Houdini 20.5 Nodes VOP nodes

Eggshell Pattern VOP node

Returns a new surface normal (N) which has a slight fine grained bump on it.

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This operator returns a new normalized and front faced normal generated by adding noise based on the input point and added to the input normal. This is just normal perturbation, not a displacement.

Inputs

pos

The position the noise is based on. If this input is not connected, the global P is used instead and the Object Space toggle should be on. Typically the Rest Position or /nodes/vop/uvspacechg.html are used as inputs for the position.

norm

The Surface Normal the bump affects. Typically this is not connected and the global N is used, unless additional displacement is desired.

freq

The frequency of the noise. Higher number result is a finer grain.

scale

This is the height of the bump. Since this is just a normal perturbation, not a displacement, this should be a small number.

space

This toggle defaults to off. It should be set to on, when the position is not connected or the input point is not in Object Space. This keeps the noise attached to the object.

Outputs

NF

This is the new normal, which is normalized and faced front.

See also

VOP nodes