Dots Procedural

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Dots Procedural

Dots Default Example

The Dots texture creates a grid-like pattern of dots across the surface of the mesh. These dots default to a fairly uniform position with hard edges, but you can modify the options to have different placements or soft-ramped dots. Procedurally created at render time, the Dots texture has no fixed resolution and can be magnified with no visual loss in detail.

NOTE: For information about adding and working with Shader Tree item layers, see the Shader Tree topic.

Dots Properties Panel

Option	Description
Layer
Enable	Toggles the effect of the layer on and off to duplicate the functionality of toggling visibility in the Shader Tree. When disabled, the layer has no effect on the shading of the scene. However, Modo saves disabled layers with the scene, and they are persistent across Modo sessions.
Invert	Inverts the colors (RGB values) for the layer to produce a photonegative effect.
Blend Mode	Affects the blending between different layers of the same effect type. With this, you can stack several layers for different effects. For more about blending, see the Layer Blend Modes topic.
Opacity	Changes the transparency of the current layer. Reducing this value increasingly reveals lower layers in the Shader Tree, if present, or dims the effect of the layer, itself, on the surface.
Locator	Sets the association for the Texture Locator. Most texture layers have a texture locator that Modo automatically creates in the Item List. This defines the mapping of the texture (how Modo applies the texture) to the surface. You can specify alternate locators, but the need to do so is rare. Still, you may want multiple texture items to share a single locator.
Dots
Dot Color	Determines the color of the dots. This color ramps to the Filler Color based on the Transition Width value.
Alpha	Determines the opacity of the dot.
Filler Color	Determines the color of the area between the dots.
Alpha	Determines the opacity of the filler area.
Type	Specifies the method for applying the dots to the surface. Click to view examples of the various Type options. Square- Creates a series of perfectly aligned rows and columns of dots that are projected in 2D on a single axis against the mesh. This is the default setting. Hexagon- Offsets the dots in alternating rows to create a hexagonal pattern. As with the Square type, Modo projects the dots in 2D on a single axis against the mesh. Cube- Creates a three-dimensional array of spheres that intersects with the surface of the mesh. For any projection type other than UV (which causes the dots to lay perfectly on the surface), the mesh intersects the spheres at different cross sections resulting in dots of varying size and thickness.
Dot Width	Controls the diameter of the dots within the grid. At 100% the dots touch edge to edge. Click to view examples of various Dot Width settings.
Transition Width	Creates a smooth, ramped blend from the Dot Color (or value) to the Filler Color (or value). This is a percentage of the distance between the dot and the filler. You can use extreme values to create interesting effects. Click to view examples of various Transition Width settings.
Bias	Determines whether the texture favors the Dot Color or the Filler Color. Increasing this value causes the texture to favor the Dot Color; decreasing the value favors the Filler Color. This value is dependent on the Transition Width value as it works across the gray tones of the image. Click to view examples of various Bias settings.
Gain	Determines the falloff effect for the texture. This is similar to a gamma control that affects the falloff of the gradient ramp between the Dot Color and the Filler Color values. Setting the Gain to 100% creates a sharp falloff effect; setting the value to 0% creates a plateau around the value (or color mid-point) with a sharp falloff at either gradient extreme. Click to view examples of various Gain settings.