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The Stem
Node
The example stem.smls file from the seamless_way_examples.zip contains a minimalist set up using a Stem node.
Because the stem node USEs the Part torso the triangles that the stem
node generates will end up in the part torso
The Stem node generates a flat grid of vertical triangles. The width
of the grid is detirmined by the xDistance
field and the height by the yDistance.
The density of the triangles is detirmined by the two fields staves
and bands.
staves specifies the number of verticle
triangles strips.
bands specifies the number of horizontal
triangle strips.
If joinEnds is checked the vertices from
the right side will be joined to the vertices on the left side.
If insideOut is checked the visible and
invisible sides of the triangles will be swapped.
If beginSP is checked the first band of
triangles will begin with a single vertex point
If endSP is checked the last band of triangles
will end with a single vertex point
The slide fields translates the grid in
x and y space.
orientation modifies the orientation of
the grid after it has been translated by the slide
field.
If for example we want to construct a flat landscape all we need to
do is type in the value 1 0 0 -1.570796 into the orientation
field (rotate on the x axis .5 of -PI radians (-90 degrees)).
If sync is checked the Stem is synchronised to a decendent CCLathe if the CCLathe is the first node in the SurfaceGenerator.
stem2Segments.smls from the seamless_way_examples.zip is the same as stem.smls except another grid of vertices
is joined on top so that the triangles generated by the Stem is now
composed of 2 segments. bands specifies the number of horizontal strips of triangles
for each segment. Each
segment's height is defined by yDistance
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