Proposal: Kaleidoscope Star Mirror Geonode Modifier
What Kaleidoscope Star Mirror Geonode Modifier can use for:
- Starfish
- Car Wheel Spokes
- Logo/Icon/Symbols
- Ornaments
Features similiar to Mirror Modifier:
- Circular (Star) Array : Geometry will be Duplicated in Circular Array
- Clamping/Clipping Geometry inside it arc. (I use an arc extruded object to boolean input geometry)
- Merge intersection mirror points together. (This feature will save time from manual work)
Notes:
- This new modifier could be called Star Mirror or Kaleidoscope Mirror for short.
- This modifier can just be integrated into Mirror Modifier as an upgrade version of Mirror.
- I can share my node if any developer want a reference (when this proposal have a link in Blender Developer).
Example (my custom node):
4 Comments
I think something like this is in the new Array modifier
I don't think so. The new Array Modifier use Geometry node have Circular Array, but the difference between Array and Mirror is the 2 feature I mentioned above: Clipping/Clamping Geometry and Merge Vertices in Intersection zone.
The name is irritating me a little bit. So its "just" a circular array if i understand correctly ?
You are half correct. My proposal can be called Star Mirror or Kaleidoscope Mirror for short. And it act like a (Kaleidoscope) Mirror more than an Circular Array.
What it can do is not just circular array but have 2 more critical features:
1 - One is the object will be clamped/clipped inside it arc (I use an arc extruded object to boolean input geometry)
2 - Two is merge intersection mirror points together. This feature is super helpful, without it you will have to do manual work and will take a very long time.
More over, this can just be integrate into Mirror Modifier (Geonode base ofcourse)
I can share my node if any developer want a reference and somewhere I can post download link