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  • Published 13 Apr 2022

Capture Attribute node rename suggestion

Just wanted to suggest that the "Capture Attribute" node in geometry nodes be renamed to "Capture Geometry Context" or something like that. Idk, from the naming alone (which I'm not railing) and a few videos that use it, I really wasn't grasping it. I get it now, and I understand it's about saving a portion of the context of the geometry at that point in the execution path, but if you don't "see it", it just becomes a land of confusion. Just sharing my experience of encountering this for the first time recently.

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JeffG
13 Apr 2022

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blacksteel

I'd argue the exact opposite, the name you propose sounds confusing. You are capturing an attribute, that is what it is.

You select a geometry, a domain and an atribute of that, and store its value at a given point in time/execution.

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