Tutorial
Click the image on the right to access our dedicated tutorial, for a guided tour of the node's capabilities and its usage in the context of a Spline-based workflow.
In: Spline & Path Tools > Spline Tools
Places splines along the input parent splines.
The node offers deep customization options for controlling how splines are scattered, and lets you scatter simple straight splines, or your own custom splines.
The node lets you create intricate structures for mapping colors and images using the Spline Mapper nodes, or used as a skeleton for placing shapes using the Scatter on Spline nodes.
Preview Grayscale |
The preview of the input splines as a grayscale image. |
Spline Coords Color |
The coordinates of the parent splines’ points encoded in the RGBA channels of a color image: |
Spline Data Color |
Additional data of the parent splines encoded in the RGBA channels of a color image: |
Spline Amount Integer |
The number of parent splines. |
Custom Spline Coords Color |
The coordinates of the custom splines’ points encoded in the RGBA channels of a color image: |
Custom Spline Data Color |
Additional data of the custom splines encoded in the RGBA channels of a color image: |
Custom Spline Amount Integer |
The number of custom splines. |
Scale Map Grayscale |
The grayscale map controlling the scale of the scattered splines. |
Rotation Map Grayscale |
The grayscale map controlling the rotation of the scattered splines. |
Preview Grayscale |
The preview of the scattered splines as a grayscale image. |
Spline Coords Color |
The coordinates of the scattered splines’ points encoded in the RGBA channels of a color image: |
Spline Data Color |
Additional data of the scattered splines encoded in the RGBA channels of a color image: A - Unused
|
Spline Amount Integer |
The number of scattered splines. |
Side Integer |
Controls on which side(s) of the parent splines the splines should be scattered, considering that 'forward' is the direction of the parent splines:
Left Place the splines on the left side.
Right Place the splines on the right side.
Left + Right Place the splines on both sides.
Left / Right - Alternate Place splines left then right alternatively (E.g., every other side).
Left / Right - Random Pick the side randomly for each spline. |
Amount Mode Integer |
The method of scattering the splines along the parent splines, which impacts the amount of scattered splines on each parent spline:
The specified amount of evenly spaced splines is scattered.
Spacing The amount of splines is automatically adjusted to fit the specified even spacing.
|
Spline Amount Per Spline Integer |
The amount of evenly spaced splines scattered along each parent spline. |
Spline Spacing Float |
The minimum distance along parent splines by which splines should be spaced, while still landing the first and last spline on the start and end of each parent spline respectively. |
Spline Type Integer |
Selects which type of spline should be scattered on the parent splines:
A simple, straight spline.
Custom spline The spline(s) provided to the Custom Spline inputs. Mutliple splines are supported when appended together into a list.
|
Custom Spline Selection Integer |
When using multiple custom splines appended together into a list, this parameter lets you select how these splines should be distributed in the scattering.
All splines are scattered together as a group.
Each individual spline is scattered in order, looping around the list.
A random spline is picked from the list for every spline scattered. |
Start Float |
Offsets the point from the start of the parent splines where the scattering starts. |
End Float |
Offsets the point from the start of the parent splines where the scattering ends. |
Flip Direction Boolean |
Inverts the direction of the scattered splines. |
Left / Right Symmetry Mode Integer |
The method of symmetry applied to the splines scattered on each side of the parent splines.
No symmetry is applied, the splines are place on each side using a simple rotation.
Left symmetry The spline on the left is symmetrical to the one on the right relatively to the parent spline.
Right symmetry The spline on the right is symmetrical to the one on the left relatively to the parent spline. |
Left / Right Random Link Boolean |
Controls whether the splines on each side of the parent spline should use the same values when using random rotation, random scaling, etc. In other words:
|
Spline Pivot Mode Integer |
Sets the method of placing the pivot of scattered splines, which impacts rotation and scaling.
Position along spline Move the pivot along the scattered spline.
Absolute position Set an arbitrary position for the pivot. |
Pivot Position Along Spline Float |
The normalized position of the pivot along the scattered spline, where 0 is its start and 1 is its end.
Note that the pivot follows the direction of the scattered spline and the spline's orientation may change to preserve the pivot's position and rotation relatively to the parent spline. |
Pivot Absolute Position Float2 |
The position in UV space of the pivot. |
Non-Square Correction Boolean |
Adjust the splines positions and thickness to retain the their shape in non-square resolutions.
|