Treeparameterize

Treeparameterize resamples a tree's curves and carries attributes over onto the new curves. Several Natsura nodes use it internally; it is hidden from the Tab menu.

Treeparameterize resamples the curves of a tree into new strands and carries attributes over from the original geometry onto them. It is a building block inside other Natsura nodes, such as the older Surface Decoration 1.0, and it is hidden from the Tab menu.

Settings

Under Input, Base Group and Group Type pick the curves to work on.

Under Settings, Resample is either subdivide (a number of subdivisions, the default) or step length (a length per step, 0.1 by default, for evenly spaced points). smooth, interpolate and extend shape the new strands.

Under Output, Output gives Strand Primitives or Source Primitives. The Attributes folder picks which point, vertex and primitive attributes are carried over (point attributes are on by default, all except P and N), and Transfer Skinning carries the skin weights too.

Status

Treeparameterize is an internal node. Its settings have no tooltips yet.

Switch

Switch sends growth down one of two paths depending on a condition, such as height or an attribute from your source points.

Trunk Decoration

Trunk Decoration puts a prepared trunk mesh, such as a scanned trunk from Create Graft Mesh, on a Grow, and the tree grows on from it.