Category:SOPs

Surface Operators, also known as SOPs, are operators that can generate, import, modify and combine 3D surfaces (also called geometry). The surface types are polygons, curves, NURBS surfaces, metaballs and particles.

See Geometry Detail, Primitive, Point.

Sweet Sixteen SOPs

SOP	Video	Purpose	Related SOP
Circle		Circle, sphere, torus primitives.	Sphere, Torus
Grid		Grid, box, rectangle.	Box, Rectangle
Merge		Merge and delete.	Delete
Copy		Copy or replicate.	Limit
Switch		Switch or blend multi-inputs.	Blend, Sequence Blend
Texture		Apply texture coordinated to points or vertices.	Material
Noise		Apply noise, twist and deform.	Twist, Deform
Transform		Transform point positions.	Point
Trace		Trace a TOP image to polygons.
DAT to		DAT table to SOP points.	Add
CHOP to		CHOP channel samples to SOP points.	Line
Clip		Clip and carve.	Carve
Facet		Facet, subdivide, convert.	Subdivide, Convert
Particle		Particles.
Sweep		Sweep, skin, rails.	Skin, Rails
Sort		Sort and reorder.