polyBoolean

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This node creates a new poly by applying a polyBoolean operation on the input polys. This node functions with at least two input polys

Related nodes

polyCreator, polyCreateFace, polyPrimitive, polyTorus, polyPlane, polyCube, polyCone, polySphere, polyCylinder, polyUnite, polyBlindData, mesh

Attributes (20)

booleanMode, classification, edgeInterpolation, elementEnabled, geometryMode, gwABIVersion, interactiveUpdate, intersectionEdges, maya2025, mergeGroups, newInputDisplay, newInputOperation, operation, planarTolerance, preserveColor, sortOutput, tagIntersection, useThresholds, vertexDistanceThreshold, voxelSize

Long name (short name)	Type	Default	Flags
elementEnabled (ee)	intArray	nullptr
Enable states for each input mesh.
operation (op)	intArray	nullptr
Boolean operation type. 1=union, 2=difference, 3=intersection, 4=BMinusA, 5=Split, 6=SplitEdges, 7=HolePunch, 8=CutOut
booleanMode (bm)	bool	true
If true, boolean op will use the layer mode
classification (cls)	enum	2
Changes how intersections of open and closed manifolds are treated. Auto value means that open meshes use Edge and closed meshes use Normal
edgeInterpolation (eit)	bool	true
If true, use improved edge interpolation
gwABIVersion (gav)	integer	-1
Save the ABI version
geometryMode (gm)	enum	0
Determines whether the Boolean operation will be performed on polygonal meshes or OpenVDB level sets.
interactiveUpdate (iu)	bool	true
Changes how interactive manipulation of input meshes trigger updates of the boolean node. If true, will trigger compute while dragging a manipulator. If false, will not trigger a compute until the manipulator is released.
intersectionEdges (ied)	componentList	nullptr
Edge ids of edges that are part of the boolean intersection.
maya2025 (m25)	bool	true
Disable to get pre-Maya 2025 behaviour
mergeGroups (mg)	intArray	nullptr
Groups in the input geometry to merge together
newInputDisplay (nid)	enum	0
Default display mode to apply to new inputs.
newInputOperation (nio)	enum	0
Default boolean operation to apply to new inputs if not specified.
planarTolerance (ptl)	double	1e-6
Tolerance for determining if a facet is planar.
preserveColor (pcr)	bool	false
If true, boolean op will compute color for the new mesh. If false, the new mesh won't have any color set.
sortOutput (sop)	bool	true
If true, topologically sort output
tagIntersection (ti)	bool	true
If set the operation creates custom component tags that contain vertices on the intersection
useThresholds (uth)	bool	false
If true, merge vertices with separations less then vertexDistanceThreshold and collapse faces with areas less then faceAreaThreshold. If false, do not merge vertices or collapse faces
vertexDistanceThreshold (vdt)	distance (double)	0.001cm
Tolerance to determine whether vertices (and edges) should be merged before boolean operation is applied. Attribute is ignored unless useThresholds is set to true
voxelSize (vs)	float	1.0
Voxel size for OpenVDB Geometry Mode. Ignored in Mesh mode.