Carbon Plumage Geometry¶
Description¶
Generate and update geometry used by Carbon Plumage nodes. This node needs a geometry as input which has point attributes that describe groom vector, feather type and feather scale.
- Groom must be a vector of length 3 and type float. This defines the final rotated position of the feather.
- Type must be a vector of length 3 and type float. This defines the interpolation between the 3 base feathers.
- Scale must be a vector of length 1 and type float. This defines the scale of the feather.
Inputs¶
Input #1: Groom Points
Attach this node to a node containing points and point attributes for feather types, groom and scale.
Input #2: Reference Surface
Attach this node to the reference surface geometry on which the Plumage Points were generated.
Input #3: Animated Surface
Attach this node to the animated surface geometry.
Groom Points Parameters¶
Groom Vector groom
Name of the point attribute containing the grooming vector.
Feather Type type
Name of the point attribute containing the feather types. This is usually stored in Cd.
Feather Scale scale
Name of the point attribute containing the scale.
Animated Groom animGroom
Enable animated groom.
Note
Leaving this toggled on impacts performance, even if the groom
isn’t animated.
Guide Geometry¶
Show Guide Geometry showGuide
Show the guide geometry. When the guide geometry is hidden, the raw Carbon plumage geometry is displayed instead.
Length length
Scale the feathers’ guide visualization in length. This does not impact the actual feathers but only the temporary visualization.
Width width
Scale the feathers’ guide visualization in width. This does not impact the actual feathers but only the temporary visualization.
Color color
The color of the guide geometry showing placeholder feathers in position.