stroke node

This node contains stroke attributes that are used to display painted strokes for Maya Paint Effects.

Node name	Parents	Classification	MFn type	Compatible function sets
stroke	pfxGeometry	stroke:geometry:drawdb/geometry/paintEffects	kStroke	kBase kNamedObject kDependencyNode kDagNode kShape kPfxGeometry kStroke

Related nodes

strokeGlobals, brush

Attributes (39)

collisionObject, curve, maxClip, minClip, minimalTwist, normal, normalX, normalY, normalZ, opposite, outNormal, outNormalX, outNormalY, outNormalZ, outPoint, outPointX, outPointY, outPointZ, pathCurve, perspective, pressure, pressureMap1, pressureMap2, pressureMap3, pressureMax1, pressureMax2, pressureMax3, pressureMin1, pressureMin2, pressureMin3, pressureScale, pressureScale_FloatValue, pressureScale_Interp, pressureScale_Position, sampleDensity, samples, smoothing, useNormal, uvSetName

Long name (short name) Type Default Flags

sampleDensity (sdn) double 1.0

increases or decreases the total number of samples along path

smoothing (smo) double 0.0

smoothness of output stroke points and normals

perspective (per) bool 1

draw in perspective using the current camera( otherwise draw in the image plane )

useNormal (usn) bool 0

use the fixed stroke normal instead of the per-vertex curve normal

minimalTwist (mnt) bool 0

For strokes with simple curves(not curve on surface) when UseNormal is OFF this computes the curve normals with minimal twisting between adjacent vertices

normal (nml) double3

worldspace override normal for entire stroke

normalX (nmx) double 0.0

worldspace directional force X value

normalY (nmy) double 0.0

worldspace directional force Y value

normalZ (nmz) double 1.0

worldspace directional force Z value

minClip (mnc) double 0.0

start of visible segment of stroke

maxClip (mxc) double 1.0

end of visible segment of stroke

pathCurve (pcv) compound n/a

This contains an array of curves to use as stroke path, along with number of points to sample along each curve. The curves are sampled in the order they appear in this list to produce a single set of output points and normals which define a poly line path for the paint effects stroke. By default the resulting points will correspond to the list of points sampled while the user painted the stroke. If the stroke crossed multiple surfaces there will be a separate curve created each time the user paints across a surface boundary.

curve (crv) Generic n/a

curve to use as stroke path

samples (smp) integer 0

number of points to sample across curve

opposite (opp) bool false

Determines wether the normal calculated for this section of the stroke should be flipped or not (default).

collisionObject (clob) Generic n/a

Input Geometr(y/ies) for collision, surface attraction and occupation effects. May be meshes or a nurbs surfaces.

outPoint (opt) double3

Output worldspace points for brush stroke. Although it is writable, do not write to this attribute.

outPointX (ox) double 0.0

X value of a stroke point. Although it is writable, do not write to this attribute.

outPointY (oy) double 0.0

Y value of a stroke point. Although it is writable, do not write to this attribute.

outPointZ (oz) double 0.0

Z value of a stroke point. Although it is writable, do not write to this attribute.

outNormal (onm) double3

output worldspace normals for brush stroke

outNormalX (onx) double 0.0

X value of a stroke normal

outNormalY (ony) double 0.0

Y value of a stroke normal

outNormalZ (onz) double 0.0

Z value of a stroke normal

pressureMap1 (spm1) enum 0

Parameter to modulate using cached pen pressure values

pressureMin1 (ps1) double 0.0