Node Trail

Creates a spline that follows a node.

Method #

This node creates a spline that follows the position of a node in the scene. At each frame update, a new point is added to the spline, continuing to grow the splines length. no smoothing is applied to the spline, so large positional changes or erratic motion can appear noisy.

This node outputs a spline which can be input into other nodes which use splines to generate new effects, such as the Extruded Spline or the Particle Spline Emitter.

Parameters

Transform

These properties control the 3D transforms of the node. Transforms will generally be inherited by child nodes, although they can be ignored through the Inherit Transform Channels attributes.

Parameter	Details
Position X	Move along the local x-axis.
Position Y	Move along the local y-axis.
Position Z	Move along the local z-axis.
Rotation Heading	Rotate around the local y-axis.
Rotation Pitch	Rotate around the local x-axis.
Rotation Bank	Rotate around the local z-axis.
Scale X	Scale along the local x-axis.
Scale Y	Scale along the local y-axis.
Scale Z	Scale along the local z-axis.

Inherit Transform Channels

Toggle which transform channels should be inherited from the parent node. By default, all transforms will be inherited.

Parameter	Details
Position X	Toggle inheritance of the X Position from the parent.
Position Y	Toggle inheritance of the Y Position from the parent.
Position Z	Toggle inheritance of the Z Position from the parent.
Rotation Heading	Toggle inheritance of the Rotation Heading from the parent.
Rotation Pitch	Toggle inheritance of the Rotation Pitch from the parent.
Rotation Bank	Toggle inheritance of the Rotation Bank from the parent.
Scale X	Toggle inheritance of the X Scale from the parent.
Scale Y	Toggle inheritance of the Y Scale from the parent.
Scale Z	Toggle inheritance of the Z Scale from the parent.
World Position Only	Inherit the world position from the parent only, rotation and scale will be ignored. Overrides above properties.
Inherit Time	Toggle inheritance of time from the parent.

Attributes

These properties control the core behaviours of the node.

Parameter	Details
Update Time Mode	How the generated spline updates with relation to the time code. Locked To Timecode : The deformer deformations are locked to the time code and the same time will always yield the same deformations. Running / Looping : The deformer deformations are disconnected from the time code and will loop seamlessly at the end of the layer.

Visualisation

Control how the spline is visualised in the scene for debugging purposes.

Parameter	Details
Show Spline	Show the new spline in the scene.

Materials

See Materials.

Inputs

Name	Description	Typical Input
Spline Sources	Spline nodes used to draw the extrusion along.	Spline
Material	Override the default material with a material node.	Materials
Transform Modifiers	Apply the transforms of another node to this node.	Null
Target Node	Modifiy the rotations of the node to always direct the z axis towards the input.	Null
Local Transform Override	Apply the transforms of another node to this node, relative to its parent.	Null