pfxGeometry

Go to: Related nodes. Attributes.

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

strokeGlobals, brush, stroke

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
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.
seed (sed)	integer	0
seed for randomization of stroke
drawOrder (dro)	integer	0
determines order of draw, lower numbers are drawn first
surfaceOffset (sof)	double	0.0
offset of stroke from construction surface along normal
brush (brs)	dynBrush	NULL
Input from brush node
motionBlurred (mblr)	bool	1
if ON, then the stroke is motion blurred
primaryVisibility (pvs)	bool	1
Does this stroke appear in shadow casts and rendering (TRUE) or only in shadow casts (FALSE).
controlCurve (clc)	Generic	n/a
curve to use as follow path and/or force
outMainMesh (omm)	mesh	NULL
Output branch and twig surface.
outFlowerMesh (ofm)	mesh	NULL
Output flower surface.
outLeafMesh (olm)	mesh	NULL
Output leaf surface.
worldMainMesh (wmm)	mesh	NULL
Output world space branch and twig surfaces
worldLeafMesh (wlm)	mesh	NULL
Output world space leaf surfaces
worldFlowerMesh (wfm)	mesh	NULL
Output world space flower surfaces
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
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
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
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.
meshVertexColorMode (mvc)	enum	0
This attribute determines what to output for vertex colors on polys. Illuminated will bake the lighting for you.
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
meshQuadOutput (mqo)	bool	false
If true, then for poly output, quads will be output The default is triangles
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
lineModifier (lmd)	lineModifier	NULL
Input Array of line modifier data
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.
curveMode (cmd)	integer	0
Controls if profile curves are output.
leafCurveMode (lcm)	integer	0
Controls if profile curves are output.
flowerCurveMode (fcm)	integer	0
Controls if profile curves are output.
degree (dgr)	integer	2
The degree of the final generated output curve.
curveAlign (cva)	bool	false
This enables tangent continuity across output curves were branches meet.
outMainCurveCount (omcc)	integer	0
the current number of main curves generated for the outMainCurves array
outLeafCurveCount (olcc)	integer	0
the current number of leaf curves generated for the outLeafCurves array
outFlowerCurveCount (ofcc)	integer	0
the current number of flower curves generated for the outFlowerCurves array
outMainCurves (omc)	nurbsCurve	NULL
output array of nurbs curve data representing the primary paint effects tubes
outLeafCurves (olc)	nurbsCurve	NULL
output array of nurbs curve data representing the leaf paint effects tubes
outFlowerCurves (ofc)	nurbsCurve	NULL
output array of nurbs curve data representing the flower paint effects tubes