Set Pipeline Parameter From For Loop

Create a pipeline parameter to mimic a traditional for loop.

Traditional for loops are numerical representations, such as:

For i=1 to 10 step1

Visual3D's For_Each loop are string entries that are specified explicitly by the user.

This command creates a string expression.

Integer loop

Set_Pipeline_Parameter_From_For_Loop

/PARAMETER_NAME=INT_VALUES

/PARAMETER_INDEX_START=1

/PARAMETER_INDEX_END=10

/PARAMETER_INDEX_STEP=1

/PARAMETER_INDEX_TYPE=INTEGER

;

on execution the results are

INT_VALUES = 1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9+10

Float loop

Set_Pipeline_Parameter_From_For_Loop

/PARAMETER_NAME=FLOAT_VALUES

/PARAMETER_INDEX_START=0

/PARAMETER_INDEX_END=5

/PARAMETER_INDEX_STEP=0.5

/PARAMETER_INDEX_TYPE=FLOAT

;

FLOAT_VALUES = 0.000000+0.500000+1.000000+1.500000+2.000000+2.500000+3.000000+3.500000+4.000000+4.500000+5.000000

Expressions

The start, end and step parameters will accept expressions.

Create 3 global metric signals:

Metric_Explicit

/RESULT_METRIC_NAME=GLOBAL::START

/RESULT_METRIC_FOLDER=COUNTER

/METRIC_VALUE=0

;

Metric_Explicit

/RESULT_METRIC_NAME=GLOBAL::END

RESULT_METRIC_FOLDER=COUNTER

/METRIC_VALUE=5

;

Metric_Explicit

/RESULT_METRIC_NAME=GLOBAL::STEP

/RESULT_METRIC_FOLDER=COUNTER

/METRIC_VALUE=1

;

Set_Pipeline_Parameter_From_For_Loop

/PARAMETER_NAME=FLOAT_VALS

/PARAMETER_INDEX_START=GLOBAL::METRIC::COUNTER::START

/PARAMETER_INDEX_END=GLOBAL::METRIC::COUNTER::END

/PARAMETER_INDEX_STEP=GLOBAL::METRIC::COUNTER::STEP

/PARAMETER_INDEX_TYPE=FLOAT

;

FLOAT_VALS = 0.000000+1.000000+2.000000+3.000000+4.000000+5.000000