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Circle Points

Rings of points, facing outward, optionally stacked into a tower.

ring, circle, tower, around, radial, columns, barrel, roof
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A ring for a circle of columns, stacked rings for a tower wall, and a narrowing stack for a conical roof. The points carry which way is outward, so anything placed on them faces the right way with no extra work.

Stagger offsets alternate rows for a running bond. Spacing mode works out the count from the radius instead of you doing it, which means widening the tower adds bricks rather than stretching them.

Inputs

SocketTypeWiring

These settings are also output sockets, so another part can read the number instead of repeating it: count, radius, radiusTop, rows, height.

Parameters

NameTypeDefaultAvailable whenWhat it does
Modecount | spacingcountalways
Countnumber12Mode is count
Spacingnumber0.5Mode is spacing
Radiusnumber2always
Radius Topnumber2always
Rowsnumber1always
Heightnumber0always
Staggercheckboxoffalways
Phase Unitscolumns | turns | degreescolumnsalways
Phasenumber0Phase Units is columns
Phasenumber0Phase Units is turns
Phasenumber0Phase Units is degrees
Orienttangent | slopetangentalways

5 of these 13 parameters only apply in some settings. The Available when column says which.

Built with this node

See also

  • instanceOnPointsTo place bricks or columns on the ring.
  • curveRingsWhen the stack should lean or follow a path rather than rise straight.

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