For a Python script I was making the other day, I needed to get the evaluated result from a string parameter. It was a relative path to some node. However, to get to the intended result, I needed to convert the relative path to absolute. After looking online, I found the answer on the SideFX forum. It is possible to use hou.node.node() feeding it the relative path to get the node and storing it in a variable. Then using the path() method you can return the absolute path to it. This is a very handy workflow that I’m sure I’ll need again, so I decided to document it so I can easily come back to it when needed.
February 19, 2024
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