DAT to POP
Summary
The DAT to POP converts a DAT table into a POP point list, where each column is a name heading followed by values, one row per POP point. The table must be structured as you get with POP to DAT, though for DAT to POP you don't need an index column as it is automatically implied.
The column headers need to be in the usual POP form. Vectors (like float3) must be expressed as one column per component of the vector, with headings, for example, P(0) or Color(3). Arrays components must be in MyArray[0] etc form.
In each sequential block, you need to specify an attribute to create. You can use ? in P(?) to specify that columns P(0), P(1) and P(2) will form a float3 vector P.
At present, DAT to POP cannot convert or specify primitives or vertices of primitives. This will we implemented at a later date, at which time you will be able to represent any POP as three or four DATs.
Parameters - Points Page
Points DAT
pointsdat - DAT containing point attributes.
New Attribute
attr - Start of Sequential Parameter Blocks to create new attributes.
Select Columns by
attr0columnstype - ⊞ - Specifies the columns selection method.
- Name
name-
- Number
number-
Columns
attr0columns - The pattern of DAT columns to convert to an attribute.
Output Attribute Scope
attr0outputscope - ⊞ - Name of attribute to output (can choose components of attribute), can choose from menu.
- P
P-
- N
N-
- Color
Color-
- Color.rgb
Color.rgb-
- Tex
Tex-
- PointScale
PointScale-
- LineWidth
LineWidth-
Override Automatic Attribute
attr0overrideauto - Whether to override the kind of attribute automatically created based on the POP input and parameters. Allows to specify manually the type and number of components of the new attribute.
Attribute Type
attr0type - ⊞ - Determines the type.
- Attribute Type
attr0type-
- Components
attr0numcomps- The number of components in the new custom attribute.
Array
attr0isarray - Attribute is an array, for example 5 float3 values is an array of size 5.
Array Size
attr0arraysize - Nunber of elements in the array.
Parameters - Common Page
Bypass
bypass - Pass through the first input to the output unchanged.
Free Extra GPU Memory
freeextragpumem - Free memory that has accumulated when output memory has grown and shrunk.
Delete Input Attributes
delinputattrs - Only output which attributes you specify in this POP - helps isolate attributes into a separate branch.
Parameter Color Space
parmcolorspace - ⊞ - Controls how all color parameters on this node are interpreted. The color values as treated as being in the selected color space, and are converted to the Working Color Space before they are used as part of the node's operation. Note that this does not change the color space of the node itself, as that is always in the Working Color Space.
- sRGB
srgb- sRGB color space, with sRGB transfer function. Considered an SDR color space with respect to Reference White.
- sRGB - Linear
srgblinear- sRGB color space, with linear transfer function. Considered an SDR color space with respect to Reference White.
- Rec.601 (NTSC)
rec601ntsc- Rec.601 with NTSC primaries color space, with Rec.601 transfer function. Considered an SDR color space with respect to Reference White.
- Rec.709
rec709- Rec.709 color space, with Rec.709 (same as Rec.2020) transfer function. Considered an SDR color space with respect to Reference White.
- Rec.2020
rec2020- Rec.2020 color space, with Rec.2020 (same as Rec.709) transfer function. Considered an HDR color space with respect to Reference White.
- DCI-P3
dcip3- DCI-P3 color space, with D65 white point and 2.6 gamma transfer function. Considered an HDR color space with respect to Reference White.
- DCI-P3 (D60)
dcip3d60- DCI-P3 "D60 sim" color space, with D60 white point, and 2.6 gamma transfer function. Considered an HDR color space with respect to Reference White.
- Display-P3 (D65)
displayp3d65- Display-P3 color space, with D65 white point, and sRGB gamma transfer function. Considered an HDR color space with respect to Reference White.
- ACES2065-1
aces2065-1- ACES 2065-1 (also known as ACES AP0) color space, with a linear gamma transfer function. Considered an HDR color space with respect to Reference White.
- ACEScg
acescg- ACEScg (also known as ACES AP1) color space, with a linear gamma transfer function. Considered an HDR color space with respect to Reference White.
- Passthrough
passthrough- When selected, the color values will be used as-is in the operation, without any modification or attempt to convert them into the Working Color Space.
Parameter Reference White
parmreferencewhite - ⊞ - When converting a parameter color value to the Working Color Space, this controls how it should be treated with respect to Reference White. If the Working Color Space is the same Reference White, then no adjustment is done. If they are different, then the Reference White level (brightness) of this color will be adjusted to the range expected by the Working Color Space. For example if the project is set to have a SDR Reference White of 120 nits, and the HDR Reference White is 80 nits, then a color of (1, 1, 1), which is 120 nits in the SDR color space, will be converted to be (1.5, 1.5, 1.5), which is 120 nits still in the HDR Working Color Space.
- Default For Color Space
default- Will use either the SDR or the HDR Reference White, based on the color space selected.
- Use Parent Panel
useparent- Will use the Reference White that the parent panel has selected. If the top-level panel also has 'Use Parent' selected, then 'UI Reference White' will be used.
- Standard (SDR)
sdr- Will treat the Parameter Color Space as SDR for it's reference white value.
- High (HDR)
hdr- Will treat the Parameter Color Space as HDR for it's reference white value.
- UI
ui- Will treat the Parameter Color Space as UI for it's reference white value. This uses the 'UI Reference White Nits' value for it's brightness.
Info CHOP Channels
Extra Information for the DAT to POP can be accessed via an Info CHOP.
Common POP Info Channels
Common Operator Info Channels
- total_cooks - Number of times the operator has cooked since the process started.
- cook_time - Duration of the last cook in milliseconds.
- cook_frame - Frame number when this operator was last cooked relative to the component timeline.
- cook_abs_frame - Frame number when this operator was last cooked relative to the absolute time.
- cook_start_time - Time in milliseconds at which the operator started cooking in the frame it was cooked.
- cook_end_time - Time in milliseconds at which the operator finished cooking in the frame it was cooked.
- cooked_this_frame - 1 if operator was cooked this frame.
- warnings - Number of warnings in this operator if any.
- errors - Number of errors in this operator if any.
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