Houdini 20.5 Nodes Geometry nodes

Distance from Geometry geometry node

Measures distance between each point and a reference geometry.

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Since 18.0

This node can be used to measure the distance to a reference geometry, which is useful when masking operations based on distance.

Parameters

Group

A subset of components in the input geometry whose attribute value will be set. Leave this blank to affect the attribute value for all components in the input.

Group Type

What the group is made of.

Reference Group

A subset of the the geometry used to measure distances. Leave this blank to measure distances to all components in the reference geometry.

Reference Group Type

Type of components in the reference object from which distances are measured.

Primitives

Measure distance to the closest primitive in the reference object.

Points

Measure distance to the closest point in the reference object.

Distance Metric

Method for measuring each point’s distance to the reference geometry.

Distance from Surface

The 3D distance to the closest primitive in the reference geometry.

Distance Inside Geometry

The signed 3D distance to the closest primitive in the reference geometry with positive values for positions inside the geometry and negative values for positions outside the geometry.

Distance Outside Geometry

The signed 3D distance to the closest primitive in the reference geometry with positive values for positions outside the geometry and negative values for positions inside the geometry.

Output Attribute

This is the name of the distance attribute to create.

Output Mask

This is the name of the mask attribute to create. The output attribute is set to a value between 0 and 1. The Radius and Ramp parameters specify how to map from the measured distance to a value in the [0, 1] range.

Radius From

Method used to specify the mask’s radius.

Parameter

The mask’s radius is explicitly specified with a parameter.

Maximum Distance

The mask’s radius is the maximum computed distance.

Radius

Specifies the distance corresponding to the end of the ramp.

Ramp

The ramp used to smooth the attribute.

Examples

SurfaceDistance Example for Distance from Geometry geometry node

This example demonstrates how the Distance From Geometry node can be used to measure distances between surfaces or distances between points and surfaces.

See also

Geometry nodes