This adds an option to fill the ends of the generated mesh for
each spline combination with an N-gon. The resulting mesh is
manifold, so it can be used for operations like Boolean.
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D12982
Issue is that the Instance on Points node currently expects that all
instance references are used (see `remove_unused_references`).
This should be fixed at some point, but for now make sure that
the String to Curves node does not output unused references.
This adds a new image texture node for geometry nodes. It does not
reuse the same node that is used in shading, because we want to be
able to expose the image and frame as sockets.
There is a known update issue when a movie or image sequence is
used. That will be fixed separately (also see D12957).
Currently, the image socket is just a pointer to an Image ID data block.
This can contain single images but also movies and image sequences.
In the future, the definition of an image socket can be expanded to
include images that are generated from scratch in the node tree.
For more details read the discussion in D12827.
Some of the code is a direct port from cycles and should be cleaned
up a bit in the future. For example `image_cubic_texture_lookup`.
For still images, the frame input is ignored. Otherwise, the frame
has to be in a valid range for the node to work. In the future we
may add e.g. automatic looping functionality.
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D12827
This replaces the boolean Offset input in the Set Position node with
a vector input. This makes the node easier to use. Using a "Position"
input as an "Offset" sounds wrong anyway.
The Position and Offset inputs are evaluated at the same time.
The versioning only works correctly when the Offset input was not connected
to something else before.
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D12983
This node takes a geometry set with instances as input and outputs
points located on the origins of the top level of instances in the
geometry set (not nested instances). It also has position and radius
inputs to allow overriding the default, and a selection input to only
generate points for some instances.
The use case for this node is a method to use geometry proximity on
instance origins, but in a more generic way that is flexible and useful
in other situations.
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D12893
Previously, when the start input was greater than the end input,
the spline was resized to a single point. That is correct, but the
single point wasn't placed properly along the spline. Now, it is
placed according to the "Start" value, as if the trim started, but
couldn't continue because the "End" value was smaller.
This behavior is handled with a separate code path to keep each
simpler and avoid special cases. Any cleanup to reduce duplication
should focus on making each code path shorter separately rather
than merging them.
Also included are some changes to `lookup_control_point_position`
to support cyclic splines, though this single-point method is still
disabled on cyclic splines for consistency.
Because `segment_is_vector` didn't handle the combined cyclic and
single control point case, it returned false, that the "segment" should
have the resolution evaluated point count. To avoid checking the size in
every call, add an assert for the size and check it elsewhere.
This commit makes the bounding box node work on each unique geometry
(including instances) individually instead of making one large bounding
box for everything. This makes the node much faster, and is often the
desired result anyway. For the old behavior, a realize instances node
can be used in front of this node (versioning adds it automatically).
The min and max outputs now only output the values from the realized
geometry.
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D12951
Certain geometry nodes don't work properly on inputs that contain
instances, but don't display any warning that they aren't working.
The nodes now will display a warning that explains the situtation
iff the input contains any instances.
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D12858
In order to address feedback that the "Stable ID" was not easy enough
to use, remove the "Stable ID" output from the distribution node and
the input from the instance on points node. Instead, the nodes write
or read a builtin named attribute called `id`. In the future we may
add more attributes like `edge_id` and `face_id`.
The downside is that more behavior is invisible, which is les
expected now that most attributes are passed around with node links.
This behavior will have to be explained in the manual.
The random value node's "ID" input that had an implicit index input
is converted to a special implicit input that uses the `id` attribute
if possible, but otherwise defaults to the index. There is no way to
tell in the UI which it uses, except by knowing that rule and checking
in the spreadsheet for the id attribute.
Because it isn't always possible to create stable randomness, this
attribute does not always exist, and it will be possible to remove it
when we have the attribute remove node back, to improve performance.
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D12903
This commit adds an updated version of the curve to points that
supports fields. Only the position and radius are transferred
by default now, which should improve performance. The other outputs
like tangent and rotation are outputted with anonymous attributes.
I took the opportunity to change a few other small things:
- Name geometry sockets "Curve" and "Points" like other nodes.
- Remove the radius multiple of 0.1, which was confusing.
Thanks to @Johnny Matthews (guitargeek) for an initial patch.
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D12887
This patch includes an updated version of the raycast node that uses
fields instead of attributes for inputs instead of outputs. This makes
the node's UI much clearer. It should be faster too, since the
evaluation system for fields provides multi-threading.
The source position replaces the input geometry (since this node is
evaluated in the context of a geometry like the other field nodes).
Thanks to @guitargeek for an initial version of this patch.
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D12638
When the 'Separate Children' option is selected, the children of
the selected collection are inserted into the geometry output
sorted alphabetically by name.
One item to note is that the rename function does not trigger a
depsgraph update. This means that the changes are not reflected
in the spreadsheet until another action triggers the update.
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D12907
The Endpoint Selection node allows for the Selection of an aribitrary
number of endpoints from each spline in a curve. The start and end
inputs are evaluated on the spline domain. The result is outputted
as a boolean field on the point domain.
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D12846
Replaces the old Subdivision Surface Node.
Changes:
- Removes implicit instance realization, instead the node runs once
per unique instance.
- "Use Creases" becomes a crease field input applied to edges.
The values are clamped between zero and one.
Addresses T91763
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D12830
The object info node output an instance as a performance optimization.
Before that optimization was (almost) invisible to the user, but now
that we aren't automatically realizing instances, it isn't intuitive
for a single object to become an instance.
I refactored the transform node so its ability to translate/transform
an entire geometry set was more usable from elsewhere and exposed the
function to get a geometry set from an object.
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D12833
This commit adds an updated version of the old attribute transfer node.
It works like a function node, so it works in the context of a
geometry, with a simple data output.
The "Nearest" mode finds the nearest element of the specified domain on
the target geometry and copies the value directly from the target input.
The "Nearest Face Interpolated" finds the nearest point on anywhere on
the surface of the target mesh and linearly interpolates the value on
the target from the face's corners.
The node also has a new "Index" mode, which can pick data from specific
indices on the target geometry. The implicit default is to do a simple
copy from the target geometry, but any indices could be used. It is also
possible to use a single value for the index to to retrieve a single
value from an attribute at a certain index.
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D12785
While there may be arguments for different positions of the selection
inputs, it's important to be consistent, and putting them right after
the corresponding geometry works well when there are multiple
geometry inputs. Addresses T91646.
This commit adds a fields version of the mesh to curve node, with a
field for the input selection. In order to reduce code duplication,
it adds the mesh to curve conversion to the new geometry module
and calls that implementation from both places.
More details on the geometry module can be found here: T86869
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D12579
The sockets are not exposed in any nodes yet.
They work similar to the Object/Collection/Texture sockets,
which also just reference a data block.
Based on rB207472930834
Reviewed By: JacquesLucke
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D12861
Add a boolean field to the Set Position Node. This value allows
for each point to either have its position set to the input position
value or have the input value added to the current position.
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D12773
This changes the edge split node to have a selection input, which is
more aligned with the other design changes. This loses the ability to
split edges based on an angle, but the edge angle can be added as a
field input node in the future, which will make for a much more
flexible system.
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D12829
Previously the attribute capture node only worked on realized geometry,
which was very confusing when other nodes worked on each individual
instance. The realize instances node is the way to explicitly change
between the two behaviors. Addresses T92155.
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D12841
Adds a node that can rotate each of a geometry's instances in global
(to the modifier object) or local space (of each point) by a specified
angle around a pivot point.
In the future, separating the local-global choice for the pivot and the
rotation might be useful. However, for now the node is kept simple.
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D12682
Adds a node that can scale a geometry's instances. With "Local" turned
on, the instance is scaled individually from the center point input,
while when local space is turned off, it's more like the transform
node, except it scales outward from the center point instead of only
from the origin.
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D12681
Add a boolean selection field to the Instance on Points node.
This will select which points from the source geometry will be used
to create the instances.
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D12847
Adds a node that can translate instances in the transform space of
the modifier object, or the local space of their original transform.
One reason to have a special node for instances is that they always
have the existing transform, unlike mesh or point cloud points.
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D12679
