Nodes > Inputs > Vertex > Surface Normal

Returns the normal direction vector of the surface.

In VFX Editor, this node will get the most recent value sent to a Particle (Set Vertex Normal) node in the Output Container. If no Set Vertex Normal node is present, this returns the surface normal transformed by the particle's matrix attribute with respect to the space selected (local or world).

Outputs

Name	Type	Description
( World Space ) Normal	float	Normal direction

Properties

Name	Type	Description
Space	dropdown	Space that the normal vector will be given in