Nearest Point on Mesh

Functionality

Finds the closest point in a specified mesh.

Inputs

Vertices, Faces: Base mesh for the search Points: Points to query Distance: Maximum query distance (only for Nearest in Range mode)

Parameters

• Mode:

  • Nearest: Nearest point on the mesh surface

  • Nearest in range: Nearest points on the mesh within a range (one per face)

• Flat Output: (only in Nearest in Range) Flattens the list of every vertex to have only a list for every inputted list.

• Safe Check: (in N-Panel) When disabled polygon indices referring to unexisting points will crash Blender. Not performing this check makes node faster

Outputs

• Location: Position of the closest point in the mesh

• Normal: mesh normal at closets point

• Index: Face index of the closest point

• Distance: Distance from the queried point to the closest point

Examples

Used as skin-wrap modifier:

• Generator-> Segment

• Generator-> IcoSphere

• Viz-> Viewer Draw

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• Generator-> Segment

• Generator-> IcoSphere

• Vector-> Vector Lerp

• Viz-> Viewer Draw

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Determine which polygons are nearer than a distance:

• Generator-> Plane

• Generator-> IcoSphere

• Number-> A Number

• Vector-> Vector In

• List->List Main-> List Length

• List-> Index To Mask

• Text-> Stethoscope

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Placing objects on mesh:

• Generator-> Segment

• Generator-> IcoSphere

• Generator-> Cricket

• Transform-> Move

• ADD: Number-> Scalar Math

• Vector-> Vector In

• Matrix-> Matrix Normal

• Viz-> Viewer Draw