Conversion

A very common operation with graphs is the conversion of data types: integers have to be transferred into real numbers and vice versa, vectors are split into their X, Y, and Z components, and numbers are turned into strings. It is, of course, also possible to create a vector from three individual values. This is important when you calculate positions, forces, or velocities. The "Conversion" class provides nodes for virtually any purpose.

Nodes

Name	Description
ArrayBitFromString	This node returns a bit array using the input string characters as a reference.
ArrayBitToInteger	This node converts the binary representation of the input into a 32 bit integer value. If the input bit array is smaller than 32 bit, the rest of the left bits are treated as 0.
ArrayBitToInteger64	This node converts the binary representation of the input into a 64 bit integer value. If the input bit array is smaller than 64 bit, the rest of the left bits are treated as 0.
ArrayBitToString	This node returns a string version of the input bit array in a form similar like: "01001011".
Color4FromComponents	Returns a color value defined by its components.
Color4Info	Returns information about the components of the input 'color' value.
Color4RgbFromHsv	This node returns a color in RGB representation described by the input HSV components.
Color4RgbToHsv	This node returns the components of the RGB color in the HSV color representation model.
Color4ToComponents	Returns the components of the input 'color' value.
Color4ToVector3	Converts the RGB values of Color4 to a Vector3 value. Mapping (r,g,b,a) to (x,y,z) results e.g., in (r,g,b,a) -> (r,g,b).
IntegerToArrayBit	This node returns the binary representation of the input integer value.
Matrix4FromComponents	Computes a Matrix4 value from its components.
Matrix4ToComponents	Extracts all 16 components of the input 'matrix' value.
NodeDemux	This node separates all the input nodes according to their node-category in RealFlow.
NumConvert	This node converts an input to a variety of outputs copying data.
NumDemux	This node separates all possible components of a numeric value.
ObjectMeshToMesh	This node creates a Mesh from the input 'object mesh'.
QuaternionFromAxisAngle	Computes a Quaternion from a given axis and angle (in degrees).
QuaternionFromComponents	Returns a Quaternion from its internal components.
QuaternionToAxisAngle	Returns the axis and the angle (in degrees) of the input Quaternion.
QuaternionToComponents	Returns the Quaternion's internal components.
RealWaveMeshToMesh	This node creates a Mesh from the input 'realwave mesh'.
Vector3FromComponents	Computes a vector value from its components.
Vector3ToColor4	Converts a Vector3 to a Color4 value. Mapping (x,y,z) to (r,g,b,a) values results, e.g. to (x,y,z) -> (x,y,z,1).
Vector3ToComponents	Extracts the components of the input 'vector' value.

ArrayBitFromString

This node returns a bit array using the input string characters as a reference.

Output 'array' size is the same as the number of characters of the input.

If the character '0' is at some position, that position bit is set to zero. Otherwise it's set to 1.

Inputs

Name	Types	PassThrough	Description
string	String (1)		The string

Outputs

Name	Types	PassThrough	Description
bit array	Bit		The bit array

ArrayBitToInteger

This node converts the binary representation of the input into a 32 bit integer value. If the input bit array is smaller than 32 bit, the rest of the left bits are treated as 0.

Inputs

Name	Types	PassThrough	Description
bit	Bit		The binary representation of the input. Its size should be 32 or smaller

Outputs

Name	Types	PassThrough	Description
integer	Integer		The value represented by the input

ArrayBitToInteger64

This node converts the binary representation of the input into a 64 bit integer value. If the input bit array is smaller than 64 bit, the rest of the left bits are treated as 0.

Inputs

Name	Types	PassThrough	Description
bit	Bit		The binary representation of the input. Its size should be 64 or smaller

Outputs

Name	Types	PassThrough	Description
integer64	Integer64		The value represented by the input

ArrayBitToString

This node returns a string version of the input bit array in a form similar like: "01001011".

Inputs

Name	Types	PassThrough	Description
array	Bit	through	The array
first	Integer (1)		The first element of the input array to be converted to character for the output. Negative values are clamped to 0
size	Integer (1)		The number of input values to take into account for the output string. If value is negative then there is no limit

Outputs

Name	Types	PassThrough	Description
string	String		The string
through	PassThrough	array	The input 'array'

Color4FromComponents

Returns a color value defined by its components.

Inputs

Name	Types	Description
r	Real	The red component
g	Real	The green component
b	Real	The blue component
a	Real	The alpha component

Outputs

Name	Types	PassThrough	Description
color	Color4		The color

Color4Info

Returns information about the components of the input 'color' value.

Inputs

Name	Types	PassThrough	Description
color	Color4		The color

Outputs

Name	Types	Description
r	Real	The red component
g	Real	The green component
b	Real	The blue component
a	Real	The alpha component
h	Real	The hue component
s	Real	The saturation component
v	Real	The value component
vector rgb	Vector3	The RGB-Values as a vector3
vector hsv	Vector3	The HSV-Values as a vector3

Color4RgbFromHsv

This node is executed in parallel according to its input pins size.

This node returns a color in RGB representation described by the input HSV components.

Inputs

Name	Types	Description
hue	Real	The Hue of the input color. From 0 to 360
saturation	Real	The Saturation of the input color. From 0 to 1
value	Real	The Value or brightness of the input color. From 0 to 1

Outputs

Name	Types	PassThrough	Description
color	Color4		The output color in RGB representation

Color4RgbToHsv

This node is executed in parallel according to its input pins size.

This node returns the components of the RGB color in the HSV color representation model.

Inputs

Name	Types	PassThrough	Description
color	Color4		The input color in RGB representation

Outputs

Name	Types	Description
hue	Real	The Hue of the color. From 0 to 360
saturation	Real	The Saturation of the color. From 0 to 1
value	Real	The Value or brightness of the color. From 0 to 1

Color4ToComponents

Returns the components of the input 'color' value.

Inputs

Name	Types	PassThrough	Description
color	Color4		The color

Outputs

Name	Types	Description
r	Real	The red component
g	Real	The green component
b	Real	The blue component
a	Real	The alpha component

Color4ToVector3

This node is executed in parallel according to its input pins size.

Converts the RGB values of Color4 to a Vector3 value. Mapping (r,g,b,a) to (x,y,z) results e.g., in (r,g,b,a) -> (r,g,b).

Inputs

Name	Types	PassThrough	Description
color4	Color4		The color4

Outputs

Name	Types	PassThrough	Description
vector3	Vector3		The vector3

IntegerToArrayBit

This node returns the binary representation of the input integer value.

Inputs

Name	Types	PassThrough	Description
integer	Numeric (1) Integer Integer64		The integer

Outputs

Name	Types	PassThrough	Description
bit	Bit		The binary representation of the input. Its size can be 32 or 64

Matrix4FromComponents

Computes a Matrix4 value from its components.

Inputs

Name	Types	Description
m00	Real	The m00
m01	Real	The m01
m02	Real	The m02
m03	Real	The m03
m10	Real	The m10
m11	Real	The m11
m12	Real	The m12
m13	Real	The m13
m20	Real	The m20
m21	Real	The m21
m22	Real	The m22
m23	Real	The m23
m30	Real	The m30
m31	Real	The m31
m32	Real	The m32
m33	Real	The m33

Outputs

Name	Types	PassThrough	Description
matrix	Matrix4		The matrix

Matrix4ToComponents

Extracts all 16 components of the input 'matrix' value.

Inputs

Name	Types	PassThrough	Description
matrix	Matrix4		The matrix

Outputs

Name	Types	Description
m00	Real	The m00
m01	Real	The m01
m02	Real	The m02
m03	Real	The m03
m10	Real	The m10
m11	Real	The m11
m12	Real	The m12
m13	Real	The m13
m20	Real	The m20
m21	Real	The m21
m22	Real	The m22
m23	Real	The m23
m30	Real	The m30
m31	Real	The m31
m32	Real	The m32
m33	Real	The m33

NodeDemux

This node separates all the input nodes according to their node-category in RealFlow.

Inputs

Name	Types	PassThrough	Description
node	RealFlow Node		The node

Outputs

Name	Types	Description
emitter	StandardEmitter StandardEmitter RealFlowNode	The emitter
daemon	Daemon Daemon RealFlowNode	The daemon
object	Object Object RealFlowNode	The object
particle mesh legacy	ParticleLegacyMesh ParticleLegacyMesh RealFlowNode	The particle mesh legacy
spline node	SplineNode SplineNode RealFlowNode	The spline node
particle mesh	ParticleMesh ParticleMesh RealFlowNode	The particle mesh
particle mesh vdb	ParticleMesh_VDB ParticleMesh_VDB RealFlowNode	The particle mesh vdb
hybrido mesh	HybridoMesh HybridoMesh RealFlowNode	The hybrido mesh
hybrido mesh vdb	HybridoMesh_VDB HybridoMesh_VDB RealFlowNode	The hybrido mesh vdb
camera	Camera Camera RealFlowNode	The camera
multi body	MultiBody MultiBody RealFlowNode	The multi body
multi joint	MultiJoint MultiJoint RealFlowNode	The multi joint
idoc	Idoc IDOC RealFlowNode	The idoc
hybrido domain	HybridoDomain HybridoDomain RealFlowNode	The hybrido domain
hybrido emitter	HybridoEmitter HybridoEmitter RealFlowNode	The hybrido emitter
hybrido mist	HybridoMist HybridoMist RealFlowNode	The hybrido mist
dyverso domain	DyversoDomain DyversoDomain RealFlowNode	The dyverso domain
dyverso emitter	DyversoEmitter DyversoEmitter RealFlowNode	The dyverso emitter
group	RealFlowGroup RealFlowGroup RealFlowNode	The group
multi servo pos linear	MultiServoPosLinear MultiServoPosLinear RealFlowNode	The multi servo pos linear
multi servo pos angular	MultiServoPosAngular MultiServoPosAngular RealFlowNode	The multi servo pos angular
multi servo vel linear	MultiServoVelLinear MultiServoVelLinear RealFlowNode	The multi servo vel linear
multi servo vel angular	MultiServoVelAngular MultiServoVelAngular RealFlowNode	The multi servo vel angular
hybrido splash	HybridoSplash HybridoSplash RealFlowNode	The hybrido splash
hybrido foam	HybridoFoam HybridoFoam RealFlowNode	The hybrido foam
hybrido bubbles	HybridoBubbles HybridoBubbles RealFlowNode	The hybrido bubbles
hybrido wet	HybridoWet HybridoWet RealFlowNode	The hybrido wet
hybrido waterline	HybridoWaterLine HybridoWaterLine RealFlowNode	The hybrido waterline
hybrido splash and foam	HybridoSplashAndFoam HybridoSplashAndFoam RealFlowNode	The hybrido splash and foam
hybrido wet and foam	HybridoWetAndFoam HybridoWetAndFoam RealFlowNode	The hybrido wet and foam

NumConvert

This node converts an input to a variety of outputs copying data.

Input type	Input	Integer	Real	Vector3	Color4	String
Integer	128	128	128.0	128.0 128.0 128.0	0.007812 0.007812 0.007812 1.0 [1]	"128"
Real	0.7	0 [2]	0.7	0.7 0.7 0.7	0.7 0.7 0.7 1.0 [3]	"0.7"
Vector3	0.1 0.2 0.3	0 [2][4]	0.1 [4]	0.1 0.2 0.3	0.1 0.2 0.3 1.0 [3]	"0.1 0.2 0.3"
Color4	0.5 0.6 0.7 0.9	0 [5][6]	0.5 [6]	0.5 0.6 0.7	0.5 0.6 0.7 0.9	"0.5 0.6 0.7 0.9"
Real[2]	2.1, 0.4	2, 0 [2]	2.1, 0.4	2.1 2.1 2.1, 0.4 0.4 0.4	1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0, 0.4 0.4 0.4 1.0 [3]	"2.1, 0.4"

¹ When converted to Color4, input Integer values are clamped in range 0..65535 and normalized to 0.0..1.0. The choice of 65535 is related to the direct input of 16 bit displacement image data.

² When converted to Integer, input Real values have their decimal part removed.

³ When converted to Color4, input Real and Vector3 values are clamped in range 0.0..1.0.

⁴ When converted to a scalar, the first component (X) of the input Vector3 value is the result choice.

⁵ When converted to an integer, the first component (Red) of the input Color4 is multiplied by 65535. The choice of 65535 is related to the direct input of 16 bit displacement image data.

⁶ When converted to a scalar, the first component (Red) of the input Color4 value is the result choice.

Inputs

Name	Types	PassThrough	Description
input	Numeric Integer Integer64 Real Vector3 Color4		Input value to convert

Outputs

Name	Types	Description
integer	Integer	Input converted to Integer
integer64	Integer64	Input converted to Integer64
real	Real	Input converted to Real
vector3	Vector3	Input converted to Vector3
color4	Color4	Input converted to Color4
string	String	Input converted to String

NumDemux

This node separates all possible components of a numeric value.

It is intended to be used when the specialization of the pin is too generic but the user knows the real type of the stored value of the input.

Inputs

Name	Types	PassThrough	Description
input	Numeric Integer Integer64 Real Vector3 Color4 ColorGradient Quaternion Matrix4	integerinteger64realvector3color4gradientmatrix4quaternion	The input

Outputs

Name	Types	PassThrough	Description
integer	Integer	input	The integer
integer64	Integer64	input	The integer64
real	Real	input	The real
vector3	Vector3	input	The vector3
color4	Color4	input	The color4
gradient	ColorGradient	input	The gradient
matrix4	Matrix4	input	The matrix4
quaternion	Quaternion	input	The quaternion

ObjectMeshToMesh

This node creates a Mesh from the input 'object mesh'.

If the object contains UV coordinates defined by face they will be baked into the vertices.

Inputs

Name	Types	PassThrough	Description
object mesh	ObjectMesh		The object mesh

Outputs

Name	Types	PassThrough	Description
mesh	Mesh		The mesh

QuaternionFromAxisAngle

Computes a Quaternion from a given axis and angle (in degrees).

Inputs

Name	Types	PassThrough	Description
axis	Vector3		The axis
angle	Real		The angle

Outputs

Name	Types	PassThrough	Description
quaternion	Quaternion		The quaternion

QuaternionFromComponents

Returns a Quaternion from its internal components.

Inputs

Name	Types	Description
x	Numeric Integer Integer64 Real Vector3 Color4 ColorGradient Quaternion Matrix4	The x
y	Numeric Integer Integer64 Real Vector3 Color4 ColorGradient Quaternion Matrix4	The y
z	Numeric Integer Integer64 Real Vector3 Color4 ColorGradient Quaternion Matrix4	The z
w	Numeric Integer Integer64 Real Vector3 Color4 ColorGradient Quaternion Matrix4	The w

Outputs

Name	Types	PassThrough	Description
quaternion	Numeric Integer Integer64 Real Vector3 Color4 ColorGradient Quaternion Matrix4		The quaternion

QuaternionToAxisAngle

Returns the axis and the angle (in degrees) of the input Quaternion.

Inputs

Name	Types	PassThrough	Description
quaternion	Quaternion		The quaternion

Outputs

Name	Types	PassThrough	Description
axis	Vector3		The axis
angle	Real		The angle

QuaternionToComponents

Returns the Quaternion's internal components.

Inputs

Name	Types	PassThrough	Description
quaternion	Quaternion		The quaternion

Outputs

Name	Types	Description
x	Real	The x
y	Real	The y
z	Real	The z
w	Real	The w

RealWaveMeshToMesh

This node creates a Mesh from the input 'realwave mesh'.

Inputs

Name	Types	PassThrough	Description
realwave mesh	RealWaveMesh		The realwave mesh

Outputs

Name	Types	PassThrough	Description
mesh	Mesh		The mesh

Vector3FromComponents

Computes a vector value from its components.

Inputs

Name	Types	Description
x	Numeric Integer Real	The x
y	Numeric Integer Real	The y
z	Numeric Integer Real	The z

Outputs

Name	Types	PassThrough	Description
vector3	Vector3		The vector3

Vector3ToColor4

This node is executed in parallel according to its input pins size.

Converts a Vector3 to a Color4 value. Mapping (x,y,z) to (r,g,b,a) values results, e.g. to (x,y,z) -> (x,y,z,1).

Inputs

Name	Types	PassThrough	Description
vector3	Vector3		The vector3

Outputs

Name	Types	PassThrough	Description
color4	Color4		The color4

Vector3ToComponents

Extracts the components of the input 'vector' value.

Inputs

Name	Types	PassThrough	Description
vector	Vector3		The vector

Outputs

Name	Types	Description
x	Real	The x
y	Real	The y
z	Real	The z