3D node

Delete

Removes the faces marked by an upstream Select node (or the instances, when it sits after Instance on Points). Turn on keep selected instead to flip it: everything except the selection goes, and only the selection stays.

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The Delete node in Infinite, showing its inputs, controls and outputs.

What it does

Delete is a 3D node: it builds, changes or lights geometry that Render 3D turns into a picture. It takes 3D shape in and gives 3D shape out.

Try it

Select the top half of a sphere and delete it to make a bowl.

SphereSelectDeleteRender 3D

Inputs and outputs

Inputs

  • 3D shape geo

Outputs

  • 3D shape out

Controls

Every control with a range can be driven by a modulator, a note, an audio level or a sketch.

ControlRange or optionsDefault
operationTransform, Array, Subdivide, Solidify, Extrude, Wireframe, Triangulate, Normals …17
selection onlyon or offoff
keep selected insteadon or offoff

Example patch

This patch wires Delete to what it needs and shows the result. Download it, then use File, Open in Infinite, or read it here: it is plain text.

infinite-patch 1
rev 2
# Delete: a starting patch for the Delete node
node 1 3D Delete
  id node
  pos 520 300
end
node 2 3D Cube
  id in0
  pos 0 300
end
node 3 3D Render 3D
  id view
  pos 1080 300
end
node 4 Utility Output
  id out
  pos 1640 300
end
geo node 0 in0
geo view 0 node
cable out 0 view

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