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Grow Curves

Grows a whole branching structure in from a single number.

grow, animate growth, sprout, unfurl, time lapse, life cycle
Category
Emitters
Outputs
mesh
Runs live in
no target yet

One value from zero to one takes the structure from nothing to fully grown. It is a life cycle rather than a set of snapshots, so any value in between is a real stage.

A child cannot start until its parent has grown past the point it hangs off, so nothing is ever left floating in mid-air. Animate the one value and the plant grows.

Put it last in the curve chain, after the branching is built.

Inputs

SocketTypeWiring
curvegeometry

This setting is also output sockets, so another part can read the number instead of repeating it: grow.

Parameters

NameTypeDefaultAvailable whenWhat it does
Grownumber1always
Root Spannumber0.6always
Staggernumber1always
Thickennumber1always

Built with this node

Nothing in the manual is built around this node yet.

See also

  • branchGrowThe node that builds the structure this then grows in.
  • ageThe field it writes, for thickening or unfurling along with the growth.

Open the editor and try it