pfxGeometry

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This node contains attributes that are common to all pfx shape nodes. It cannot be used directly, but rather should be derived from.

This node is abstract

Related nodes

strokeGlobals, brush, stroke

Attributes (39)

brush, cameraPoint, cameraPointX, cameraPointY, cameraPointZ, controlCurve, curveAlign, curveMode, degree, displayPercent, drawAsMesh, drawOrder, flowerCurveMode, flowerVertBufSize, leafCurveMode, leafVertBufSize, lineModifier, mainVertBufSize, maxDrawSegments, meshHardEdges, meshPolyLimit, meshQuadOutput, meshVertexColorMode, motionBlurred, outFlowerCurveCount, outFlowerCurves, outFlowerMesh, outLeafCurveCount, outLeafCurves, outLeafMesh, outMainCurveCount, outMainCurves, outMainMesh, primaryVisibility, seed, surfaceOffset, worldFlowerMesh, worldLeafMesh, worldMainMesh

Long name (short name)	Type	Default	Flags
brush (brs)	dynBrush	NULL
Input from brush node
cameraPoint (cpt)	double3
camera location to use for forward twist computation for poly mesh output. This allows poly output billboards to face a particular camera( outside of the paint effects render pass context ).
cameraPointX (cpx) double 0.0 worldspace camera X position value
cameraPointY (cpy) double 0.0 worldspace camera Y position value
cameraPointZ (cpz) double 0.0 worldspace camera Z position value
controlCurve (clc)	Generic	n/a
curve to use as follow path and/or force
curveAlign (cva)	bool	false
This enables tangent continuity across output curves were branches meet.
curveMode (cmd)	integer	0
Controls if profile curves are output.
displayPercent (dpc)	double	0.0
percentage of particles to display for interactive draw
drawAsMesh (dam)	bool	1
if ON, then the stroke is displayed in the modeling views as a quad mesh and the tube shape and thickness can be seen. Otherwise it is displayed by lines running down the center spine of each tube. Note that the quad mesh is only an accurate preview if the brushType is Mesh, otherwise it may differ somewhat from the final rendered look.
drawOrder (dro)	integer	0
determines order of draw, lower numbers are drawn first
flowerCurveMode (fcm)	integer	0
Controls if profile curves are output.
flowerVertBufSize (fvbs)	integer	0
Number of verts created the last time these flowers were converted to poly. Used to predict amount of memory to prealloc the next time
leafCurveMode (lcm)	integer	0
Controls if profile curves are output.
leafVertBufSize (lvbs)	integer	0
Number of verts created the last time these leaves were converted to poly. Used to predict amount of memory to prealloc the next time
lineModifier (lmd)	lineModifier	NULL
Input Array of line modifier data
mainVertBufSize (mvbs)	integer	0
Number of verts created the last time the main body of this stroke was converted to poly. Used to predict amount of memory to prealloc the next time
maxDrawSegments (mdsg)	integer	1000000
Maximum number of segments or poly faces to draw in viewports. This prevents very heavy brushes from locking up the interactive display.
meshHardEdges (mhe)	bool	false
If true, then for poly output, those edges aligned with the tube direction will be hard. This could be useful for some of those inorganic shapes, e.g. a cityscape
meshPolyLimit (mpl)	integer	0
Limit number of faces created for each of the meshes to be within a segment of this limit. A value of 0 means no limit.
meshQuadOutput (mqo)	bool	false
If true, then for poly output, quads will be output The default is triangles
meshVertexColorMode (mvc)	enum	0
This attribute determines what to output for vertex colors on polys. Illuminated will bake the lighting for you.
motionBlurred (mblr)	bool	1
if ON, then the stroke is motion blurred
degree (dgr)	integer	2
The degree of the final generated output curve.
outFlowerCurveCount (ofcc)	integer	0
the current number of flower curves generated for the outFlowerCurves array
outFlowerCurves (ofc)	nurbsCurve	NULL
output array of nurbs curve data representing the flower paint effects tubes
outFlowerMesh (ofm)	mesh	NULL
Output flower surface.
outLeafCurveCount (olcc)	integer	0
the current number of leaf curves generated for the outLeafCurves array
outLeafCurves (olc)	nurbsCurve	NULL
output array of nurbs curve data representing the leaf paint effects tubes
outLeafMesh (olm)	mesh	NULL
Output leaf surface.
outMainCurveCount (omcc)	integer	0
the current number of main curves generated for the outMainCurves array
outMainCurves (omc)	nurbsCurve	NULL
output array of nurbs curve data representing the primary paint effects tubes
outMainMesh (omm)	mesh	NULL
Output branch and twig surface.
primaryVisibility (pvs)	bool	1
Does this stroke appear in shadow casts and rendering (TRUE) or only in shadow casts (FALSE).
seed (sed)	integer	0
seed for randomization of stroke
surfaceOffset (sof)	double	0.0
offset of stroke from construction surface along normal
worldFlowerMesh (wfm)	mesh	NULL
Output world space flower surfaces
worldLeafMesh (wlm)	mesh	NULL
Output world space leaf surfaces
worldMainMesh (wmm)	mesh	NULL
Output world space branch and twig surfaces