Houdini 17.5 Nodes Geometry nodes

Basis geometry node

Provides operations for moving knots within the parametric space of a NURBS curve or surface.

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This op provides a set of operations applicable to the parametric space of spline curves and surfaces. The parametric space, also known as the "domain" of a NURBS or Bezier primitive, is defined by one basis in the U direction and, if the primitive is a surface, another basis in the V direction. The size of the domain is given by the values of the knots that make up the basis.

The Basis op contains both ratio-preserving and non ratio-preserving operations.

If the basis reparameterization does not change the distance ratios between knots, the shape of a NURBS primitive is not affected. If the ratios are not preserved; however, a NURBS primitive will change shape in the area influenced by the modified knots. Additionally, if the primitive is a NURBS or Bezier surface, any profiles it may contain will be affected as well.

Parameters

Group

Subset of spline primitives to operate on.

Edit the U Basis

Enables and disables transformations of the U basis below.

Edit the V Basis

Enables and disables transformations of the V basis below.

Parameterization

Parameterization

Parameterization method.

Unchanged

Does not change the U basis.

Uniform

Distributes all knots evenly.

Chord Length

Computes knot ratios based on primitive chord length.

Centripetal

Similar to chord length, useful for sharp turns.

Manual:Single

Edit knots of first spline primitive individually.

Manual:Propagated

Same as above but copy knots to all other primitives.

Knotslide

Shift clusters of knots within the basis.

Approximate Arc Length

Computes knot ratio based on an approximate primitive arc length.

Knot Sequence

Editable field of knots in ascending order.

Read Basis

Reads knots of first primitive into the field above.

Range

Area of the unit U domain to be shifted.

Bias

Amount and direction of shift in knotslide.

Map

Concatenate

Indicates whether bases should be concatenated.

Origin

New origin of the U basis.

Length

New length of the U basis.

Scale

Multiplier applied to basis at its origin.

Order

Raise To

Enables and disables raising of the basis order.

Examples

The following examples include this node.

BridgeCurvesandPrims Example for Poly Bridge geometry node

This contains two examples of how to use the Bridge SOP.

The first example illustrates how to use the Bridge SOP on projected and trimmed curves. The second illustrates how to use the Bridge SOP on two carved primitives.

Press Play to see an animated version of the Bridge over Two Carves.

Geometry nodes

  • Adaptive Prune

    Removes elements while trying to maintain the overall appearance.

  • Add

    Creates Points or Polygons, or adds points/polys to an input.

  • Agent

    Creates agent primitives.

  • Agent Clip

    Adds new clips to agent primitives.

  • Agent Clip

    Adds new clips to agent primitives.

  • Agent Clip Properties

    Defines how agents' animation clips should be played back.

  • Agent Clip Transition Graph

    Creates geometry describing possible transitions between animation clips.

  • Agent Collision Layer

    Creates a new agent layer that is suitable for collision detection.

  • Agent Configure Joints

    Creates point attributes that specify the rotation limits of an agent’s joints.

  • Agent Constraint Network

    Builds a constraint network to hold an agent’s limbs together.

  • Agent Definition Cache

    Writes agent definition files to disk.

  • Agent Edit

    Edits properties of agent primitives.

  • Agent Layer

    Adds a new layer to agent primitives.

  • Agent Look At

    Adjusts the head of an agent to look at a specific object or position.

  • Agent Look At

    Adjusts the head of an agent to look at a specific object or position.

  • Agent Prep

    Adds various common point attributes to agents for use by other crowd nodes.

  • Agent Prep

    Adds various common point attributes to agents for use by other crowd nodes.

  • Agent Proxy

    Provides simple proxy geometry for an agent.

  • Agent Relationship

    Creates parent-child relationships between agents.

  • Agent Terrain Adaptation

    Adapts agents' legs to conform to terrain and prevent the feet from sliding.

  • Agent Transform Group

    Adds new transform groups to agent primitives.

  • Agent Unpack

    Extracts geometry from agent primitives.

  • Agent Vellum Unpack

    Extracts geometry from agent primitives for a Vellum simulation.

  • Alembic

    Loads the geometry from an Alembic scene archive (.abc) file into a geometry network.

  • Alembic Group

    Creates a geometry group for Alembic primitives.

  • Alembic Primitive

    Modifies intrinsic properties of Alembic primitives.

  • Alembic ROP output driver

  • Align

    Aligns a group of primitives to each other or to an auxiliary input.

  • Assemble

    Cleans up a series of break operations and creates the resulting pieces.

  • Attribute Blur

    Blurs out (or "relaxes") points in a mesh or a point cloud.

  • Attribute Cast

    Changes the size/precision Houdini uses to store an attribute.

  • Attribute Composite

    Composites vertex, point, primitive, and/or detail attributes between two or more selections.

  • Attribute Copy

    Copies attributes between groups of vertices, points, or primitives.

  • Attribute Create

    Adds or edits user defined attributes.

  • Attribute Delete

    Deletes point and primitive attributes.

  • Attribute Expression

    Allows simple VEX expressions to modify attributes.

  • Attribute Fade

    Fades a point attribute in and out over time.

  • Attribute Interpolate

    Interpolates attributes within primitives or based on explicit weights.

  • Attribute Mirror

    Copies and flips attributes from one side of a plane to another.

  • Attribute Noise

    Adds noise to attributes of the incoming geometry.

  • Attribute Promote

    Promotes or demotes attributes from one geometry level to another.

  • Attribute Randomize

    Generates random attribute values of various distributions.

  • Attribute Rename

    Renames or deletes point and primitive attributes.

  • Attribute Reorient

    Modifies point attributes based on differences between two models.

  • Attribute String Edit

    Edits string attribute values.

  • Attribute Swap

    Copies, moves, or swaps the contents of attributes.

  • Attribute Transfer

    Transfers vertex, point, primitive, and/or detail attributes between two models.

  • Attribute Transfer By UV

    Transfers attributes between two geometries based on UV proximity.

  • Attribute VOP

    Runs a VOP network to modify geometry attributes.

  • Attribute Wrangle

    Runs a VEX snippet to modify attribute values.

  • Attribute from Map

    Samples texture map information to a point attribute.

  • Attribute from Volume

    Copies information from a volume onto the point attributes of another piece of geometry, with optional remapping.

  • Bake ODE

    Converts primitives for ODE and Bullet solvers.

  • Bake Volume

    Computes lighting values within volume primitives

  • Basis

    Provides operations for moving knots within the parametric space of a NURBS curve or surface.

  • Bend

    Applies deformations such as bend, taper, squash/stretch, and twist.

  • Blast

    Deletes primitives, points, edges or breakpoints.

  • Blend Shapes

    Computes a 3D metamorphosis between shapes with the same topology.

  • Blend Shapes

    Computes a 3D metamorphosis between shapes with the same topology.

  • Block Begin

    The start of a looping block.

  • Block Begin Compile

    The start of a compile block.

  • Block End

    The end/output of a looping block.

  • Block End Compile

    The end/output of a compile block.

  • Bone Capture

    Supports Bone Deform by assigning capture weights to bones.

  • Bone Capture Biharmonic

    Supports Deform by assigning capture weights to points based on biharmonic functions on tetrahedral meshes.

  • Bone Capture Lines

    Supports Bone Capture Biharmonic by creating lines from bones with suitable attributes.

  • Bone Capture Proximity

    Supports Bone Deform by assigning capture weights to points based on distance to bones.

  • Bone Deform

    Uses capture attributes created from bones to deform geometry according to their movement.

  • Bone Link

    Creates default geometry for Bone objects.

  • Boolean

    Combines two polygonal objects with boolean operators, or finds the intersection lines between two polygonal objects.

  • Boolean Fracture

    Fractures the input geometry using cutting surfaces.

  • Bound

    Creates a bounding box, sphere, or rectangle for the input geometry.

  • Box

    Creates a cube or six-sided rectangular box.

  • Bulge

    Deforms the points in the first input using one or more magnets from the second input.

  • Cache

    Records and caches its input geometry for faster playback.

  • Cap

    Closes open areas with flat or rounded coverings.

  • Capture Attribute Pack

    Converts array attributes into a single index-pair capture attribute.

  • Capture Attribute Unpack

    Converts a single index-pair capture attribute into per-point and detail array attributes.

  • Capture Correct

    Adjusts capture regions and capture weights.

  • Capture Layer Paint

    Lets you paint capture attributes directly onto geometry.

  • Capture Mirror

    Copies capture attributes from one half of a symmetric model to the other.

  • Capture Override

    Overrides the capture weights on individual points.

  • Capture Region

    Supports Capture and Deform operation by creating a volume within which points are captured to a bone.

  • Carve

    Slices, cuts or extracts points or cross-sections from a primitive.

  • Channel

    Reads sample data from a chop and converts it into point positions and point attributes.

  • Circle

    Creates open or closed arcs, circles and ellipses.

  • Clay

    Lets you deform NURBS faces and NURBS surfaces by pulling points that lie directly on them.

  • Clean

    Helps clean up dirty models.

  • Clip

    Removes or groups geometry on one side of a plane, or creases geometry along a plane.

  • Cloth Capture

    Captures low-res simulated cloth.

  • Cloth Deform

    Deforms geometry captured by the Cloth Capture SOP.

  • Cloud

    Creates a volume representation of source geometry.

  • Cloud Light

    Fills a volume with a diffuse light.

  • Cloud Noise

    Applies a cloud like noise to a Fog volume.

  • Cluster

    Low-level machinery to cluster points based on their positions (or any vector attribute).

  • Cluster Points

    Higher-level node to cluster points based on their positions (or any vector attribute).

  • Collision Source

    Creates geometry and VDB volumes for use with DOPs collisions.

  • Color

    Adds color attributes to geometry.

  • Comb

    Adjust surface point normals by painting.

  • Connect Adjacent Pieces

    Creates lines between nearby pieces.

  • Connectivity

    Creates an attribute with a unique value for each set of connected primitives or points.

  • Control

    Creates simple geometry for use as control shapes.

  • Convert

    Converts geometry from one geometry type to another.

  • Convert HeightField

    Converts a 2D height field to a 3D VDB volume, polygon surface, or polygon soup surface.

  • Convert Line

    Converts the input geometry into line segments.

  • Convert Meta

    Polygonizes metaball geometry.

  • Convert Tets

    Generates the oriented surface of a tetrahedron mesh.

  • Convert VDB

    Converts sparse volumes.

  • Convert VDB Points

    Converts a Point Cloud into a VDB Points Primitive, or vice versa.

  • Convert Volume

    Converts the iso-surface of a volume into a polygonal surface.

  • Convex Decomposition

    Decomposes the input geometry into approximate convex segments.

  • Copy Stamp

    Creates multiple copies of the input geometry, or copies the geometry onto the points of the second input.

  • Copy and Transform

    Copies geometry and applies transformations to the copies.

  • Copy to Points

    Copies the geometry in the first input onto the points of the second input.

  • Crease

    Manually adds or removes a creaseweight attribute to/from polygon edges, for use with the Subdivide SOP.

  • Creep

    Deforms and animates a piece of geometry across a surface.

  • Crowd Source

    Populates a crowd of agent primitives.

  • Crowd Source

    Creates crowd agents to be used with the crowd solver.

  • Curve

    Creates polygonal, NURBS, or Bezier curves.

  • Curveclay

    Deforms a spline surface by reshaping a curve on the surface.

  • Curvesect

    Finds the intersections (or points of minimum distance) between two or more curves or faces.

  • DOP I/O

    Imports fields from DOP simulations, saves them to disk, and loads them back again.

  • DOP Import Fields

    Imports scalar and vector fields from a DOP simulation.

  • DOP Import Records

    Imports option and record data from DOP simulations into points with point attributes.

  • DOP Network

  • Debris Source

    Generates point emission sources for debris from separating fractured rigid body objects.

  • Deformation Wrangle

    Runs a VEX snippet to deform geometry.

  • Delete

    Deletes input geometry by group, entity number, bounding volume, primitive/point/edge normals, and/or degeneracy.

  • DeltaMush

    Smooths out (or "relaxes") point deformations.

  • Detangle

    Attempts to prevent collisions when deforming geometry.

  • Dissolve

    Deletes edges from the input polygonal geometry merging polygons with shared edges.

  • Dissolve

    Deletes points, primitives, and edges from the input geometry and repairs any holes left behind.

  • Divide

    Divides, smooths, and triangulates polygons.

  • Dop Import

    Imports and transforms geometry based on information extracted from a DOP simulation.

  • Draw Curve

    Creates a curve based on user input in the viewport.

  • Draw Guides

  • Each

    Culls the input geometry according to the specifications of the For Each SOP.

  • Edge Collapse

    Collapses edges and faces to their centerpoints.

  • Edge Cusp

    Sharpens edges by uniquing their points and recomputing point normals.

  • Edge Divide

    Inserts points on the edges of polygons and optionally connects them.

  • Edge Flip

    Flips the direction of polygon edges.

  • Edge Fracture

    Cuts geometry along edges using guiding curves.

  • Edge Transport

    Copies and optionally modifies attribute values along edges networks and curves.

  • Edit

    Edits points, edges, or faces interactively.

  • Ends

    Closes, opens, or clamps end points.

  • Enumerate

    Sets an attribute on selected points or primitives to sequential numbers.

  • Error

    Generates a message, warning, or error, which can show up on a parent asset.

  • Exploded View

    Pushes geometry out from the center to create an exploded view.

  • Exploded View

    Pushes geometry out from the center to create an exploded view.

  • Extract Centroid

    Computes the centroid of each piece of the geometry.

  • Extract Transform

    Computes the best-fit transform between two pieces of geometry.

  • Extrude

    Extrudes geometry along a normal.

  • Extrude Volume

    Extrudes surface geometry into a volume.

  • FEM Visualization

  • FLIP Source

    Creates a surface or density VDB for sourcing FLIP simulations.

  • Facet

    Controls the smoothness of faceting of a surface.

  • Falloff

    Adds smooth distance attributes to geometry.

  • Filament Advect

    Evolves polygonal curves as vortex filaments.

  • File

    Reads, writes, or caches geometry on disk.

  • File Cache

    Writes and reads geometry sequences to disk.

  • File Merge

    Reads and collates data from disk.

  • Fillet

    Creates smooth bridging geometry between two curves or surfaces.

  • Filmbox FBX ROP output driver

  • Find Shortest Path

    Finds the shortest paths from start points to end points, following the edges of a surface.

  • Fit

    Fits a spline curve to points, or a spline surface to a mesh of points.

  • Fluid Compress

    Compresses the output of fluid simulations to decrease size on disk

  • Font

    Creates 3D text from Type 1, TrueType and OpenType fonts.

  • Force

    Uses a metaball to attract or repel points or springs.

  • Fractal

    Creates jagged mountain-like divisions of the input geometry.

  • Fur

    Creates a set of hair-like curves across a surface.

  • Fuse

    Merges points.

  • Fuse

    Merges or splits (uniques) points.

  • Glue Cluster

    Adds strength to a glue constraint network according to cluster values.

  • Grain Source

    Generates particles to be used as sources in a particle-based grain simulation.

  • Graph Color

    Assigns a unique integer attribute to non-touching components.

  • Grid

    Creates planar geometry.

  • Groom Blend

    Blends the guides and skin of two grooms.

  • Groom Fetch

    Fetches groom data from grooming objects.

  • Groom Pack

    Packs the components of a groom into a set of named Packed Primitives for the purpose of writing it to disk.

  • Groom Switch

    Switches between all components of two groom streams.

  • Groom Unpack

    Unpacks the components of a groom from a packed groom.

  • Group

    Generates groups of points, primitives, edges, or vertices according to various criteria.

  • Group Combine

    Combines point groups, primitive groups, or edge groups according to boolean operations.

  • Group Copy

    Copies groups between two pieces of geometry, based on point/primitive numbers.

  • Group Delete

    Deletes groups of points, primitives, edges, or vertices according to patterns.

  • Group Expression

    Runs VEX expressions to modify group membership.

  • Group Paint

    Sets group membership interactively by painting.

  • Group Promote

    Converts point, primitive, edge, or vertex groups into point, primitive, edge, or vertex groups.

  • Group Range

    Groups points and primitives by ranges.

  • Group Rename

    Renames groups according to patterns.

  • Group Transfer

    Transfers groups between two pieces of geometry, based on proximity.

  • Guide Advect

    Advects guide points through a velocity volume.

  • Guide Collide With VDB

    Resolves collisions of guide curves with VDB signed distance fields.

  • Guide Deform

    Deforms geometry with an animated skin and optionally guide curves.

  • Guide Groom

    Allows intuitive manipulation of guide curves in the viewport.

  • Guide Group

    Creates standard primitive groups used by grooming tools.

  • Guide Initialize

    Quickly give hair guides some initial direction.

  • Guide Mask

    Creates masking attributes for other grooming operations.

  • Guide Partition

    Creates and prepares parting lines for use with hair generation.

  • Guide Skin Attribute Lookup

    Looks up skin geometry attributes under the root point of guide curves.

  • Guide Tangent Space

    Constructs a coherent tangent space along a curve.

  • Guide Transfer

    Transfer hair guides between geometries.

  • Hair Card Generate

    Converts dense hair curves to a polygon card, keeping the style and shape of the groom.

  • Hair Clump

    Clumps guide curves together.

  • Hair Generate

    Generates hair on a surface or from points.

  • Hair Growth Field

    Generates a velocity field based on stroke primitives.

  • HeightField

    Generates an initial heightfield volume for use with terrain tools.

  • HeightField Blur

    Blurs a terrain height field or mask.

  • HeightField Clip

    Limits height values to a certain minimum and/or maximum.

  • HeightField Copy Layer

    Creates a copy of a height field or mask.

  • HeightField Crop

    Extracts a square of a certain width/length from a larger height volume, or resizes/moves the boundaries of the height field.

  • HeightField Cutout by Object

    Creates a cutout on a terrain based on geometry.

  • HeightField Distort by Layer

    Displaces a height field by another field.

  • HeightField Distort by Noise

    Advects the input volume through a noise pattern to break up hard edges and add variety.

  • HeightField Draw Mask

    Lets you draw shapes to create a mask for height field tools.

  • HeightField Erode

    Calculates thermal and hydraulic erosion over time (frames) to create more realistic terrain.

  • HeightField Erode

    Calculates thermal and hydraulic erosion over time (frames) to create more realistic terrain.

  • HeightField Erode Hydro

    Simulates the erosion from one heightfield sliding over another for a short time.

  • HeightField Erode Precipitation

    Distributes water along a heightfield. Offers controls for adjusting the intensity, variability, and location of rainfall.

  • HeightField Erode Thermal

    Calculates the effect of thermal erosion on terrain for a short time.

  • HeightField File

    Imports a 2D image map from a file or compositing node into a height field or mask.

  • HeightField Flow Field

    Generates flow and flow direction layers according to the input height layer.

  • HeightField Isolate Layer

    Copies another layer over the mask layer, and optionally flattens the height field.

  • HeightField Layer

    Composites together two height fields.

  • HeightField Layer Clear

    Sets all values in a heightfield layer to a fixed value.

  • HeightField Layer Property

    Sets the border voxel policy on a height field volume.

  • HeightField Mask by Feature

    Creates a mask based on different features of the height layer.

  • HeightField Mask by Object

    Creates a mask based some other geometry.

  • HeightField Mask by Occlusion

    Creates a mask where the input terrain is hollow/depressed, for example riverbeds and valleys.

  • HeightField Noise

    Adds vertical noise to a height field, creating peaks and valleys.

  • HeightField Output

    Exports height and/or mask layers to disk as an image.

  • HeightField Paint

    Lets you paint values into a height or mask field using strokes.

  • HeightField Patch

    Patches features from one heightfield to another.

  • HeightField Pattern

    Adds displacement in the form of a ramps, steps, stripes, Voronoi cells, or other patterns.

  • HeightField Project

    Projects 3D geometry into a height field.

  • HeightField Quick Shade

    Applies a material that lets you plug in textures for different layers.

  • HeightField Remap

    Remaps the values in a height field or mask layer.

  • HeightField Resample

    Changes the resolution of a height field.

  • HeightField Scatter

    Scatters points across the surface of a height field.

  • HeightField Scatter

    Scatters points across the surface of a height field.

  • HeightField Slump

    Simulates loose material sliding down inclines and piling at the bottom.

  • HeightField Terrace

    Creates stepped plains from slopes in the terrain.

  • HeightField Tile Splice

    Stitches height field tiles back together.

  • HeightField Tile Split

    Splits a height field volume into rows and columns.

  • HeightField Transform

    Height field specific scales and offsets.

  • HeightField Visualize

    Visualizes elevations using a custom ramp material, and mask layers using tint colors.

  • Hole

    Makes holes in surfaces.

  • Inflate

    Deforms the points in the first input to make room for the inflation tool.

  • Instance

    Instances Geometry on Points.

  • Intersection Analysis

    Creates points with attributes at intersections between a triangle and/or curve mesh with itself, or with an optional second set of triangles and/or curves.

  • Intersection Stitch

    Composes triangle surfaces and curves together into a single connected mesh.

  • Invoke Compiled Block

    Processes its inputs using the operation of a referenced compiled block.

  • IsoOffset

    Builds an offset surface from geometry.

  • IsoSurface

    Generates an isometric surface from an implicit function.

  • Join

    The Join op connects a sequence of faces or surfaces into a single primitive that inherits their attributes.

  • Knife

    Divides, deletes, or groups geometry based on an interactively drawn line.

  • L-System

    Creates fractal geometry from the recursive application of simple rules.

  • Lattice

    Deforms geometry based on how you reshape control geometry.

  • Lidar Import

    Reads a lidar file and imports a point cloud from its data.

  • Line

    Creates polygon or NURBS lines from a position, direction, and distance.

  • MDD

    Animates points using an MDD file.

  • Magnet

    Deforms geometry by using another piece of geometry to attract or repel points.

  • Match Axis

    Aligns the input geometry to a specific axis.

  • Match Size

    Resizes and recenters the geometry according to reference geometry.

  • Match Topology

    Reorders the primitive and point numbers of the input geometry to match some reference geometry.

  • Material

    Assigns one or more materials to geometry.

  • Measure

    Measures area, volume, or curvature of individual elements or larger pieces of a geometry and puts the results in attributes.

  • Measure

    Measures volume, area, and perimeter of polygons and puts the results in attributes.

  • Merge

    Merges geometry from its inputs.

  • MetaGroups

    Defines groupings of metaballs so that separate groupings are treated as separate surfaces when merged.

  • Metaball

    Creates metaballs and meta-superquadric surfaces.

  • Mirror

    Duplicates and mirrors geometry across a mirror plane.

  • Mountain

    Displaces points along their normals based on fractal noise.

  • Mountain

    Displaces points along their normals based on fractal noise.

  • Muscle Capture

    Supports Muscle Deform by assigning capture weights to points based on distance away from given primitives

  • Muscle Deform

    Deforms a surface mesh representing skin to envelop or drape over geometry representing muscles

  • Name

    Creates a "naming" attribute on points or primitives allowing you to refer to them easily, similar to groups.

  • Normal

    Computes surface normal attribute.

  • Null

    Does nothing.

  • Object Merge

    Merges geometry from multiple sources and allows you to define the manner in which they are grouped together and transformed.

  • Object_musclerig@musclerigstrokebuilder

  • Object_riggedmuscle@musclestrokebuilder

    Assists the creation of a Muscle or Muscle Rig by allowing you to draw a stroke on a projection surface.

  • Ocean Evaluate

    Deforms input geometry based on ocean "spectrum" volumes.

  • Ocean Evaluate

    Deforms input geometry based on ocean "spectrum" volumes.

  • Ocean Foam

    Generates particle-based foam

  • Ocean Source

    Generates particles and volumes from ocean "spectrum" volumes for use in simulations

  • Ocean Source

    Generates particles and volumes from ocean "spectrum" volumes for use in simulations

  • Ocean Spectrum

    Generates volumes containing information for simulating ocean waves.

  • Ocean Waves

    Instances individual waveforms onto input points and generated points.

  • OpenCL

    Executes an OpenCL kernel on geometry.

  • Output

    Marks the output of a sub-network.

  • Pack

    Packs geometry into an embedded primitive.

  • Pack Points

    Packs points into a tiled grid of packed primitives.

  • Packed Disk Edit

    Editing Packed Disk Primitives.

  • Packed Edit

    Editing Packed Primitives.

  • Paint

    Lets you paint color or other attributes on geometry.

  • Paint Color Volume

    Creates a color volume based on drawn curve

  • Paint Fog Volume

    Creates a fog volume based on drawn curve

  • Paint SDF Volume

    Creates an SDF volume based on drawn curve

  • Particle Fluid Surface

    Generates a surface around the particles from a particle fluid simulation.

  • Particle Fluid Tank

    Creates a set of regular points filling a tank.

  • Partition

    Places points and primitives into groups based on a user-supplied rule.

  • Peak

    Moves primitives, points, edges or breakpoints along their normals.

  • Planar Patch

    Creates a planar polygonal patch.

  • Planar Patch from Curves

    Fills in a 2d curve network with triangles.

  • Planar Pleat

    Deforms flat geometry into a pleat.

  • Platonic Solids

    Creates platonic solids of different types.

  • Point

    Manually adds or edits point attributes.

  • Point Cloud Iso

    Constructs an iso surface from its input points.

  • Point Deform

    Deforms geometry on an arbitrary connected point mesh.

  • Point Generate

    Creates new points, optionally based on point positions in the input geometry.

  • Point Jitter

    Jitters points in random directions.

  • Point Relax

    Moves points with overlapping radii away from each other, optionally on a surface.

  • Point Replicate

    Generates a cloud of points around the input points.

  • Point Velocity

    Computes and manipulates velocities for points of a geometry.

  • Points from Volume

    Creates set of regular points filling a volume.

  • Poly Bridge

    Creates flat or tube-shaped polygon surfaces between source and destination edge loops, with controls for the shape of the bridge.

  • Poly Expand 2D

    Creates offset polygonal geometry for planar polygonal graphs.

  • Poly Extrude

    Extrudes polygonal faces and edges.

  • PolyBevel

    Creates straight, rounded, or custom fillets along edges and corners.

  • PolyBevel

    Bevels points and edges.

  • PolyCut

    Breaks curves where an attribute crosses a threshold.

  • PolyDoctor

    Helps repair invalid polygonal geometry, such as for cloth simulation.

  • PolyExtrude

    Extrudes polygonal faces and edges.

  • PolyFill

    Fills holes with polygonal patches.

  • PolyFrame

    Creates coordinate frame attributes for points and vertices.

  • PolyLoft

    Creates new polygons using existing points.

  • PolyPatch

    Creates a smooth polygonal patch from primitives.

  • PolyPath

    Cleans up topology of polygon curves.

  • PolyReduce

    Reduces the number of polygons in a model while retaining its shape. This node preserves features, attributes, textures, and quads during reduction.

  • PolySoup

    Combines polygons into a single primitive that can be more efficient for many polygons

  • PolySpline

    The PolySpline SOP fits a spline curve to a polygon or hull and outputs a polygonal approximation of that spline.

  • PolySplit

    Divides an existing polygon into multiple new polygons.

  • PolySplit

    Divides an existing polygon into multiple new polygons.

  • PolyStitch

    Stitches polygonal surfaces together, attempting to remove cracks.

  • PolyWire

    Constructs polygonal tubes around polylines, creating renderable geometry with smooth bends and intersections.

  • Pose-Space Deform

    Interpolates between a set of pose-shapes based on the value of a set of drivers.

  • Pose-Space Deform Combine

    Combine result of Pose-Space Deform with rest geometry.

  • Pose-Space Edit

    Packs geometry edits for pose-space deformation.

  • Pose-Space Edit Configure

    Creates common attributes used by the Pose-Space Edit SOP.

  • Primitive

    Edits primitive, primitive attributes, and profile curves.

  • Primitive Split

    Takes a primitive attribute and splits any points whose primitives differ by more than a specified tolerance at that attribute.

  • Profile

    Extracts or manipulates profile curves.

  • Project

    Creates profile curves on surfaces.

  • Pyro Source

    Creates points for sourcing pyro and smoke simulations.

  • Python

    Runs a Python snippet to modify the incoming geometry.

  • RBD Cluster

    Combines fractured pieces or constraints into larger clusters.

  • RBD Constraint Properties

    Creates attributes describing rigid body constraints.

  • RBD Constraints From Curves

    Creates rigid body constraint geometry from curves drawn in the viewport.

  • RBD Constraints From Lines

    Creates rigid body constraint geometry from interactively drawn lines in the viewport.

  • RBD Constraints From Rules

    Creates rigid body constraint geometry from a set of rules and conditions.

  • RBD Interior Detail

    Creates additional detail on the interior surfaces of fractured geometry.

  • RBD Material Fracture

    Fractures the input geometry based on a material type.

  • RBD Material Fracture

    Fractures the input geometry based on a material type.

  • RBD Pack

    Packs RBD geometry, constraints, and proxy geometry into a single geometry.

  • RBD Paint

    Paints values onto geometry or constraints using strokes.

  • RBD Unpack

    Unpacks an RBD setup into three outputs.

  • RMan Shader

    Attaches RenderMan shaders to groups of faces.

  • ROP Geometry Output

  • Rails

    Generates surfaces by stretching cross-sections between two guide rails.

  • Ray

    Projects one surface onto another.

  • Refine

    Increases the number of points/CVs in a curve or surface without changing its shape.

  • Reguide

    Scatters new guides, interpolating the properties of existing guides.

  • Remesh

    Recreates the shape of the input surface using "high-quality" (nearly equilateral) triangles.

  • Repack

    Repacks geometry as an embedded primitive.

  • Resample

    Resamples one or more curves or surfaces into even length segments.

  • Rest Position

    Sets the alignment of solid textures to the geometry so the texture stays put on the surface as it deforms.

  • Retime

    Retimes the time-dependent input geometry.

  • Reverse

    Reverses or cycles the vertex order of faces.

  • Revolve

    Revolves a curve around a center axis to sweep out a surface.

  • Rewire Vertices

    Rewires vertices to different points specified by an attribute.

  • Ripple

    Generates ripples by displacing points along the up direction specified.

  • Scatter

    Scatters new points randomly across a surface or through a volume.

  • Script

    Runs scripts when cooked.

  • Sculpt

    Lets you interactively reshape a surface by brushing.

  • Sequence Blend

    Morphs though a sequence of 3D shapes, interpolating geometry and attributes.

  • Sequence Blend

    Sequence Blend lets you do 3D Metamorphosis between shapes and Interpolate point position, colors…

  • Shape Diff

    Computes the post-deform or pre-deform difference of two geometries with similar topologies.

  • Shrinkwrap

    Computes the convex hull of the input geometry and moves its polygons inwards along their normals.

  • Shrinkwrap

    Takes the convex hull of input geometry and moves its polygons inwards along their normals.

  • Skin

    Builds a skin surface between any number of shape curves.

  • Sky

    Creates a sky filled with volumentric clouds

  • Smooth

    Smooths out (or "relaxes") polygons, meshes and curves without increasing the number of points.

  • Smooth

    Smooths out (or "relaxes") polygons, meshes and curves without increasing the number of points.

  • Soft Peak

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

  • Soft Transform

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

  • Solid Conform

    Creates a tetrahedral mesh that conforms to a connected mesh as much as possible.

  • Solid Embed

    Creates a simple tetrahedral mesh that covers a connected mesh.

  • Solid Fracture

    Creates a partition of a tetrahedral mesh that can be used for finite-element fracturing.

  • Solver

    Allows running a SOP network iteratively over some input geometry, with the output of the network from the previous frame serving as the input for the network at the current frame.

  • Sort

    Reorders points and primitives in different ways, including randomly.

  • Sphere

    Creates a sphere or ovoid surface.

  • Split

    Splits primitives or points into two streams.

  • Spray Paint

    Spray paints random points onto a surface.

  • Sprite

    A SOP node that sets the sprite display for points.

  • Starburst

    Insets points on polygonal faces.

  • Stash

    Caches the input geometry in the node on command, and then uses it as the node’s output.

  • Stitch

    Stretches two curves or surfaces to cover a smooth area.

  • Stroke

    Low level tool for building interactive assets.

  • Subdivide

    Subdivides polygons into smoother, higher-resolution polygons.

  • Subnetwork

    The Subnet op is essentially a way of creating a macro to represent a collection of ops as a single op in the Network Editor.

  • Super Quad

    Generates an isoquadric surface.

  • Surfsect

    Trims or creates profile curves along the intersection lines between NURBS or bezier surfaces.

  • Sweep

    Creates a surface by sweeping cross-sections along a backbone curve.

  • Switch

    Switches between network branches based on an expression or keyframe animation.

  • TOP SOP

    Sends input geometry to a TOP subnet and retrieves the output geometry.

  • Table Import

    Reads a CSV file creating point per row.

  • Test Geometry: Crag

    Creates a rock creature, which can be used as test geometry.

  • Test Geometry: Pig Head

    Creates a pig head, which can be used as test geometry..

  • Test Geometry: Rubber Toy

    Creates a rubber toy, which can be used as test geometry.

  • Test Geometry: Shader Ball

    Creates a shader ball, which can be used to test shaders.

  • Test Geometry: Squab

    Creates a squab, which can be used as test geometry.

  • Test Geometry: Tommy

    Creates a soldier, which can be used as test geometry.

  • Test Simulation: Crowd Transition

    Provides a simple crowd simulation for testing transitions between animation clips.

  • Test Simulation: Ragdoll

    Provides a simple Bullet simulation for testing the behavior of a ragdoll.

  • Tet Partition

    Partitions a given tetrahedron mesh into groups of tets isolated by a given polygon mesh

  • Tetrahedralize

    Performs variations of a Delaunay Tetrahedralization.

  • TimeShift

    Cooks the input at a different time.

  • Toon Shader Attributes

    Sets attributes used by the Toon Color Shader and Toon Outline Shader.

  • TopoBuild

    Lets you interactively draw a reduced quad mesh automatically snapped to existing geometry.

  • Torus

    Creates a torus (doughnut) shaped surface.

  • Trace

    Traces curves from an image file.

  • Trail

    Creates trails behind points.

  • Transform

    The Transform operation transforms the source geometry in "object space" using a transformation matrix.

  • Transform Axis

    Transforms the input geometry relative to a specific axis.

  • Transform By Attribute

    Transforms the input geometry by a point attribute.

  • Transform Pieces

    Transforms input geometry according to transformation attributes on template geometry.

  • Tri Bezier

    Creates a triangular Bezier surface.

  • TriDivide

    Refines triangular meshes using various metrics.

  • Triangulate 2D

    Connects points to form well-shaped triangles.

  • Trim

    Trims away parts of a spline surface defined by a profile curve or untrims previous trims.

  • Tube

    Creates open or closed tubes, cones, or pyramids.

  • UV Autoseam

    Generates an edge group representing suggested seams for flattening a polygon model in UV space.

  • UV Brush

    Adjusts texture coordinates in the UV viewport by painting.

  • UV Edit

    Lets you interactively move UVs in the texture view.

  • UV Flatten

    Creates flattened pieces in texture space from 3D geometry.

  • UV Flatten

    Creates flattened pieces in texture space from 3D geometry.

  • UV Fuse

    Merges UVs.

  • UV Layout

    Packs UV islands efficiently into a limited area.

  • UV Pelt

    Relaxes UVs by pulling them out toward the edges of the texture area.

  • UV Project

    Assigns UVs by projecting them onto the surface from a set direction.

  • UV Quick Shade

    Applies an image file as a textured shader to a surface.

  • UV Texture

    Assigns texture UV coordinates to geometry for use in texture and bump mapping.

  • UV Transform

    Transforms UV texture coordinates on the source geometry.

  • UV Transform

    Transforms UV texture coordinates on the source geometry.

  • UV Unwrap

    Separates UVs into reasonably flat, non-overlapping groups.

  • Unix

    Processes geometry using an external program.

  • Unpack

    Unpacks packed primitives.

  • Unpack Points

    Unpacks points from packed primitives.

  • VDB

    Creates one or more empty/uniform VDB volume primitives.

  • VDB Activate

    Activates voxel regions of a VDB for further processing.

  • VDB Activate SDF

    Expand or contract signed distance fields stored on VDB volume primitives.

  • VDB Advect

    Moves VDBs in the input geometry along a VDB velocity field.

  • VDB Advect Points

    Moves points in the input geometry along a VDB velocity field.

  • VDB Analysis

    Computes an analytic property of a VDB volumes, such as gradient or curvature.

  • VDB Clip

    Clips VDB volume primitives using a bounding box or another VDB as a mask.

  • VDB Combine

    Combines the values of two aligned VDB volumes in various ways.

  • VDB Diagnostics

    Tests VDBs for Bad Values and Repairs.

  • VDB Fracture

    Cuts level set VDB volume primitives into multiple pieces.

  • VDB LOD

    Build an LOD Pyramid from a VDB.

  • VDB Morph SDF

    Blends between source and target SDF VDBs.

  • VDB Occlusion Mask

    Create a mask of the voxels in shadow from a camera for VDB primitives.

  • VDB Points Delete

    Deletes points inside of VDB Points primitives.

  • VDB Points Group

    Manipulates the Internal Groups of a VDB Points Primitive.

  • VDB Potential Flow

    Computes the steady-state air flow around VDB obstacles.

  • VDB Project Non-Divergent

    Removes divergence from a Vector VDB.

  • VDB Renormalize SDF

    Fixes signed distance fields stored in VDB volume primitives.

  • VDB Resample

    Re-samples a VDB volume primitive into a new orientation and/or voxel size.

  • VDB Reshape SDF

    Reshapes signed distance fields in VDB volume primitives.

  • VDB Segment by Connectivity

    Splits SDF VDBs into connected components.

  • VDB Smooth

    Smooths out the values in a VDB volume primitive.

  • VDB Smooth SDF

    Smooths out SDF values in a VDB volume primitive.

  • VDB Topology to SDF

    Creates an SDF VDB based on the active set of another VDB.

  • VDB Vector Merge

    Merges three scalar VDB into one vector VDB.

  • VDB Vector Split

    Splits a vector VDB primitive into three scalar VDB primitives.

  • VDB Visualize Tree

    Replaces a VDB volume with geometry that visualizes its structure.

  • VDB from Particle Fluid

    Generates a signed distance field (SDF) VDB volume representing the surface of a set of particles from a particle fluid simulation.

  • VDB from Particles

    Converts point clouds and/or point attributes into VDB volume primitives.

  • VDB from Polygons

    Converts polygonal surfaces and/or surface attributes into VDB volume primitives.

  • VDB to Spheres

    Fills a VDB volume with adaptively-sized spheres.

  • Vellum Configure Grain

    Configures geometry for Vellum Grain constraints.

  • Vellum Constraints

    Configure constraints on geometry for the Vellum solvers.

  • Vellum Drape

    Vellum solver setup to pre-roll fabric to drape over characters.

  • Vellum I/O

    Packs Vellum simulations, saves them to disk, and loads them back again.

  • Vellum Pack

    Packs Vellum geometry and constraints into a single geometry.

  • Vellum Post-Process

    Applies common post-processing effects to the result of Vellum solves.

  • Vellum Rest Blend

    Blends the current rest values of constraints with a rest state calculated from external geometry.

  • Vellum Solver

    Runs a dynamic Vellum simulation.

  • Vellum Unpack

    Unpacks a Vellum simulation into two outputs.

  • Verify BSDF

    Verify that a bsdf conforms to the required interface.

  • Vertex

    Manually adds or edits attributes on vertices (rather than on points).

  • Vertex Split

    Takes a vertex attribute and splits any point whose vertices differ by more than a specified tolerance at that attribute.

  • Visibility

    Shows/hides primitives in the 3D viewer and UV editor.

  • Visualize

    Lets you attach visualizations to different nodes in a geometry network.

  • Volume

    Creates a volume primitive.

  • Volume Analysis

    Computes analytic properties of volumes.

  • Volume Arrival Time

    Computes a speed-defined travel time from source points to voxels.

  • Volume Blur

    Blurs the voxels of a volume.

  • Volume Bound

    Bounds voxel data.

  • Volume Break

    Cuts polygonal objects using a signed distance field volume.

  • Volume Compress

    Re-compresses Volume Primitives.

  • Volume Convolve 3×3×3

    Convolves a volume by a 3×3×3 kernel.

  • Volume FFT

    Compute the Fast Fourier Transform of volumes.

  • Volume Feather

    Feathers the edges of volumes.

  • Volume Merge

    Flattens many volumes into one volume.

  • Volume Mix

    Combines the scalar fields of volume primitives.

  • Volume Optical Flow

    Translates the motion between two "image" volumes into displacement vectors.

  • Volume Patch

    Fill in a region of a volume with features from another volume.

  • Volume Ramp

    Remaps a volume according to a ramp.

  • Volume Rasterize

    Rasterizes into a volume.

  • Volume Rasterize Attributes

    Samples point attributes into VDBs.

  • Volume Rasterize Curve

    Converts a curve into a volume.

  • Volume Rasterize Hair

    Converts fur or hair to a volume for rendering.

  • Volume Rasterize Particles

    Converts a point cloud into a volume.

  • Volume Rasterize Points

    Converts a point cloud into a volume.

  • Volume Reduce

    Reduces the values of a volume into a single number.

  • Volume Resample

    Resamples the voxels of a volume to a new resolution.

  • Volume Resize

    Resizes the bounds of a volume without changing voxels.

  • Volume SDF

    Builds a Signed Distance Field from an isocontour of a volume.

  • Volume Slice

    Extracts 2d slices from volumes.

  • Volume Splice

    Splices overlapping volume primitives together.

  • Volume Stamp

    Stamps volumes instanced on points into a single target volume.

  • Volume Surface

    Adaptively surfaces a volume hierarchy with a regular triangle mesh.

  • Volume Trail

    Computes a trail of points through a velocity volume.

  • Volume VOP

    Runs CVEX on a set of volume primitives.

  • Volume Velocity

    Computes a velocity volume.

  • Volume Velocity from Curves

    Generates a volume velocity field using curve tangents.

  • Volume Velocity from Surface

    Generates a velocity field within a surface geometry.

  • Volume Visualization

    Adjusts attributes for multi-volume visualization.

  • Volume Wrangle

    Runs a VEX snippet to modify voxel values in a volume.

  • Volume from Attribute

    Sets the voxels of a volume from point attributes.

  • Voronoi Fracture

    Fractures the input geometry by performing a Voronoi decomposition of space around the input cell points

  • Voronoi Fracture

    Fractures the input geometry by performing a Voronoi decomposition of space around the input cell points

  • Voronoi Fracture Points

    Given an object and points of impact on the object, this SOP generates a set of points that can be used as input to the Voronoi Fracture SOP to simulate fracturing the object from those impacts.

  • Voronoi Split

    Cuts the geometry into small pieces according to a set of cuts defined by polylines.

  • Vortex Force Attributes

    Creates the point attributes needed to create a Vortex Force DOP.

  • Whitewater Source

    Generates volumes to be used as sources in a whitewater simulation.

  • Whitewater Source

    Generates emission particles and volumes to be used as sources in a Whitewater simulation.

  • Winding Number

    Computes generalized winding number of surface at query points.

  • Wire Blend

    Morphs between curve shapes while maintaining curve length.

  • Wire Capture

    Captures surfaces to a wire, allowing you to edit the wire to deform the surface.

  • Wire Deform

    Deforms geometry captured to a curve via the Wire Capture node.

  • Wire Transfer

    Transfers the shape of one curve to another.

  • Wireframe

    Constructs polygonal tubes around polylines, creating renderable geometry.

  • glTF ROP output driver

  • posescope

    Assigns channel paths and/or pickscripts to geometry.