Index: manual/modeling/geometry_nodes/geometry/sample/index_of_nearest.rst =================================================================== --- manual/modeling/geometry_nodes/geometry/sample/index_of_nearest.rst (revision 10143) +++ manual/modeling/geometry_nodes/geometry/sample/index_of_nearest.rst (working copy) @@ -6,16 +6,23 @@ **************** .. figure:: /images/node-types_GeometryNodeIndexOfNearest.webp - :align: center + :align: right :alt: Index of Nearest node. + :width: 300px -Find the nearest element in a geometry. -It is similar to the :doc:`/modeling/geometry_nodes/geometry/sample/sample_nearest` node. +The `Index of Nearest` node is way to find other closest element in a same geometry. +Node also allow limiting available elements in same geometry by some way. +Grouping elements by index is way to do this. +It is alteranive to the :doc:`/modeling/geometry_nodes/geometry/sample/sample_nearest` node. +The main difference is that this node does not require a geometry input, because the geometry +from the :ref:`field context ` is used. +The main meaning is that each element of something can find nearest one. + .. tip:: - This is often combined with the :doc:`/modeling/geometry_nodes/geometry/sample/sample_index` node. + This is often combined with the :doc:`/modeling/geometry_nodes/utilities/field/evaluate_at_index` node. Inputs @@ -22,7 +29,7 @@ ====== Position - The position to start from when finding the closest location. + Position for each element to search. By default, this is the same as if the :doc:`/modeling/geometry_nodes/geometry/read/position` was connected. Group ID @@ -33,7 +40,7 @@ ======= Index - The :doc:`index ` of the closest geometry element. + The :doc:`index ` of the closest element in same geometry component. Has Neighbor This is true when the group of the element has at least two elements.