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title: "Linear"
url: "https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/html/NET_MAXON_NEUTRON_NODE_DISTRIBUTION_PARAMETRIC_LINEAR.html"
section_path: "The Node Editor > The individual Assets > Distribution > Linear"
element_id: "NET_MAXON_NEUTRON_NODE_DISTRIBUTION_PARAMETRIC_LINEAR"
description: "This page describes the Linear distribution node of the Scene Nodes system in Cinema 4D. It places matrices along a straight line with progressive scaling …"
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# Linear

> **Note:** **What is it about?**
>
> This page describes the **Linear distribution node** of the Scene Nodes system in **Cinema 4D**. It places matrices along a straight line with progressive scaling and rotation — the parametric row generator of node cloning.

This Node can be used not only to output positions that lie on a straight but to also create successive scaling and rotation for these matrices. The same functionality can be found in the [Distribution Op](https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/html/NET_MAXON_NEUTRON_OP_DISTRIBUTION.html.md) Node.

![Image: 044865.jpg](https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/044865.jpg)\
For a linear distribution, matrices can be created along any direction and can be twisted and scaled in the process.

[![Image: halvar.png](https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/halvar.png)](https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/Resources/Scenes/045435.c4d)