/ 2026-04-18T07:12:29+00:00 / /lib/tpl/dazdoccenter/images/favicon.ico text/html 2011-12-24T06:21:36+00:00 /public/software/dazstudio/4/referenceguide/interface/panes/shader_mixer/bricks/dzfaceforwardbrick/start <h1 id="face_forward">Face Forward</h1> <div class="level1"> <p> <a href="/public/software/dazstudio/4/referenceguide/interface/panes/shader_mixer/brickyard/start" class="wikilink1" title="public:software:dazstudio:4:referenceguide:interface:panes:shader_mixer:brickyard:start">Brickyard</a> : <a href="/public/software/dazstudio/4/referenceguide/interface/panes/shader_mixer/brickyard/functions/start" class="wikilink1" title="public:software:dazstudio:4:referenceguide:interface:panes:shader_mixer:brickyard:functions:start">Functions</a> &gt; <a href="/public/software/dazstudio/4/referenceguide/interface/panes/shader_mixer/brickyard/functions/geometric/start" class="wikilink1" title="public:software:dazstudio:4:referenceguide:interface:panes:shader_mixer:brickyard:functions:geometric:start">Geometric</a> </p> <p> Flip point at N (surface shading normal), so that it faces in the direction opposite to I (Incident direction of a ray striking a surface point), from the point of view of the current surface element. The surface element&#039;s point of view is the geometric normal Ng, unless Nref is supplied, in which case it is used instead. </p> </div> <h2 id="snapshot">Snapshot</h2> <div class="level2"> <p> <a href="/_media/public/software/dazstudio/4/referenceguide/interface/panes/shader_mixer/bricks/dzfaceforwardbrick/mathfaceforward.png" class="media" target="_blank" title="public:software:dazstudio:4:referenceguide:interface:panes:shader_mixer:bricks:dzfaceforwardbrick:mathfaceforward.png" rel="noopener"><img src="/_media/public/software/dazstudio/4/referenceguide/interface/panes/shader_mixer/bricks/dzfaceforwardbrick/mathfaceforward.png" class="media" alt="" /></a> </p> </div> <h2 id="parameters">Parameters</h2> <div class="level2"> </div> <h3 id="outputs">Outputs</h3> <div class="level3"> <ul> <li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>Forward Facing Vector :</strong> <a href="/public/software/dazstudio/4/referenceguide/interface/panes/shader_mixer/shader_workspace/brick_anatomy/start#type" class="wikilink1" title="public:software:dazstudio:4:referenceguide:interface:panes:shader_mixer:shader_workspace:brick_anatomy:start">Vector</a> - Description…</div> </li> </ul> </div> <h3 id="inputs">Inputs</h3> <div class="level3"> <ul> <li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>N^{<a href="#fn__1" id="fnt__1" class="fn_top">1)</a>} :</strong> <a href="/public/software/dazstudio/4/referenceguide/interface/panes/shader_mixer/shader_workspace/brick_anatomy/start#type" class="wikilink1" title="public:software:dazstudio:4:referenceguide:interface:panes:shader_mixer:shader_workspace:brick_anatomy:start">Point</a> - Description…</div> </li> <li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>I^{<a href="#fn__2" id="fnt__2" class="fn_top">2)</a>} :</strong> <a href="/public/software/dazstudio/4/referenceguide/interface/panes/shader_mixer/shader_workspace/brick_anatomy/start#type" class="wikilink1" title="public:software:dazstudio:4:referenceguide:interface:panes:shader_mixer:shader_workspace:brick_anatomy:start">Point</a> - Description…</div> </li> <li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>Ng^{<a href="#fn__3" id="fnt__3" class="fn_top">3)</a>} :</strong> <a href="/public/software/dazstudio/4/referenceguide/interface/panes/shader_mixer/shader_workspace/brick_anatomy/start#type" class="wikilink1" title="public:software:dazstudio:4:referenceguide:interface:panes:shader_mixer:shader_workspace:brick_anatomy:start">Point</a> - Description…</div> </li> </ul> </div> <h2 id="examples">Examples</h2> <div class="level2"> <ul> <li class="level1"><div class="li"> In this example, …<br/> <a href="/_media/public/software/dazstudio/4/referenceguide/interface/panes/shader_mixer/bricks/dzfaceforwardbrick/mathfaceforward.jpg" class="media" target="_blank" title="public:software:dazstudio:4:referenceguide:interface:panes:shader_mixer:bricks:dzfaceforwardbrick:mathfaceforward.jpg" rel="noopener"><img src="/_media/public/software/dazstudio/4/referenceguide/interface/panes/shader_mixer/bricks/dzfaceforwardbrick/mathfaceforward.jpg" class="media" title="Example 1" alt="Example 1" /></a></div> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="footnotes"> <div class="fn">^{<a href="#fnt__1" id="fn__1" class="fn_bot">1)</a>} , ^{<a href="#fnt__2" id="fn__2" class="fn_bot">2)</a>} , ^{<a href="#fnt__3" id="fn__3" class="fn_bot">3)</a>} <div class="content">Available when <strong>Show Advanced</strong> is checked in the <a href="/public/software/dazstudio/4/referenceguide/interface/panes/shader_mixer/shader_workspace/brick_anatomy/start#title_bar" class="wikilink1" title="public:software:dazstudio:4:referenceguide:interface:panes:shader_mixer:shader_workspace:brick_anatomy:start">Brick Option Menu</a>.</div></div> </div>