Inputs
Here you can input the geometry into the Node on which you want to flatten a given region.
The function can be limited to a point, edge or polygon selection, which you can connect here.
Select here the element type to be used as an active selection of the geometry, connected selection or manually as Selection String.
Here you can, for example, use the name of a selection in quotation marks that you want to read out, e.g., "MySelection". Otherwise, the default entry will use an active selection on the geometry.
You can also use special keywords and logical operations here to create a new selection from scratch or a combination of already saved selections. The following keywords and operations can be used:
- Default: This term causes an active selection currently present on the geometry to be used. If no selection is active, all points will be used.
- odd: This term is used to select all elements that have an odd index number.
- even: This term is used to select all elements that have an even index number.
- all: This selects all elements of the selected type.
- hidden: Selects the hidden elements of the geometry.
- Name of a saved selection: If you enter the name of a saved selection in quotation marks, this selection will be read and used. To use a combination of a saved selection and another keyword or selection, use quotation marks with the selection name.
- Index numbers: You can also use index numbers directly, just as you are used to from the Index Array From String Node.
- Mathematical and logical operations: Mathematical or logical operations can be used to combine selections. Using the string odd – "center" for instance selects all odd elements and then subtracts the selection that has been stored by the name "center". You can use +, -, & (logical and), | (logical or) as well as a comma to combine multiple selections or index sequences.
This is the intensity of the effect calculated by the Node. If set to 0%, the geometry will remain unchanged.
Here you select the operating mode of the Node:
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Best Fit: This Node calculates the plane closest to the initial position of the selected elements.
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Normal: A plane will be calculated that is perpendicular to the averaged Normal direction of the selected elements.
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Axis: By defineing a position and a Normal direction, both the center point and the perpendicular can be defined on any plane.
In the Best Fit and Normal modes, this value can be used to affect the position of the calculated plane. The lowest and highest positions of the selected elements will be applied perpendicularly to the calculated plane. The Position value lets you move the position of the plane between these extremes.
If the selected elements are not only in one contiguous area, this option defines how the separate areas should be modified. If this option is enabled, an averaged Normal or an optimized plane will be calculated individually for each selected region of the geometry. This is the default setting.
When disabled, all selected elements will always be moved to a common layer.
The option is not available for a manually created layer in Axis mode.
Only the elements bordering a selection are used to calculate a layer. This option is not available in Axis mode.
In Axis mode, you can define the direction of the perpendicular on the desired plane to which the selected elements will be projected.
In Axis mode, this is where you set the position of the center of the plane onto which the selected elements will be projected.