Shaders: Bridge Modules

Introduction

This document describes the built-in Flow Graph modules of the following categories for shaders:

• Shaders: Bridge / Copy - Modules that pass input values to outputs without change.
• Shaders: Bridge / Dashboard - Modules that control how values are presented in the Pin Values editor.

Shaders: Bridge / Copy

This section describes the built-in Flow Graph modules that pass input values to outputs without change.

Copy

• Category: Shaders: Bridge / Copy
• Access: All editions.
• Function: Passes the input value to the output without change.
• Input pins:
  • ⏺  In (vector) - The source value
• Output pins:
  • ⏺  Out (vector) - The unchanged value.

Copy Array

• Category: Shaders: Bridge / Copy
• Access: All editions.
• Function: Passes the input value to the output without change.
• Input pins:
  • ⏺  In (array) - The source value
• Output pins:
  • ⏺  Out (array) - The unchanged array value.

Copy Color

• Category: Shaders: Bridge / Copy
• Access: All editions.
• Function: Passes the input color value to the output without change.
• Input pins:
  • ⏺  In (color) - The source value
• Output pins:
  • ⏺  Out (color) - The unchanged color value.

Copy Homog Transformation

• Category: Shaders: Bridge / Copy
• Access: All editions.
• Function: Passes the input transformation value to the output without change.
• Input pins:
  • ⏺  In (homogeneous space transformation) - The source value
• Output pins:
  • ⏺  Out (homogeneous space transformation) - The unchanged homogeneous transformation value.

Copy Integer

• Category: Shaders: Bridge / Copy
• Access: All editions.
• Function: Passes the input integer value to the output without change.
• Input pins:
  • ⏺  In (integer) - The source value
• Output pins:
  • ⏺  Out (integer) - The unchanged integer value.

Copy Logical

• Category: Shaders: Bridge / Copy
• Access: All editions.
• Function: Passes the input logical value to the output without change.
• Input pins:
  • ⏺  In (logical) - The source value
• Output pins:
  • ⏺  Out (logical) - The unchanged logical value.

Copy Scalar

• Category: Shaders: Bridge / Copy
• Access: All editions.
• Function: Passes the input scalar value to the output without change.
• Input pins:
  • ⏺  In (scalar) - The source value
• Output pins:
  • ⏺  Out (scalar) - The unchanged scalar value.

Copy Transformation

• Category: Shaders: Bridge / Copy
• Access: All editions.
• Function: Passes the input transformation value to the output without change.
• Input pins:
  • ⏺  In (transformation) - The source value
• Output pins:
  • ⏺  Out (transformation) - The unchanged transformation value.

Shaders: Bridge / Dashboard

This section describes the built-in Flow Graph modules that control how values are presented in the Pin Values editor.

Dash Rot Transform

• Category: Shaders: Bridge / Dashboard
• Access: All editions.
• Function: Controls how the input value is presented in the Pin Values editor.
• Input pins:
  • ⏺  In (transformation) - The source value
• Output pins:
  • ⏺  Out (transformation) - The same transformation value, passed through unchanged.

Dash Scalar

• Category: Shaders: Bridge / Dashboard
• Access: All editions.
• Function: Controls how the input value is presented in the Pin Values editor.
• Input pins:
  • ⏺  In (scalar) - The source value
  • ⏺  Use Min Max (logical) - When on, applies Minimum and Maximum limits in the editor control for this value.
  • ⏺  Minimum (scalar) - Lower limit used by the editor control when UseMinMax is on.
  • ⏺  Maximum (scalar) - Upper limit used by the editor control when UseMinMax is on.
  • ⏺  Step (scalar) - Step size used by the editor control when adjusting the value.
  • ⏺  Slider (logical) - When on, shows a slider-style editor control for this value.
  • ⏺  Max Decimals (integer) - Maximum number of decimal digits shown in the editor control.
  • ⏺  Ticks (integer) - Number of major slider ticks shown when Slider is on.
• Output pins:
  • ⏺  Out (scalar) - The same scalar value, passed through unchanged.

Dash Vector XY

• Category: Shaders: Bridge / Dashboard
• Access: All editions.
• Function: Controls how the input value is presented in the Pin Values editor.
• Input pins:
  • ⏺  In (vector2) - The source value
• Output pins:
  • ⏺  Out (vector) - The input XY value expanded to a vector with Z and W set to 0.

Dash Vector XYZ

• Category: Shaders: Bridge / Dashboard
• Access: All editions.
• Function: Controls how the input value is presented in the Pin Values editor.
• Input pins:
  • ⏺  In (vector3) - The source value
• Output pins:
  • ⏺  Out (vector) - The input XYZ value expanded to a vector with W set to 0.