Cylinder MK2 ============ .. image:: https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/14288520/188698444-3c371e60-6887-4359-86e2-47bfc66568e5.png :target: https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/14288520/188698444-3c371e60-6887-4359-86e2-47bfc66568e5.png Functionality ------------- This node generates primarily cylindrical shapes, but its settings allow to create a wide variety of tube like shapes. .. image:: https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/14288520/191251147-947ec5e5-d7db-4d6d-9d9a-122c261295c9.png :target: https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/14288520/191251147-947ec5e5-d7db-4d6d-9d9a-122c261295c9.png Inputs ------ All inputs are vectorized and they will accept single or multiple values. - **Radius T** - Top Radius - **Radius B** - Bottom Radius - **Parallels** - Number of Parallels - **Meridians** - Number of meridians - **Height** - The height of the cylinder - **Twist** - Rotate parallel verts by this angle around Z from bottom to top - **Phase** - Rotate all verts by this angle around Z axis - **Scale** - scale the entire mesh (radii & height) - **Parallels Profile** - parallels profile [1] - **Meridians Profile** - meridians profile [1] [1] : The profiles inputs do not take input values from the node, but can take multiple values form the outside nodes. Parameters ---------- The **Separate**, **Cap T**, **Cap B**, **Center** and the **Angle Units** can be given by the node only. The other parameters can take values either from the node or the external nodes. +-----------------------+---------+---------+-----------------------------------------------------------+ | Param | Type | Default | Description | +=======================+=========+=========+===========================================================+ | **Radius Top** | Float | 1.00 | The radius of the top parallel. | +-----------------------+---------+---------+-----------------------------------------------------------+ | **Radius Bottom** | Float | 1.00 | The radius of the bottom parallel. | +-----------------------+---------+---------+-----------------------------------------------------------+ | **Parallels** | Int | 2 | The number of parallel lines. | | | | | | | | | | This is also the number of points in a meridian. | +-----------------------+---------+---------+-----------------------------------------------------------+ | **Meridians** | Int | 32 | The number of meridian lines. | | | | | | | | | | This is also the number of points in a parallel. | +-----------------------+---------+---------+-----------------------------------------------------------+ | **Height** | Float | 2.00 | The height of the cylinder. | +-----------------------+---------+---------+-----------------------------------------------------------+ | **Twist** | Float | 0.0 | The amount of rotation around the z-axis of the | | | | | | | | | | parallel lines from the bottom to the top parallel. | +-----------------------+---------+---------+-----------------------------------------------------------+ | **Phase** | Float | 0.0 | The amount of rotation around the z-axis of all the | | | | | | | | | | vertices in the mesh. | +-----------------------+---------+---------+-----------------------------------------------------------+ | **Parallels Profile** | [Float] | [ ] | The scale modulating the radius of the parallels. **[1]** | +-----------------------+---------+---------+-----------------------------------------------------------+ | **Meridians Profile** | [Float] | [ ] | The scale modulating the radius of the meridians. **[1]** | +-----------------------+---------+---------+-----------------------------------------------------------+ | **Caps T** | Boolean | True | Generate the top cap or not. | +-----------------------+---------+---------+-----------------------------------------------------------+ | **Caps B** | Boolean | True | Generate the bottom cap or not. | +-----------------------+---------+---------+-----------------------------------------------------------+ | **Separate** | Boolean | False | Separate the parallels into separate lists. **[2]** | +-----------------------+---------+---------+-----------------------------------------------------------+ | **Center** | Boolean | True | Center the cylinder around the origin. | +-----------------------+---------+---------+-----------------------------------------------------------+ | **Angle Units** | Enum | RAD | The **Twist** and **Phase** angles are interpreted as | | | | | | | | * RAD | | * RAD : Radians [0.0, 2*pi] | | | * DEG | | * DEG : Degrees [0.0, 360.0] | | | * UNI | | * UNI : Unities [0.0, 1.0] | +-----------------------+---------+---------+-----------------------------------------------------------+ Notes: * **[1]** : If connected the profiles need to have lists of at least 2 values. * **[2]** : This splits the verts, edges, and polys into separate parallel sections. Extended Parameters ------------------- The Property Panel provides additional parameters. * **Cyclic** This parameter is used for treating the connected **Parallels Profile** as a cyclic spline curve and it is useful to ensure smooth parallel curves whenever there's discontinuity in the value and/or in the tangent of the starting/ending points of the profile. Outputs ------- **Vertices**, **Edges** and **Polygons**. All outputs will be generated when the output sockets are connected. Depending on the type of the inputs the node will generate only one or multiples independent cylinder shapes. If **Separate** is True, the node will output the parallel sections as separate lists (verts, edges and polys). .. image:: https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/14288520/189488345-2daba527-0aa0-463d-bd0d-4dfbbc0d59af.png :target: https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/14288520/189488345-2daba527-0aa0-463d-bd0d-4dfbbc0d59af.png **Examples** .. image:: https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/14288520/188701121-947eabdc-b13d-45f6-9ea5-4204162a0c97.png :target: https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/14288520/188701121-947eabdc-b13d-45f6-9ea5-4204162a0c97.png .. image:: https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/14288520/188700994-0a9c858e-0a6f-49c3-8215-16681c7802f8.gif :target: https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/14288520/188700994-0a9c858e-0a6f-49c3-8215-16681c7802f8.gif * Number-> :doc:`A Number ` * Number-> :doc:`Random Num Gen ` * Viz-> :doc:`Viewer Draw ` See also -------- Example of a manual meridian profile: * Number-> :doc:`Curve Mapper `