SurfaceNode
Paint a surface with nodes, like Blender's material nodes: mix noise, pictures and curves point by point across a part, the same in Solid and path traced.
A SurfaceNode lives in a NodeLayout and is worked out at every point of a surface; its diamond sockets carry one value per point. Kind picks what it does, from Value, Position, Normal and UV to Project, Noise, Math, Mix and Curves. Wire an output into a TexturePack channel such as Texture or RoughnessMap and that channel comes from the graph. On a part, Properties > Surface > Edit surface nodes opens its pack in the Nodes window.
Properties
Surface
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kind | string | "Value" Value, Position, Normal, UV, Part Color, Attribute, Pack Value, Project, Noise, Math, Mix, Curves, Separate, Combine | Picks what the node does, worked out at every point of the surface. |
| Type | choice | "Number" Properties window only; Number, Color, Vector | Whether a Value node holds a Number, Color or Vector, typed on the node. |
| Data | string | Properties window only | |
| Options | string | Properties window only | |
| Position | Vector2 | Properties window only |
Scripts
| Operation | string | scripts only | The node's operation, picked from a dropdown on its card; a Mix node labels it Blend. |
Outputs
| Value | number | Properties window only |