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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