Repro

The Repro node is used to control various aspects of the meshes created when Geometry Type is set to Mesh. This is the default.

Repros are more fully-functioned but slower than MASH Instances. We recommend starting networks with Repros first, then switching to Instances if you require faster performance.

MASH Repro

Level of Detail

Changes the way all the meshes are displayed. Geometry displays the full mesh while Bounding Box displays a cube that defines the dimensions of the object. Bounding boxes update their size and shape per frame.

Note: This setting overrides the current Display setting.

Rotation Order

Determines the axis order of rotation for the meshes when transformed by other MASH nodes (for example, the Transform node).

LOD Camera

Determines the camera that triggers objects to switch to their proxies.

Objects

Displays a list of the MASH network's input objects.

Display

Determines the current display mode for the respective objects. Each object can be displayed in one of three modes:

• Mesh: Displays objects as the mesh they're based on.
• Proxy: Displays objects as the first proxy in the Proxies list.
• LOD: Displays the objects/proxies appropriately based on their LOD distance from the camera.

Proxies

Displays a list of the proxy objects assigned to the selected object in the Objects list. To assign new proxies to an object in the MASH network, select the object in the Object list first, then either middle-drag the proxy object into this list or select it, right-click the list, and click Add selected objects.

Motion Blur Instance Mode

Determines the motion blur compatibility (in renders) of MASH Repro objects. Options include:

• Motion Blur Compatible: If vertices on the objects are static, use this option as it will maintain vertex order.
• Changing Topology: If the input mesh has animated vertex counts, use this option. Vertex order will not be maintained.

Output Attributes

Allows you to toggle extra data output by the objects in the MASH network.

UVs

Output the UVs from the source object to the repro meshes.

Color Per Vertex

Output the CPV data from the source object to the repro meshes.

Normals

• None: No normals are output.
• Soft/Hard: The source objects' soft/hard normals are output (particularly useful when a deformer will be applied to the object).
• User Normals: The source objects' custom normals are output.

Remap Attributes

Allows you to remap attribute names to either different names or even other existing attributes. Useful for piping MASH into existing particle or procedural systems with different naming systems.