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title: "Node Properties"
url: "https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/html/GVDYNPROXIMITY-ID_GVPROPERTIES.html"
section_path: "Bullet > Dynamics Nodes > Dynamics Proximity > Node Properties"
element_id: "GVDYNPROXIMITY"
group_id: "ID_GVPROPERTIES"
description: "Drag the object whose proximity to the position defined in the Point port you want ascertained (this object must be affected by a Dynamics Body tag; can …"
---

## Node Properties

### Object

Parameter ID: `DYNAMICS_PROXIMITY_NODE_OBJECT`

Drag the object whose proximity to the position defined in the **Point** port you want ascertained (this object must be affected by a Dynamics Body tag; can also be a Cloner object, as in this [example](https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/html/GVDYNPROXIMITY.html.md)).

Leave this field left empty if all scene objects that are affected by Dynamics that lie in close proximity to the position defined in the **Point** port should be ascertained.

### Exclude Object

Parameter ID: `DYNAMICS_PROXIMITY_NODE_EXCLUDE_OBJECT`

If the above **Object** field is empty, an object can be dragged into this field if you want to exclude it from the search.

### Mode

Parameter ID: `DYNAMICS_PROXIMITY_NODE_MODE`

The **Mode** defines which points of an object should be included for ascertaining the object point nearest to the position defined in the **Point** port.

- Center: only the object origin
- Bounding Box: all points on the bounding box’ surface
- Shape: the shape defined in the [Shape](https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/html/DYNRIGIDBODYTAG-RIGID_BODY_GROUP_COLLISION.html.md) tag will be used. If a simplified replacement shape is used the nearest point can be continuously calculated on such a surface.

For the shapes Static Mesh, Moving Mesh or Soft Bodies in general, only real object points will be included. In such cases a point's index number can be output directly.