Natsura Surface Decoration

Generates skin or bark geometry for the skeleton.
This node is deprecated. It may be removed in a future release.
The Surface Decoration node generates the skin (mesh) for the plant skeleton.
  • Meshing: Converts the line graph into a watertight tube mesh.
  • UVs: Automatically generates UV coordinates for textures.
  • Displacement: Supports noise-based displacement for bark detail.
== Concept ===== From Lines to Tubes ===The simulation produces a wireframe skeleton. Surface Decoration turns this into renderable geometry by sweeping a profile along the curves, respecting the width attribute calculated during growth.

Inputs

Graph: The growth graph.

Parameters

Meshing

Divisions : Radial resolution of the tube. Higher values produce smoother cross-sections at the cost of polygon count.Adaptive : Optimize polygon count based on curvature. Reduces geometry on straight sections while preserving detail on curves.

UVs

Scale : Tiling factor for textures. Controls how many times the texture repeats along the branch.Offset : Shift UVs. Use this to offset the texture position on the mesh.

Displacement

Texture : Path to a height map. The texture is used to displace the surface for bark-like detail.Strength : Displacement amount. Controls how strongly the height map affects the surface geometry.

Related

  • Trunk Decoration Node — Specialized version for main trunks with enhanced UV and displacement controls.
  • Cluster Decoration Node — Attaches external meshes (leaves, flowers) rather than skinning the branch.
  • Core Decoration Node — Base decoration node for custom decoration logic.
  • Simulate Node — Performs the actual meshing by executing decoration instructions.
  • Grow Node — Defines where decorations are applied via Decoration sockets.
@workflow== Workflow ==
  1. Connect Surface Decoration to the Decoration socket of a Grow node (usually the Trunk).
  2. Simulate the graph.
  3. The output will include the generated mesh with UVs and normals.
@notes
  • Consumes: width, P, orient attributes from the skeleton.
  • Generates: uv, N (normals) on the output mesh.
  • For the main trunk where texture fidelity and silhouette are most critical, consider using the specialized Trunk Decoration instead.

Natsura Cluster Decoration

Attaches external meshes (leaves, flowers, fruit) to the skeleton.

Natsura Trunk Decoration

Specialized surface decoration for trunks, with enhanced UV and displacement controls.