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Sine Wave
A sinusoidal ripple repeating along a chosen direction. Ribbed surfaces, corrugated walls, wavy water.
The Sine Wave node
When to use it
A sinusoidal ripple repeating along a chosen direction. Ribbed surfaces, corrugated walls, wavy water.
Frequency, amplitude and direction are all pins here, which is why this beats building the same thing out of a raw Sin and a pile of position nodes.
Added to a distance field it displaces the surface, which is usually what you want. Multiplied into one it does something much harder to predict.
Pins
| Pin | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
Frequency |
Number | How many ripples fit in one world unit. Higher is tighter. |
Amplitude |
Number | How far the ripples swing above and below zero. |
AxisX |
Number | Which way the ripples travel, along X. |
AxisY |
Number | Which way the ripples travel, along Y. |
AxisZ |
Number | Which way the ripples travel, along Z. |
| Pin | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
Result |
Number | The wave at this point, swinging between plus and minus the amplitude. |
Available in Mesh Morpher Graph and Mesh Morpher Studio.