Can't find the "Reassign loop parameter" node in animation nodes addon

Question

I'm using blender-2.81a with the animation nodes add-on (V2.1.6) .

The animation nodes documentation says that in order to change loop values while iterating I need to use the Reassignment Operator node but I can't seem to find it anywhere ....

https://animation-nodes-manual.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user_guide/subprograms/loop.html#reassignment-operators

can someone please point me in the right direction ?

Answer 1

This is not a node you can directly invoke with the SHIFT + A submenu. Here is how to do it :

• Create your loop and click it to select it
• Assign a parameter
• Go to the right-side panel (shortcut N, or click on the arrow on the right side of the animation nodes node tree)
• Go to the "Node" subpanel
• Click on the "Reassign" button next to the parameter socket
• Click in the node tree window where you want to place the "reassign" node

If you want to have the "Condition" boolean operator in the node, you should :

• Select the "Reassign" node
• Go to the "Item" subpanel on the right
• Turn on the computer screen icon next to the "Condition" input socket.

This works for all the animation nodes which may have hidden input/output sockets