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Area

Brickyard : Functions > Geometric

Return the differential surface area of a Point. The area of one micro-polygon on the surface defined by Pt.

Snapshot

Parameters

Outputs

  • Area : Float - Description…

Inputs

  • Point1) : Point - Description…
  • Strategy : String - Description…
    • shading :
    • dicing :

Examples

  • In this example, the Area has been passed to the Diffuse brick to use as a grayscale color. Note that surfaces that are nearly parallel with the camera angle have a very small calculated Area.
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Available when Show Advanced is checked in the Brick Option Menu.