Geometry Node Naming and Placement

Document Purpose

• Node Renaming: Move nodes to a "verb first" format
• Menu structure discussion

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Node Type Column

A basic function of the node to help with determining how it could/should be organized. See the bottom of the document for descriptions of this type.

Name Column

? - Suggested Change
⟫ - Planned Change
⁂ - Approved Change
✓ - Completed

New Menu

Proposed new placement for this node in the menu

Status	Current Name	New Name	Menu	Node Type	New Menu
✓	Capture Attribute		Attribute	Action
✓	Attribute Statistic		Attribute	Input
	===========
?	ColorRamp	Color Ramp	Color	Action
	Combine RGB		Color	Action
?	MixRGB	Mix RGB	Color	Action
?	RGB Curves	RGB Curve Adjustment	Color	Action
	Separate RGB		Color	Action
	===========
✓	Fill Curve		Curve	Action
✓	Fillet Curve		Curve	Action
✓	Curve Length		Curve	Input
✓	Curve Parameter		Curve	Input
✓	Reverse Curve		Curve	Action
✓	Sample Curve		Curve	Action
✓	Subdivide Curvee		Curve	Action
	Curve Tangent		Curve	Input
	Curve to Mesh		Curve	Conversion
	Trim Curve		Curve	Action
	Handle Type Selection		Curve	Select
	Resample Curve		Curve	Action
	Set Handle Type		Curve	Setter
	Set Spline Type		Curve	Setter
	Spline Length		Curve	Input
	===========
	Bezier Segment		Curve Primitives	Generate
	Curve Circle		Curve Primitives	Generate
	Curve Line		Curve Primitives	Generate
	Curve Spiral		Curve Primitives	Generate
	Quadratic Bezier		Curve Primitives	Generate
	Quadrilateral		Curve Primitives	Generate
	Star		Curve Primitives	Generate
	===========
	Bounding Box		Geometry	Input
	Convex Hull		Geometry	Action
	Geometry Proximity		Geometry	Input
	Join Geometry		Geometry	Action
	Separate Components		Geometry	Action
	Set Position		Geometry	Setter
	Transform		Geometry	Setter
	===========
	Collection Info		Input	Input
	Index		Input	Input
	Is Viewport		Input	Input
	Material		Input	Input
	Normal		Input	Input
	Object Info		Input	Input
	Position		Input	Input
	String		Input	Input
	Value		Input	Input
	Vector		Input	Input
	===========
	Instance on Points		Instances	Generate
	Realize Instances		Geometry	Action
	Translate Instances		Instances	Action
	Rotate Instances		Instances	Action
	Scale Instances		Instances	Action
	===========
	Replace Material		Material	Action
	Material Index		Material	Select
	Material Selection		Material	Select
	Set Material		Material	Setter
	Set Material Index		Material	Select
	===========
	Mesh to Points		Point	Conversion
	Mesh Boolean		Mesh	Action
	Subdivide Mesh		Mesh	Action
	Triangulate		Mesh	Action
	===========
	Cone		Mesh Primitives	Generate
	Cube		Mesh Primitives	Generate
	Cylinder		Mesh Primitives	Generate
	Grid		Mesh Primitives	Generate
	IcoSphere		Mesh Primitives	Generate
	Mesh Cube		Mesh Primitives	Generate
	Mesh Line		Mesh Primitives	Generate
	UV Sphere		Mesh Primitives	Generate
	===========
	Points to Volume		Volume	Conversion
	Distribute Points on Faces		Point	Generate
	Points to Verticies		Points	Conversion
	===========
	Join Strings		Text	Action
	Special Characters		Text	Generate
	String Length		Text	Input
?	String Substring	Substring	Text	Action
	String to Curves		Text	Conversion
?	Value to String	Float to String	Text	Conversion
	===========
	Boolean Math		Utilities	Action
	Clamp		Utilities	Action
	Compare Floats		Utilities	Action
?	Float Curve	Float Curve Ajustment	Utilities	Action
	Float to Integer		Utilities	Conversion
	Map Range		Utilities	Action
	Math		Utilities	Action
	Random Value		Utilities	Generate
	Rotate Euler		Utilities	Action
	Switch		Utilities	Action
	===========
	Noise Texture		Texture	Generate
	===========
	Combine XYZ		Vector	Action
	Separate XYZ		Vector	Action
?	Vector Curves	Vector Curves Adjustment	Vector	Action
	Vector Math		Vector	Action
⟫	Vector Rotate	Rotate Vector	Vector	Action
	===========
	Viewer		Output	Utility
	===========
	Volume to Mesh		Volume	Conversion
	===========
	Make Group		Group	Utility
	Ungroup		Group	Utility
	Group Input		Group	Input
	Group Output		Group	Utility
	===========
	Frame		Layout	Utility
	Reroute		Layout	Utility
	===========
	Curve 2D Boolean		N/A	Action	Curve
	Volume Boolean		N/A	Action	Volume

Definitions

Node Types:

• Action: Performs an action on the input, mutates it, but is the same type afterwards
• Generate: Creates new geometry data
• Input: Creation of new non-geometry data to the tree, Attribute read, or derived information
• Setter: Attribute write
• Select: Creates a selection field based on an attribute or other data
• Conversion: Convert one data type to another analogous form with little to no alteration
• Utility: Other non-data related actions such as displaying, grouping, and program interface