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Direction

Direction

Direction tilts fibres away from pointing straight out of the surface, so they lean in a consistent direction, for example to flow back along a body. It's a quick way to give fur an overall direction without a groom. Inclination tilts the fibres towards the Up Vector and Roll tilts them sideways, and the Normal and Up Vector parameters set the frame these are measured in.

Inputs​

InputAcceptsDescription
0FibresThe fibres whose direction to change.

Parameters​

ParameterDescription
WeightHow much the fibres follow the new direction.
RandomRandomly reduces the roll and inclination of each fibre.
RollTilts the fibres sideways from the normal, across the Up Vector, from -1 to 1. A value of 1 or -1 tilts them a full 90 degrees.
InclinationTilts the fibres from the normal towards the Up Vector (or away from it, with negative values), from -1 to 1. A value of 1 or -1 tilts them a full 90 degrees.
NormalThe surface normal. Together with the Up Vector, this defines the reference frame for the new direction. Defaults to $N.
Up VectorThe up vector. It defaults to the Y axis, but you can set it to a varying attribute to randomize the direction.