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    single: closestPointOnMesh
    single: 0x43504f4d
    single: category; geometry

_default - closestPointOnMesh (0x43504f4d)
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:classification:
    
    
    geometry
    
    

:plugin:
    (built-in)

:id:
    0x43504f4d


:link:
    visit Autodesk Maya 2026 official reference `a link`_.

.. _a link: https://help.autodesk.com/cloudhelp/2026/ENU/Maya-Tech-Docs/Nodes/closestPointOnMesh.html



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            <tr>
                <th class="attr_name">Long name (short name)</th>
                <th class="attr_type">Type</th>
                <th class="attr_default">Value</th>
                <th class="attr_minmax">Min/Max</th>
                <th class="attr_flags">Flags</th>
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            <tr>
                <th colspan="5">external visible attributes</th>
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            <tr class="parent indent0 dotted" data-attr-name="result">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 0ex;"><span class="attr_label">result (r)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">compound</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">-</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">-</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, out</td>
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            <tr class="child indent1 dotted" data-attr-name="closestFaceIndex">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 4ex;"><span class="attr_label">closestFaceIndex (f)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">long</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">true</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">-</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, out</td>
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            <tr class="child indent1 dotted" data-attr-name="closestVertexIndex">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 4ex;"><span class="attr_label">closestVertexIndex (vt)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">long</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">true</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">-</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, out</td>
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            <tr class="child indent1 dotted" data-attr-name="normal">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 4ex;"><span class="attr_label">normal (n)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">double3</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">-</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">-</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, out</td>
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            <tr class="child indent2 dotted" data-attr-name="normalX">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 8ex;"><span class="attr_label">normalX (nx)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">doubleLinear</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">-</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">-</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, out</td>
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            <tr class="child indent2 dotted" data-attr-name="normalY">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 8ex;"><span class="attr_label">normalY (ny)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">doubleLinear</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">-</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">-</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, out</td>
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            <tr class="child indent2 last" data-attr-name="normalZ">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 8ex;"><span class="attr_label">normalZ (nz)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">doubleLinear</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">-</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">-</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, out</td>
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            <tr class="child indent1 dotted" data-attr-name="parameterU">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 4ex;"><span class="attr_label">parameterU (u)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">double</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">-</div>
                    
                    
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                <td class="attr_minmax">-</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, out</td>
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            <tr class="child indent1 dotted" data-attr-name="parameterV">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 4ex;"><span class="attr_label">parameterV (v)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">double</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">-</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">-</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, out</td>
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            <tr class="child indent1 dotted" data-attr-name="position">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 4ex;"><span class="attr_label">position (p)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">double3</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">-</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">-</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, out</td>
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            <tr class="child indent2 dotted" data-attr-name="positionX">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 8ex;"><span class="attr_label">positionX (px)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">doubleLinear</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">-</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">-</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, out</td>
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            <tr class="child indent2 dotted" data-attr-name="positionY">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 8ex;"><span class="attr_label">positionY (py)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">doubleLinear</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">-</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">-</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, out</td>
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            <tr class="child indent2 last" data-attr-name="positionZ">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 8ex;"><span class="attr_label">positionZ (pz)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">doubleLinear</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">-</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">-</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, out</td>
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            <tr class="indent0" data-attr-name="frozen">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 0ex;"><span class="attr_label">frozen (fzn)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">bool</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">-</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">0/1</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, in, out, storable</td>
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            <tr class="indent0" data-attr-name="frozenAffected">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 0ex;"><span class="attr_label">frozenAffected (fza)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">bool</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">-</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">0/1</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, extension, out, storable</td>
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            <tr class="indent0" data-attr-name="inMesh">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 0ex;"><span class="attr_label">inMesh (im)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">-</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">-</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">-</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, in, out</td>
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            <tr class="parent indent0 dotted" data-attr-name="inPosition">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 0ex;"><span class="attr_label">inPosition (ip)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">double3</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">-</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">-</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, in, out, storable</td>
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            <tr class="child indent1 dotted" data-attr-name="inPositionX">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 4ex;"><span class="attr_label">inPositionX (ipx)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">doubleLinear</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">-</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">-</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, in, out, storable</td>
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            <tr class="child indent1 dotted" data-attr-name="inPositionY">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 4ex;"><span class="attr_label">inPositionY (ipy)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">doubleLinear</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">-</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">-</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, in, out, storable</td>
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            <tr class="child indent1 last" data-attr-name="inPositionZ">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 4ex;"><span class="attr_label">inPositionZ (ipz)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">doubleLinear</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">-</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">-</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, in, out, storable</td>
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            <tr class="indent0" data-attr-name="inputMatrix">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 0ex;"><span class="attr_label">inputMatrix (ix)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">-</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">-</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">-</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, in, out, storable</td>
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            <tr>
                <th colspan="5">external hidden attributes</th>
            </tr>
            
                
    
            <tr class="indent0" data-attr-name="isHistoricallyInteresting">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 0ex;"><span class="attr_label">isHistoricallyInteresting (ihi)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">byte</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">2</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">0/255</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, hidden, in, out, storable</td>
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            <tr class="indent0" data-attr-name="message">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 0ex;"><span class="attr_label">message (msg)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">message</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">-</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">-</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, hidden, out</td>
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            <tr>
                <th colspan="5">internal attributes</th>
            </tr>
            
                
    
            <tr class="indent0" data-attr-name="binMembership">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 0ex;"><span class="attr_label">binMembership (bnm)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">-</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">-</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">-</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">hidden, storable</td>
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            <tr class="indent0" data-attr-name="caching">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 0ex;"><span class="attr_label">caching (cch)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">bool</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">-</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">0/1</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, in, out, storable</td>
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            <tr class="indent0" data-attr-name="nodeState">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 0ex;"><span class="attr_label">nodeState (nds)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">enum</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">-</div>
                    
                    <ul class="attr_enum_list">
                    
                        <li class="attr_enum_item">
                            Normal (0)
                            
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                        <li class="attr_enum_item">
                            HasNoEffect (1)
                            
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                        <li class="attr_enum_item">
                            Blocking (2)
                            
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                        <li class="attr_enum_item">
                            Waiting-Normal (8)
                            
                        </li>
                    
                        <li class="attr_enum_item">
                            Waiting-HasNoEffect (9)
                            
                        </li>
                    
                        <li class="attr_enum_item">
                            Waiting-Blocking (10)
                            
                        </li>
                    
                    </ul>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">0/10</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, in, out, storable</td>
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