Orient an object using directional constraints only

geometry

pointA

directionA

pointB

directionB

Orient Direction

reorientedGeometry

<p>BeeGraphy Editor Tools Package

This package contains a comprehensive set of tool nodes designed to assist with various operations and analyses in the BeeGraphy Editor.

Usage

The nodes in this package are categorized into specialized groups to simplify design and modeling tasks. They enable users to create, manipulate, analyze, and transform models with precision. To locate these nodes, browse the corresponding groups in the menu or use the search functionality.

Node Groups

Surface Group

The Surface group provides nodes for creating and manipulating surfaces. These nodes enable you to generate freeform surfaces, analyze surface properties, apply surface transformations, create panel structures, perform surface boolean operations, and convert surfaces to triangulated meshes. Surface nodes are essential for working with complex surface geometry and creating smooth, continuous surfaces in your designs.

Vector Group

The Vector group contains nodes for vector operations and calculations. These nodes allow you to perform vector addition, subtraction, normalization, dot products, cross products, and various vector transformations. Vector nodes are fundamental for working with directions, positions, and spatial relationships in 3D space.

Transform Group

The Transform group provides tools for applying geometric transformations to objects. These nodes enable translation, rotation, scaling, and combined transformations. Transform nodes are essential for positioning, orienting, and resizing geometry in your designs.

Primitive Curves Group

The Primitive Curves group contains nodes for generating basic curve shapes. These nodes allow you to create fundamental curves such as lines, circles, arcs, splines, and other geometric primitives. Primitive curve nodes serve as building blocks for more complex curve-based designs.

Curve Analysis Group

The Curve Analysis group provides nodes for analyzing curve properties and characteristics. These nodes enable you to measure curve length, evaluate curvature, check continuity, extract points along curves, and analyze curve geometry. Curve analysis nodes are valuable for understanding and validating curve properties in your designs.

Curve Toolset Group

The Curve Toolset group offers utility nodes for curve manipulation and processing. These nodes provide tools for curve editing, trimming, extending, joining, and various curve operations that enhance curve-based workflows.

Curve Triangulation Group

The Curve Triangulation group contains nodes for converting curves into triangulated representations. These nodes enable you to create mesh representations of curves for rendering, analysis, or further processing.

Boolean Operation Group

The Boolean Operation group provides tools for performing Boolean operations on geometry. These nodes enable union, difference, and intersection operations on surfaces, solids, and regions. Boolean operation nodes are essential for combining, subtracting, and intersecting geometric objects to create complex shapes.

Solid Group

The Solid group contains nodes for creating and modifying solid geometry. These nodes enable you to generate primitive solids, create freeform solids, analyze solid properties, apply solid transformations, perform solid boolean operations, and convert solids to meshes. Solid nodes are fundamental for working with three-dimensional solid objects.

Intersection Group

The Intersection group provides tools for finding intersections between geometric entities. These nodes enable you to find intersections between curves, surfaces, solids, and other geometric objects. Intersection nodes are valuable for determining relationships between geometric elements.

Text Group

The Text group contains nodes for generating and manipulating text objects. These nodes enable you to create text geometry, apply text transformations, and work with typography in your designs. Text nodes are useful for adding labels, annotations, and text-based elements to your models.

Image Group

The Image group provides tools for processing and incorporating images into designs. These nodes enable you to work with image data, convert images to geometry, and use images as design references or textures.

Analysis Group

The Analysis group contains nodes for data and model analysis. These nodes enable geometric analysis, structural assessments, property calculations, and various analytical operations that help you understand and evaluate your designs.

Array Group

The Array group provides tools for creating arrays and repeating patterns. These nodes enable you to create linear arrays, rectangular arrays, polar arrays, and other pattern arrangements. Array nodes are useful for duplicating and arranging geometry in systematic patterns.

Toolset Group

The Toolset group offers general-purpose utility nodes for enhancing workflows. These nodes provide various helper functions, conversions, and utility operations that support and streamline design processes.

Triangulation Group

The Triangulation group contains nodes for converting geometry into triangular mesh representations. These nodes enable you to create mesh versions of surfaces and solids for rendering, analysis, or export purposes.

Each group provides specialized nodes tailored to specific tasks, streamlining complex design and modeling workflows in the BeeGraphy Editor.
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Surface

Primitive Curves

Vector

Image

Panels

Render

3D Object

Toolset

Intersection

Analysis

Transform

Triangulation

Array

Text

Boolean Operation

Curve Analysis

Solid

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Tool

Deconstruct a point into its component parts

point

Deconstruct Point

origin

zDirection

Plane By Normal

plane

Evaluates a surface at given normalized {U,V} parameters and returns local geometric properties

surface

Normalized U parameter (range: 0 to 1) at which to evaluate the surface

uParam

Normalized V parameter (range: 0 to 1) at which to evaluate the surface

vParam

Evaluate Surface

Evaluated 3D point on the surface at {U,V}

normal

Tangent vector in the U direction at the evaluated point

uDirection

Tangent vector in the V direction at the evaluated point

vDirection

Local coordinate system (plane) at the evaluated point

Geometry Closest Point

Point on the geometry closest to the base point

closestPoint

distance

Parameter in curve domain of closest point

parameter

Unit vector parallel to the world {x} axis

factor

VectorX

vector

Compute the length (amplitude) of a vector

Vector Length

length

width

Rectangle Surface

Surface Area

surfaceArea

Offset a surface with a specified distance

Offset type can be only "Arc", "Tangent" or "Intersection". It is default "Arc".

offsetType

offsetSize

Offset Surface

offsetSurface

point1

point2

unit

Vector By 2Pnt

Create a sweep surface with one rail curve

bases

rail

Sweep

curve

radius

Pipe

Create a point from plane {u,v,w} coordinates

Point Oriented

pointOriented

Create a point from polar {phi,theta,offset} coordinates

xyAngle

zAngle

offset

Point Polar

polarPoint

Unit vector parallel to the world {z} axis

VectorZ

xDirection

yDirection

Construct Plane

Perform minimal rotation to align a plane with a guide vector

direction

Align Plane

alignPlane

angle

Mirror By Curve

mirroredGeom

Returns a circle with a radius and a center point

Circle

Create an ellipse with two radii and a center point

radius1

radius2

Ellipse

pointC

Arc 3Pnt

Create a rectangle using origin, width, length

Rectangle

A point along the edge of the rectangle opposite the side created by points Pnt1 and Pnt2

Rectangle 3Pnt

Adjust a plane to match a new normal direction

Adjust Plane

adjustPlane

Rotate an object around a center point and an axis vector

center

Rotate

rotatedGeometry

InCircle

alpha1

alpha2

curveA

curveB

factorA

factorB

Blend Curve

Blend curve connecting the end of A to the start of B

Create a line from guide line and two points

line

Line By 4Pnt

Modified Arc

Create a star using a center point, in and out radius, and number of vertices

Radius in star (distance from center to tip)

radiusIn

Radius out star (distance from center to tip)

radiusOut

countOfVertex

Star

Rebuild a curve with a specific number of control-points

degree

Rebuild Curve

rebuildCurve

side

Offset type can be only "Arc", "Tangent" or "Intersection". It is default "Arc"

Offset Curve

offsetCurve

Divide a curve into equal length segments

step

Divide By Distance

points

tangents

parameters

Returns difference between two or many sets of planar closed curves (regions)

mainRegion

Region Difference

 Surface Join returns the union of a set of faces with a tolerance value

Surfaces or Surface list to join together

3d distance tolerance for detecting overlapping edges

tolerance

Surface Join

joinedSurfaces

Surface Split

result

support

uIsoCurve

vIsoCurve

Triangle Panel A

midPnt

Recursive decomposition until all segments are atomic

recursive

Explode

Exploded segments that make up the base curve

segments

Planar voronoi diagram for a collection of points

Optional containment boundary for diagram

boundary

Optional base plane. If no plane is provided, then the best-fit plane will be used

Voronoi 2D

voronoi

Returns difference between two or many sets of planar closed surfaces

mainSurface

Surfaces or Surfaces (closed Curves) for boolean operation

Surface Difference

height

Box By Center

Returns union of curves using glue mode for touching/non-penetrating shapes. Faster for assembling operations.

Name	Type	Description	Default Value
Geometry	Geometry	Base geometry
Point A	Point	Reference point	[0,0,0]
Vector A	Vector	Reference direction	[0,0,1]
Point B	Point	Target point	[0,0,0]
Vector B	Vector	Target direction	[0,0,1]

Creation method

There are two options for creating an Orient Direction node.

Steps

See also