Attribute Proximity Node

Warning

This node is considered legacy and will be removed in Blender 4.0.

Please use the Geometry Proximity instead.

../../../_images/modeling_geometry-nodes_attribute_attribute-proximity_node.png — The Attribute Proximity node.

For each point in the input geometry, this node finds the closest position on the target. Both the positions and the distances to them can be stored in attributes.

Inputs

Geometry: Standard geometry input.
Target: Standard geometry input.
Distance: The name of the float attribute where the computed distance is stored. A new attribute with that name is added if it does not exist yet. If it does exist, the values of the existing attribute are overridden.
Position: The name of the attribute where the computed location is stored. A new attribute with that name is added if it does not exist yet. If it does exist, the values of the existing attribute are overridden.

Properties

Target Geometry

Faces: Calculate the closest point anywhere on the faces of the target’s mesh geometry.
Edges: Calculate the closest point anywhere on the edges of the target’s mesh geometry.
Points: Calculate the closest point or vertex on the target geometry. This mode is usually the fastest.

Output

Geometry: Standard geometry output.

Examples

The different modes of the node: faces, edges and points. In this example the geometry nodes modifier is added on the plane. Note that the plane is subdivided and the cube is not.