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title: Useful error messages for geometry nodes

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# Useful error messages for geometry nodes


| Error | Type | Message | Notes | 
| ----- | ---- | ------- | ----- |
| Large implicit conversions | Warning | Converting from attribute data type "%s" to "%s" | Technically a bit challenging
| Unsupported data types | Error | Attribute data type "%s" not supported | Not sure of a case for this?
| Input attribute does not exist | Error | No attribute with name "%s" | Only when no default value provided
| Point Distribute no data | Error | Input mesh does not have faces / No surface to distribute points on / Input Geometry must contain a mesh
| Object Info unsupported object data | Warning | Geometry type not supported
| Point instance collection empty | Error | Collection is empty | Same for collection info node

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