Shape
A named outline, optionally with a hole in it, turned into a solid plate.
outline, silhouette, arch, keyhole, shield, polygon, plate, panel, doorway, capsule- Category
- Primitives
- Outputs
- mesh
- Runs live in
- no target yet
Pick an outline by name, give it a width and a height, and it becomes a plate with thickness. Ten outlines are available, from a rectangle and a circle to an arch, a keyhole and a shield, and the hole takes the same ten, so anything that works as an outline also works as a cutout.
That pairing is the point. An arched doorway with an arched opening is one node, with exact curved edges, rather than a fine grid with something cut out of it. Rebate shrinks the outline inward by a real distance, so a frame and a leaf made the same way fit each other at any size.
Unlike a plane it is already standing up, so a wall panel or a sign needs no turning.
Inputs
| Socket | Type | Wiring |
|---|
Parameters
| Name | Type | Default | Available when | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kind | rectangle | circle | capsule | arch | pointed | keyhole | heater | kite | teardrop | polygon | rectangle | always | The outline can be chosen by a wire as well as by hand: a number picks the option by its position in the list, so one knob can swap a whole family of parts. Because the choice decides the shape itself, it is fixed at export: a static choice ships the outline you picked, and an animated one ships the frame you exported on, with a warning. |
| Width | number | 1 | always | |
| Height | number | 1.6 | always | |
| Round | number | 0 | always | |
| Head Rise | number | 1 | always | |
| Rebate | number | 0 | always | |
| Depth | number | 0.2 | always | |
| Hole | none | rectangle | circle | capsule | arch | pointed | keyhole | heater | kite | teardrop | polygon | none | always | |
| Hole Width | number | 0.4 | always | |
| Hole Height | number | 0.7 | always | |
| Hole Offset X | number | 0 | always | |
| Hole Offset Y | number | 0 | always | |
| Curve Segments | number | 12 | always |
Built with this node
- Make things moveHow-to
- Make shapesHow-to
- An Outline Becomes a Solidteaches this
- demo-padlockdemoThe whole padlock is two Shape nodes: a body with a keyhole, and a shackle with a capsule hole cut through it.
1 more teaching graph uses it without being about it.
See also
- cubeWhen a plain box will do and you do not need a curved outline.
- differenceFor an opening the built-in holes cannot describe.