Test your nodes

Use the Bifrost Extension for Maya to test your nodes:

1. Make sure your Bifrost pack directory is accessible to Maya.

2. Set the BIFROST_LIB_CONFIG_FILES environment variable to point to the pack config file in your pack directory. The pack config file will be named SimpleStringPackConfig.json unless you changed it in the CMakeLists.txt file:

    BIFROST_LIB_CONFIG_FILES=<path_to_bifrost_packs>/SimpleString-1.0.0/SimpleStringPackConfig.json

3. Open Maya and navigate to Create->Bifrost Graph from the Maya menu.

4. Use the tab key to open the node list. You will find your nodes under their namespaces.

5. Add two integer_to_string nodes, two value nodes, and one join_strings node to the graph.

6. Set the value nodes to integer values, and connect each of them to an integer_to_string node.

7. Connect the outputs of the integer_to_string nodes to the join_strings node.

8. Connect the output of the join_strings node to an output node

9. Run the MEL getAttr command to run your graph and print out the result.

    getAttr bifrostGraphShape1.concatenated;

The output of the MEL command should be the two initial integers concatenated together.