Cable Tool

Cable Tool

Version: 1.1

Description

Create cables with curves/meshes

Properties

Base Properties

Name	Description	Type
Objects	Provide objects for generating cables from	Actor
Mode	The mode to use to connect the inputs with cables	Dropdown
Divisions	Number of points on each cable. Higher value results in more realistic results, at a higher cost	Integer
Scatter Density	Density of the scattered cables	Float
Density Mode	Changes the density mode.	Dropdown
Density	Density represents a value relative to the objects you scatter, and give you plausible results.	Float
Distance	Points will be scattered along the curve at this distance from each other	Float
Count	Controls the number of scattered objects along the curve	Integer
Radius	The radius of the mesh pipe created	Float
Duplicates	Amount of duplicates for each curve, that will be moved with the tilt multiplier to give variation	Integer
Tilt	Amount of tilting added to the curves other than pure gravity	Float
Height	Changes the height of the cables	Float
Gravity Min	The minimum amount of gravity applied to the cables	Float
Gravity Max	The maximum amount of gravity applied to the cables	Float
Cut Rate	How many extra hanging cut cables are added	Float
Connection Rate	How much extra connections between cables are generated	Float
Noise Intensity	The amount of noise added to the cables	Float
Noise Scale	How big is the noise applied to the ables	Float
Path Smooth	Smoothness of the path curve	Integer
Seed	Random seed used in random computations for this tool	Integer

Path Width

Name	Description	Type
Width	Creates two parallel scatters along the sides of the curves	Float
Width - Keep Center	If set to true, the scattered objects at the center will be kept when using the width parameter for parallel curve scattering	Boolean
Width - Sides	Number of scatter parallel scatters to have on each side of the curves	Integer

Detail

Name	Description	Type
Connection Mode	Treat the inputs in different ways: -Sequence: each input will be connected to the next, in order -Closed Sequence: Like sequence, but the last will be connected to the first too -Pairs: Cables will be ceated every 2 objects	Dropdown
Connection Max Distance	Normalized value defining how far the connections can go. Lower it to give a limit to how fr a connection can be created.	Float
Cut Max Length	Length multiplier for cut hanging cables	Float

Scatter

Name	Description	Type
Self Scatter	When turned on, scatter points wil be connected on each mesh on themselves, instead of going towards the other meshes. You can then use the connection rate to create cables going towards the other meshes on top, if needed	Boolean
Self Max Length	Remove longer self scattered cables by reducing this 0-1 value	Float
Scatter Angle Mask Min	Minimum angle allowed on which curves can be generated	Float
Scatter Angle Mask Max	Maximum angle allowed on which curves can be generated	Float

Output

Name	Description	Type
Mesh Sides	The number of sides of the pipe mesh created	Integer
Normalize Uvs	When turned off, the UVs will be tiled depending on the mesh size in the scene	Boolean
Output Curves	Toggle to create the output as curves	Boolean
Curves Resample	Change it to resample the output curves	Float