3D node

Null 3D

A pure pass-through for a geometry cable — forwards the mesh, material, and mapping from its single input unchanged. Exists purely to route or organize a 3D chain, the geometry equivalent of the plain Null node.

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The Null 3D node in Infinite, showing its inputs, controls and outputs.

What it does

Null 3D 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

Use it as a labeled junction point where a rig's main geometry chain splits off to several downstream effects.

Torus Null 3D Material

Inputs and outputs

Inputs

3D shape geo

Outputs

3D shape out

Example patch

This patch wires Null 3D to what it needs and shows the result. Download it, then use File, Open in Infinite, or read it here: it is plain text.

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# Null 3D: a starting patch for the Null 3D node
node 1 3D Null 3D
  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