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Curve Taper

Sets how thick a curve is from base to tip.

taper, thickness, thin, branch width, radius along, narrow
Category
Emitters
Outputs
mesh
Runs live in
no target yet

It follows the curve rather than a world axis, which is the whole point: a branch that reaches sideways still thins towards its end, where a height-based field would make it thin towards the top instead.

Power shapes the falloff, so the thinning can be gentle at first and sharp near the tip. Multiply keeps whatever thickness the curve already had and scales it, which is how a whole tree stays proportional when the trunk changes.

Inputs

SocketTypeWiring
curvegeometry

These settings are also output sockets, so another part can read the number instead of repeating it: base, tip.

Parameters

NameTypeDefaultAvailable whenWhat it does
Basenumber1always
Tipnumber0.25always
Powernumber1always
Modereplace | multiplyreplacealways
Generationnumber-1always

Built with this node

Nothing in the manual is built around this node yet.

See also

  • loftThe node that turns the tapered curve into a surface.
  • valueRampFor a profile with more shape than a single falloff can give.

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