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Domain operations bend the space a field is sampled in: repeat it, mirror it, twist it or transform it, without touching the field itself.

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Domain Bend

Bends Source around Y, with the bend growing along X. A straight column becomes an arch.

When to use it

Bends Source around Y, with the bend growing along X. A straight column becomes an arch.

Same warning as Domain Twist. Bending distorts the distances, and Smooth Union and the mesher both rely on those being roughly honest. A heavy bend shows up as uneven fillets and rough patches.

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Domain Mirror

Reflects Source across the chosen planes. Build half a shape, get the other half free.

When to use it

Reflects Source across the chosen planes. Build half a shape, get the other half free.

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Domain Repeat

Tiles the Source subgraph forever by folding the sample position into one cell. A single Sphere plus a small Domain Repeat is a whole field of spheres for the memory of one.

When to use it

Tiles the Source subgraph forever by folding the sample position into one cell. A single Sphere plus a small Domain Repeat is a whole field of spheres for the memory of one.

Cell Z defaults to 0, and an axis with a cell of 0 does not tile at all. That is usually what you want for pillars standing on ground, and a surprise if you expected a 3D lattice.

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Domain Rotate

Rotates the coordinates before Source samples them, so any position-based pattern can be tilted or turned. Pitch turns around Y, Yaw around Z, Roll around X, all in degrees.

When to use it

Rotates the coordinates before Source samples them, so any position-based pattern can be tilted or turned. Pitch turns around Y, Yaw around Z, Roll around X, all in degrees.

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Domain Scale

Stretches or squashes the coordinates before Source sees them. That is how you grow or shrink noise features, or any position-driven pattern, without touching the pattern itself.

When to use it

Stretches or squashes the coordinates before Source sees them. That is how you grow or shrink noise features, or any position-driven pattern, without touching the pattern itself.

The multiply lands on the sample point, so a scale of 2 makes features half as big, not twice as big.

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Domain Translate

Shifts the coordinates before the Source subgraph reads them, which moves whatever Source produces without reshaping it.

When to use it

Shifts the coordinates before the Source subgraph reads them, which moves whatever Source produces without reshaping it.

Here is the part that catches everyone. The offset is added to the sample point, so the shape appears to go the other way. Type 100 into Translation X and the sphere slides 100 units toward negative X. Nudge it, look, then commit to a sign.

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Domain Twist

Twists Source around the vertical axis, with the rotation growing as you go up. A straight tower comes out a helix. Degrees Per Unit is how much turn each world unit of height adds.

When to use it

Twists Source around the vertical axis, with the rotation growing as you go up. A straight tower comes out a helix. Degrees Per Unit is how much turn each world unit of height adds.

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Domain Warp

Pushes the sample position around by a Warp signal before Source reads it. Noise fed into noise. It breaks up repetition and gives a field that drifting, organic look.

When to use it

Pushes the sample position around by a Warp signal before Source reads it. Noise fed into noise. It breaks up repetition and gives a field that drifting, organic look.

Feed Warp from a second noise at a lower frequency than the one inside Source. Using the same noise for both just smears the pattern along itself.

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