

floats

The list of values used when in “Float List” mode. Has no effect in other modes.

ints

The list of values used when in “Int List” mode. Has no effect in other modes.

strings

The list of values used when in “String List” mode. Has no effect in other modes.