AutoFunc functionality with Replicator

Omniverse Synthetic Data Generation (SDG)
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Hello,
I am getting an error when trying to run the AutoFunc camera example
copied below. The error message is :

[Error] [omni.graph.core.plugin] Can not connect /Replicator/SDGPipeline/ComputeCameraPos/outputs_out_0 to /Replicator/SDGPipeline/OgnWritePrimAttribute.inputs:values: bundles can only connect to other bundles.

I am using Omniverse Code 2022.3.1 with Kit 104.1

import omni.replicator.core as rep
import omni.graph.core as og
import numpy as np

with rep.new_layer():

    # Randomize the camera position using AutoFunc
    frame = 0

    @og.AutoFunc(module_name="omni.replicator")
    def ComputeCameraPos(distance: float, elevation: float, numSamples: int = 1) -> og.Bundle:
        # Note 1: numSamples input currently required
        # Note 2: Only bundle output currently supported, this will be expanded in the future.

        # Use global to have access to a persistent `frame` variable
        global frame
        print("FRAME", frame)
        azimuth = frame * np.radians(3.6)
        frame += 1
        x = np.cos(azimuth) * np.cos(elevation) * distance
        y = np.sin(azimuth) * np.cos(elevation) * distance
        z = np.sin(elevation) * distance

        bundle = og.Bundle("return", False)
        bundle.create_attribute("values", og.Type(og.BaseDataType.DOUBLE, 3, 1)).value = [[x, y, z]]
        return bundle

    # This will allow the AutoFunc return attribute `out_0` to be automatically connected to the pose node's `values` input
    rep.utils.ATTRIBUTE_MAPPINGS.add(rep.utils.AttrMap("outputs_out_0", "inputs:values"))

    # Register functionality into replicator
    def camera_randomizer(distance: float, elevation: float):
        return rep.utils.create_node("omni.replicator.ComputeCameraPos", distance=distance, elevation=elevation)

    # Register randomizer
    rep.randomizer.register(camera_randomizer)


    # TEST
    camera = rep.create.camera()
    render_product = rep.create.render_product(camera, (1024, 1024))

    rep.create.cube()

    # Initialize and attach writer
    writer = rep.WriterRegistry.get("BasicWriter")
    writer.initialize(output_dir="_output_camera_function", rgb=True, bounding_box_2d_tight=True)
    writer.attach([render_product])

    with rep.trigger.on_frame(num_frames=100):
        with camera:
            rep.modify.pose(
                position=rep.randomizer.camera_randomizer(400, 45),
                look_at=(0,0,0)
            )
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Hi @engineer_a1

I can confirm autofunc is not working in current versions of Code. Autofunc is a bit on an experimental feature that’s in active development. I know this might not be ideal, but the two current work arounds are:

  1. You can write a custom ogn node and reference it in the rep scripts to execute arbitrary python.
  2. You can also trigger an Action Graph in the stage, through a custom event via rep.

Something like this:

import omni.replicator.core as rep
import omni.graph.core as og

with rep.new_layer():

    # Assign the camera, Init the Writer to output RGB, and the output directory
    render_product = rep.create.render_product('/World/Camera', (2048, 1536))
    writer = rep.WriterRegistry.get("BasicWriter")
    writer.initialize( output_dir="_Test", rgb=True)
    writer.attach([render_product])

    # This links the Action Script to replicator
    # This will trigger an event in the Action Script named 'foo'
    # You have to create the action script, with the event in order for this to work.
    trigger = rep.trigger.on_frame(num_frames=10)
    publish_event_node = og.Controller().create_node('/Replicator/SDGPipeline/MyTest', 'omni.graph.action.SendCustomEvent')
    publish_event_node.get_attribute('inputs:eventName').set('foo')
    trigger.node.get_attribute("outputs:execOut").connect(publish_event_node.get_attribute("inputs:execIn"), True)

This rep script wires a trigger custom event node into the graph that gets generated. When the rep graph runs, it triggers the event in your custom action graph, where you can perform arbitrary logic.

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Within your action graph, you can run logic as omnigraph nodes, or you can use python wrapped within a script node:

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