Soft Transform surface node

Moves the selected point, with smooth rolloff to surrounding points.

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Parameters

Local variables

See also: Transform, Primitive, Point, Soft Peak

As you move the select point(s) or group, the surrounding points (within a set radius) move by an amount proportional to their distance to the selected point/group.

Parameters

Group	Subset of points to transform.
Transform Order	Order in which transformations occur.
Rotate Order	Order in which rotations occur.
Translate	Amount of translation along xyz axes.
Rotate	Amount of rotation about xyz axes.
Scale	Non-uniform scaling along xyz axes.
Shear	Amount of shearing. The three values represent X on XY plane, X on XZ plane, and Y on YZ plane respectively.
Pivot	Local pivot point for transformations.
Soft Radius	Area of influence.
Soft Type	Type of rolloff function.
Tangent Angles	Angles of the cubic rolloff function’s tangents. The first value applies to the tangent farthest from the source point, the second applies to the tangent closest to the source point.
Kernel Function	Metaball kernel to use when rolloff Type is “Meta-ball”
Ignore Point Connectivity	Affect only points connected to the points in the group, or all points within the radius.
Recompute Point Normals	Recomputes point normals if they exist.
Preserve Normal Length	Normal lengths remain unaffected.
Visualize Mode	How to map the influence amount to a color.
Keep Visualization in Geometry	If true, the visualization of the fall off is written directly to the geometry rather than just temporarily.

Local variables

CEX, CEY, CEZ	The centroid of the input
GCX, GCY, GCZ	The centroid of the input group
XMIN, XMAX	The X extents of the bounding box of the input
YMIN, YMAX	The Y extents of the bounding box of the input
ZMIN, ZMAX	The Z extents of the bounding box of the input
SIZEX, SIZEY, SIZEZ	The size of the bounding box of the input

Usages in other examples

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