Documentation / Node reference / geo nodes
Draws the turns geo/PrintOrient may choose from as arrows, one object each, so you can keep the ones you allow.
Helpers
Each arrow is a way to print the part: the side of the part it points to is the side that goes down on the bed. By default there are 26, the same turns geo/PrintOrient tries: toward the 6 faces, the 12 edges and the 8 corners of a box around the part. Set set to AXES for the 6 faces only.
Each arrow is its own object, named after its direction: downDirection_minusY points down, downDirection_plusX to the right, downDirection_minusXplusY between the two. Keep the turns you allow with geo/Delete on OBJECT, by name or with a bounding box around the arrow tips, and connect what is left to the second input of geo/PrintOrient with candidates set to INPUT. It then only chooses among those.
Connect the part to the input and the arrows start at the middle of its box and reach past it. Without an input they start at the origin and are 1 long.
The arrows are ordinary geometry. Move or turn them and geo/PrintOrient follows: it reads each arrow's direction, N on its points, turned the way the object is turned. So if you turn the part before geo/PrintOrient, turn the arrows the same way and they still point at the same sides.
| Name | Type | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| set | UInt8 ALL · AXES | Which turns to draw. ALL draws 26, toward the faces, edges and corners of a box. AXES draws the 6 faces only. |
| lengthScale | Float | How long the arrows are, as a share of the largest side of the part on the input. |
Scenes you can open in the editor that teach this node.
A mushroom and a shelf bracket, as modelled at the back and turned by geo/PrintOrient at the front, coloured by the overhang that needs support: the turned parts need none. A third bracket may only take the turns kept from geo/PrintDownDirection's arrows.
geo/PrintOrient geo/PrintDownDirection geo/PrintOverhangMeasure
This page is generated from the engine, so it describes the release you can download. The same text is in the editor's Help panel next to the node itself.
