Scale Elements
Shrinks or grows each face on its own, leaving gaps between them.
shrink faces, panels, gaps, tiles, explode, separate faces, grout- Category
- Modifiers
- Outputs
- mesh
- Runs live in
- no target yet
Every face pulls in towards its own centre rather than the shape scaling as a whole. That opens a gap along every edge, which reads as panelling, tiling, or a shape coming apart.
It is the quickest way to turn a solid into something that looks assembled from plates.
Inputs
| Socket | Type | Wiring |
|---|---|---|
| mesh | geometry |
Parameters
| Name | Type | Default | Available when | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scale | number | 0.9 | always | |
| Double Sided | checkbox | off | always |
Built with this node
- Change shapesHow-to
See also
- insetWhen you want a border on the face rather than a gap around it.
- extrudeTilesTo give the separated faces thickness.