Updates =================================== **2026-02-23 Update** **New Nodes:** - Direction Visualize - Herringbone Tile Grid - Volume Grid Visualize - Hopscotch Tile Grid - Direction Object Space to UV Space Transform - Isometric Tile Grid - 3 Planes intersection **Updates:** - Separated various intersection/math nodes from **Geometry Measure** category to the new **Linear Algebra** category - Curl Noise 3D - Improved performance by 20% by sampling noise texture 4 times instead of 6 in tetrahedral directions - Image Points Stippling - Added color layers separation for easier stippling with color - Face Tangent - Fixed different tangent when Align to Direction is enabled - Reaction Diffusion Solver - Added different patterns presets - Curve Bisect - Fixed bisection being incorrect **2025-11-21 Update** **New Nodes:** - Plane Plane Intersection - Face Points Grid Distribution - Ripples Solver - Mesh Falloff - Mesh Points Fracture - Mesh Islands to Instances - Wrap **Updates:** - Added Blender 5.0 version - Added new category: Instances - Renamed "Adaptive Catenary Curves" to "Dynamic Catenary Curves" **2025-10-28 Update** **New Nodes:** - Bezier Curve Resample - Image Grid - Bezier Extend - Image Color Palate - Image Thinning - Camera Grid - Camera Perspective Shift - Index Selection - SDF Lidinoid - SDF IWP - SDF IWP Skeletal - Fit in Camera - Face UV - Scales Texture - Index Falloff - Quad Disk - UV Measure - Camera View Transform - Shadow Mask - Boundary Edge Smooth - UV Align to Direction **Updates:** - Renamed "Index Ratio" to "Instances Index Ratio", added collapsible values for ease of use - Added new options to "Set Center" node - Sli1ghtly improved "Triangle Mesh Circle Packing" node - Updated nodes icons visuals, added missing nodes icons .. image:: images/mainnodes2.jpg - Removed "Mesh Island Measure" node. Combined same functionality into "Mesh Measure" node. Added Bounds Center output - Improved "Curve Bisect" node - "Marching Squares/Triangles Isolines" slightly faster - Improved "Mesh to Ascii" node - "Image nodes" and "Reaction Diffusion" nodes now automatically adds material **2025-10-20 Update** Added dark-theme to the documentation website **2025-09-16 Update** **Updates:** - Added Blender 4.5 version - Various node groups UI updates for 4.5 version - Set Center - Added Edge/Corners centers option - Camera Culling - simplified node - removed camera info input values, now works with orthographic camera - Camera UV Coordinates - simplified node - removed camera info input values, now works with orthographic camera. Added Normalized and Uniform options **New Nodes:** - Rounded Cone - Box Selection - Checker Selection - Spur Gear - Curve Forward Kinematics - Infinite Cube - Mesh Auxetic Structure - Mesh Face Groups Relax - Blend Curves **2025-05-20 Update** **New Nodes:** - Strange Attractors - SDF Diamond - https://higgsas-geo-nodes-manual.readthedocs.io/en/latest/sdf.html#sdf-diamond - Circles Arc Tangent - Circles Line Tangent - Image String Art - Place objects on ground - Projectile Trajectory - Image Quad Tree - Even Grid Profile Surface - Klein Bottle - https://higgsas-geo-nodes-manual.readthedocs.io/en/latest/primitives.html#klein-bottle - Image Hilbert Curve - Curve Median Axis 2D - https://higgsas-geo-nodes-manual.readthedocs.io/en/latest/curves.html#curve-median-axis-2d - Spherical Spiral - https://higgsas-geo-nodes-manual.readthedocs.io/en/latest/curveprimitives.html#spherical-spiral - Super Ellipse - Super Ellipsoid - Shortest Points Path - https://higgsas-geo-nodes-manual.readthedocs.io/en/latest/generators.html#shortest-points-path - Curves Inverse Kinematics - 4 Points Sphere - Capadera Curve - https://higgsas-geo-nodes-manual.readthedocs.io/en/latest/curveprimitives.html#capareda-curve - Gabriels Horn - Instances Tile - Flatten Geometry - Lissajous Curve - Differential Growth - Camera Perspective to Orthographic Transformation - Curve Circles Arc Tangent - Dubins CSC Path - Stereographic Projection - Pyramid - https://higgsas-geo-nodes-manual.readthedocs.io/en/latest/primitives.html#pyramid - Mobius Transformation - Points Cluster - Bounding Box AABB Collision **Updates:** - Added 4.4 Blender Version - Added color tag to all nodes for better readability .. image:: images/colortags.png - Instances Bounding Box much faster in Blender 4.3 version - Mesh Face Strips now works with triangles while using Guide Direction - Renamed "2D Hilbert Curve" to "Hilbert Curve" and added 3d Hilbert Curve variation - Changed and renamed "Align Curve Normal" to "Align Curve to Surface" - Curve Deform now take into account the curve radius - Mesh Unfold - node now 6 times faster and preserve materials and other attributes - Tessellate Mesh - Added Keep Z Offset option, added Align to Direction option and now works with triangle faces - Removed "Tessellate Align Orientation" node, now its integrated in tessellate nodes - Wave Falloff - added "Cylindrical" option and fixed falloff option being incorrect - Reworked and renamed "Curve Circle Inner/Outer Tangent Lines" to "Curve Circle Line Tangent" - Fixed "TSP Mesh" creating multiples splines, added "Shortest Path" option - https://higgsas-geo-nodes-manual.readthedocs.io/en/latest/utilities.html#tsp-mesh - Fixed "Instances AABB Collision" node deleting too many instances, now it preserves 1.5x times more non intersecting instances and its 2x times faster in some cases - Added XYZ option in "Array" node **2024-11-28 Update** Added Gizmos to SDF nodes .. image:: images/sdfgizm.JPG Added Gizmo to Bezier Easing Added Solid option to SDF Gyroid Added Slice and Xor options to SDF Boolean Fixed SDF to Mesh node inconsistent grid location **New Nodes:** Delete mesh smooth SDF Spiral SDF Round Cone Dragon Curve SDF Schwarz P **2024-10-23 Update** Revorked face tangent node Added option to Fit Size node - Fit in Geometry Added Absolute option to Mesh Fresnel node Added Push/Pull option in Points Relax on Surface node Remade and renamed 2D Recursive Subdivision to Mesh Face Recursive Subdivision. Also it works with any quad and triangle faces **New Nodes:** Fit Plane - https://higgsas-geo-nodes-manual.readthedocs.io/en/latest/geometry_measure.html#fit-plane Oloid - https://higgsas-geo-nodes-manual.readthedocs.io/en/latest/primitives.html#oloid Cairo Tiles Grid - https://higgsas-geo-nodes-manual.readthedocs.io/en/latest/primitives.html#cairo-tile-grid Points Relax in Volume - https://higgsas-geo-nodes-manual.readthedocs.io/en/latest/distribution.html#points-relax-in-volume Belousov-zhabotinsky Reaction - https://higgsas-geo-nodes-manual.readthedocs.io/en/latest/simulation.html#belousovzhabotinsky-reaction **2024-10-11 Update** Renamed Effects node category to Vector Fields to better match what nodes do Adden new nodes category - Image Removed old 2D Curl Noise node, you can achieve same results with better performance using Advect Splines + Curl Noise 2D/3D Added NURBS option in Lost Splines Node Reworked Expand / Contract Selection node to improve performance **New Nodes:** Polar to Cartesian Cartesian to Polar Triangle Mesh to Voronoi - https://higgsas-geo-nodes-manual.readthedocs.io/en/latest/generators.html#triangle-mesh-to-voronoi Mesh Curvature - https://higgsas-geo-nodes-manual.readthedocs.io/en/latest/geometry_measure.html#mesh-curvature Mesh Fresnel - https://higgsas-geo-nodes-manual.readthedocs.io/en/latest/geometry_measure.html#mesh-fresnel Points Relax Image Points Distribute Image Trace Image Dithering - https://higgsas-geo-nodes-manual.readthedocs.io/en/latest/image.html#image-dithering UV Transform Sphere Plane Intersection 2D Distance to Edge Circle Packing - https://higgsas-geo-nodes-manual.readthedocs.io/en/latest/distribution.html#d-distance-to-edge-circle-packing Ray Sphere Intersection Index String Selection - https://higgsas-geo-nodes-manual.readthedocs.io/en/latest/selection.html#index-string-selection **2024-09-09 Update** Added new option in Image Pixel Sorting - Max Threshold/Min Threshold, for more control **2024-09-08 Update** Added option in Image Pixel Sorting - Whole Image Sort **2024-09-08 Update** Added Image Pixel Sorting **2024-09-07 Update** Added Curve Intersection **2024-08-29 Update** Added documentation for Mesh Topology Face Strips https://higgsas-geo-nodes-manual.readthedocs.io/en/latest/generators.html#mesh-topology-face-strips **2024-08-27 Update** Added Mesh Unfold - https://higgsas-geo-nodes-manual.readthedocs.io/en/latest/generators.html#mesh-unfold **2024-08-25 Update** Fixed Even Curve to Mesh not working with bezier curves **2024-08-21 Update** Added version for blender 4.2 with some updates Camera Culling - updated with matrix nodes making it faster Camera UV Coordinates - updated with matrix nodes making it faster Bend - updated with matrix nodes making it 2-5 times faster VDM Points Scatter - updated with matrix nodes making it 2-5 times faster VDM Brush - added Fast/Accurate modes. Fast mode increse performance up to 10 times compate to accurate mode Twist, Strech, Taper - added Smooth Limits option Box Image Mapping - updated with matrix nodes Sphere/Cyling UV Mapping - updated with matrix nodes New nodes: Mesh Curve Direction Guide Correct UV UV Seam **2024-04-20 Update** Added 2 new nodes: 2D Hilbert Curve, Bricks Grid Removed installation guide for blender 3.3 version because it caused confusion **2024-03-29 Update** Added Blender 4.1 version with some improvements Added position attribute to falloffs nodes in blender 4.1 Normalized falloffs directions Improved mesh contours fill curves performance in blender 4.1 Improved Easing node usability using new menus switch in blender 4.1 3d curve fill much faster in blender 4.1 VDM Points Scatter added better option for boundaries blur **2024-03-27 Update** Added option to submit feedback using Google Forms - https://higgsas-geo-nodes-manual.readthedocs.io/en/latest/contact.html **2024-03-19 Update** 23 New Nodes Instances Bounding Box - https://higgsas-geo-nodes-manual.readthedocs.io/en/latest/utilities.html#instances-aabb-colision Maze solver - https://higgsas-geo-nodes-manual.readthedocs.io/en/latest/generators.html#maze-solver Curve Banking - https://higgsas-geo-nodes-manual.readthedocs.io/en/latest/curves.html#curve-banking Spine Heart - https://higgsas-geo-nodes-manual.readthedocs.io/en/latest/curves.html#heart SDF Heart - https://higgsas-geo-nodes-manual.readthedocs.io/en/latest/sdf.html#sdf-heart 2D Remesh - https://higgsas-geo-nodes-manual.readthedocs.io/en/latest/generators.html#d-triangular-remesh Tubes to Splines - https://higgsas-geo-nodes-manual.readthedocs.io/en/latest/curves.html#tubes-to-splines Advect Splines - https://higgsas-geo-nodes-manual.readthedocs.io/en/latest/curves.html#advect-splines Phyllotaxis Surface - https://higgsas-geo-nodes-manual.readthedocs.io/en/latest/distribution.html#phyllotaxis-profile-surface Sharpen Mesh - https://higgsas-geo-nodes-manual.readthedocs.io/en/latest/deformers.html#sharpen-mesh Rounded Cube - https://higgsas-geo-nodes-manual.readthedocs.io/en/latest/primitives.html#rounded-cube Image Points Stippling - https://higgsas-geo-nodes-manual.readthedocs.io/en/latest/simulation.html#image-points-stippling Triangle Mesh Circle Packing - https://higgsas-geo-nodes-manual.readthedocs.io/en/latest/simulation.html#triangle-mesh-circle-packing Edge Bundling TSP mesh UV Mirror Sphere Intersection - https://higgsas-geo-nodes-manual.readthedocs.io/en/latest/generators.html#spheres-intersections Instances AABB Collision - https://higgsas-geo-nodes-manual.readthedocs.io/en/latest/utilities.html#instances-aabb-colision Spin - https://higgsas-geo-nodes-manual.readthedocs.io/en/latest/generators.html#spin Splines Packing - https://higgsas-geo-nodes-manual.readthedocs.io/en/latest/simulation.html#splines-packing SDF Volume Points Fracture Circe Outer/Inner Tangent Curve - https://higgsas-geo-nodes-manual.readthedocs.io/en/latest/curves.html#circle-outer-inner-tangent-curve Directional Reaction Diffusion - Updates: Moved UV nodes to new UV category Moved curl noise nodes to new Effects category Reaction Diffusion Solver - added time steps and simplified the node Distance to Edge Voronoi - updated to use Repeat Zone for performance Mesh Face Divided - updated to use Repeat Zone for performance Circle Packing - now using Repeat Zone instead of Simulation Zone, so you won’t need to play animation for the packing VDM Points Scatter - Added blur option thanks to Benny_G feedback Catenary Curves - updated to use Repeat Zone for performance Poly Arc - updated to use Repeat Zone for performance Curve Offset - fixed direction being not normalized Surface Curl Noise - added option to project to surface and simplified normal input just use mesh **2024-03-08 Update** Fixed Curve Offset node not working in blender 4.0 **2024-01-27 Update** Added version for Blender 4.0 **2023-08-31 Update** Added Fill Curves option to Mesh Contours node **2023-08-29 Update** New node: Adaptive Catenary Splines - https://higgsas-geo-nodes-manual.readthedocs.io/en/latest/curves.html#adaptive-catenary-splines **2023-08-16 Update** Replaced **Mesh Section** node with **Mesh Contour** node. New mesh contour node works much better and has ability to do multiple countour slices **2023-08-11 Update** 26 new nodes: VDM Brush, VDM Point Scatter, Sphere UV Mapping, Cylinder UV Mapping, Voxel Remesh, Mesh Face Divider, Mesh Face Subdivide, Rotate Eelement, Triangle Incircle, Triangle circumcircle, Triangle Tangent Circle, 3D Curve Fill, Curve Bisect, Curve Mesh Boolean, Curve Decimate, Index Ratio, Mix Splines, Poly Arc, Cube Deform, Mesh Offset, Mesh Section, Torus, Curl Noise 2D, Curl Noise 3D, Surface Curl Noise, Reaction Diffusion Solver Fixed Mesh Island Measure incorrect measurments Updated Mesh Tension to work with rest_position attribute Added thumbnails for nodes assets .. image:: images/thumbnails.PNG Added Blender 3.6 **2023-06-09 Update** Added expermental rope simulation solver - https://higgsas-geo-nodes-manual.readthedocs.io/en/latest/experimental.html#rope-simulation **2023-05-30 Update** **New node:** Bezier Easing - https://higgsas-geo-nodes-manual.readthedocs.io/en/latest/utilities.html#bezier-easing **2023-05-13 Update** Updated SDF nodes documentation **New nodes:** Line Line Intersection - https://higgsas-geo-nodes-manual.readthedocs.io/en/latest/geometry_measure.html#line-line-intersection Line Plane Intersection - https://higgsas-geo-nodes-manual.readthedocs.io/en/latest/geometry_measure.html#line-plane-intersection Edge Bisect - https://higgsas-geo-nodes-manual.readthedocs.io/en/latest/generators.html#edge-bisect Cube Recursive Subdivision - https://higgsas-geo-nodes-manual.readthedocs.io/en/latest/generators.html#cube-recursive-subdivision Surface Bind Mesh Ambient Occlusion - https://higgsas-geo-nodes-manual.readthedocs.io/en/latest/geometry_measure.html#mesh-ambient-occlusion Distance to Edge Voronoi - https://higgsas-geo-nodes-manual.readthedocs.io/en/latest/utilities.html#distance-to-edge-voronoi Wave Falloff **Added Expermental nodes:** Reaction diffusion solver VDM displace 2023-04-27 Update New node: Marching Squares Surface Renamed Marching Squares to Marching Squares Isolines 2023-04-21 Update New node: Splines Patch - https://higgsas-geo-nodes-manual.readthedocs.io/en/latest/curves.html#splines-patch 2023-04-20 Update Added boundary edge option to Marching Squares/Triangles nodes, and performance improvements Fixed issue with Tessellate Mesh Smooth not working correctly with Tessellate Topology Helper New node: Set Center 2023-04-17 Update Added limits to Bend node 2023-04-14 Update Updated installation methods Fixed artifacts with Align Curve Normal New nodes: Fit Size UV Deform 2023-04-05 Update Fixed nodes not loading when opening new blend files 2023-04-04 Update Added installation addon with node groups menu categories .. image:: images/search.PNG https://higgsas-geo-nodes-manual.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation.html 2023-03-27 Update New nodes: Tessellate Align Orientation - https://higgsas-geo-nodes-manual.readthedocs.io/en/latest/generators.html#tessellate-align-orientation Align Curve Normal - https://higgsas-geo-nodes-manual.readthedocs.io/en/latest/curves.html#align-curve-normal