can you query a mesh position table prior to any deformations

[Daniel Lindsey]

I'm making a custom deformer, and I would like to query the inputGeom original positions prior to any deforms that may have happened prior to my custom deformer deforming the mesh. Is there a way to get that info? I can't seem to find one in the docs

[Nick Burkard]

Hey Daniel,
Could you just provide an alternative plug for an in deform geometry and pull from that? Have a script do all the network searching business for the original mesh source and hook it up (via listHistory).
From what I've read it's best not to have your nodes know about anything other than the things hooking into them.

> On May 29, 2014, at 7:48 PM, Daniel Lindsey <dtli...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I'm making a custom deformer, and I would like to query the inputGeom original positions prior to any deforms that may have happened prior to my custom deformer deforming the mesh. Is there a way to get that info? I can't seem to find one in the docs
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[Daniel Lindsey]

Yeah. That was my initial plan but I didn't like it. Hoped there was a better way