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    single: 0x4e434d50
    single: category; dynamics

_default - nComponent (0x4e434d50)
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:classification:
    
    
    dynamics
    
    

:plugin:
    (built-in)

:id:
    0x4e434d50


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Attributes (27)
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    <table class="attribute">
        <tbody>
            <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>
            </tr>
            
            <tr>
                <th colspan="5">channel box</th>
            </tr>
            
                
    
            <tr class="indent0" data-attr-name="componentType">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 0ex;"><span class="attr_label">componentType (ct)</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">
                            None (0)
                            
                        </li>
                    
                        <li class="attr_enum_item">
                            Point (2)
                            
                        </li>
                    
                        <li class="attr_enum_item">
                            Edge (3)
                            
                        </li>
                    
                        <li class="attr_enum_item">
                            Face (4)
                            
                        </li>
                    
                        <li class="attr_enum_item">
                            Object (6)
                            
                        </li>
                    
                    </ul>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">0/6</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, in, keyable, out, storable</td>
            </tr>


            
                
    
            <tr class="indent0" data-attr-name="elements">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 0ex;"><span class="attr_label">elements (el)</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">
                            From Indice List (0)
                            
                        </li>
                    
                        <li class="attr_enum_item">
                            Borders (1)
                            
                        </li>
                    
                        <li class="attr_enum_item">
                            All (2)
                            
                        </li>
                    
                    </ul>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">0/2</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, in, keyable, out, storable</td>
            </tr>


            
                
    
            <tr class="indent0" data-attr-name="glueStrength">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 0ex;"><span class="attr_label">glueStrength (gst)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">double</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">1</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">-</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, in, keyable, out, storable</td>
            </tr>


            
                
    
            <tr class="indent0" data-attr-name="strength">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 0ex;"><span class="attr_label">strength (stn)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">double</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">1</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">-</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, in, keyable, out, storable</td>
            </tr>


            
                
    
            <tr class="indent0" data-attr-name="tangentStrength">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 0ex;"><span class="attr_label">tangentStrength (tst)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">double</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">0.5</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">-</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, in, keyable, out, storable</td>
            </tr>


            
                
    
            <tr class="indent0" data-attr-name="weight">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 0ex;"><span class="attr_label">weight (wgh)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">double</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">1</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">-</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, in, keyable, out, storable</td>
            </tr>


            
            
            
            <tr>
                <th colspan="5">external visible attributes</th>
            </tr>
            
                
    
            <tr class="indent0" data-attr-name="componentGroupId">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 0ex;"><span class="attr_label">componentGroupId (cid)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">long</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>
            </tr>


            
                
    
            <tr class="indent0" data-attr-name="componentIndices">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 0ex;"><span class="attr_label">componentIndices (ci)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">long</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">-</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">-</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">array, connectable, in, out, storable</td>
            </tr>


            
                
    
            <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>
            </tr>


            
                
    
            <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>
            </tr>


            
                
    
            <tr class="indent0" data-attr-name="glueStrengthMap">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 0ex;"><span class="attr_label">glueStrengthMap (gstm)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">float</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">1</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">-</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, in, out, storable</td>
            </tr>


            
                
    
            <tr class="indent0" data-attr-name="glueStrengthMapType">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 0ex;"><span class="attr_label">glueStrengthMapType (gsmt)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">enum</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">2</div>
                    
                    <ul class="attr_enum_list">
                    
                        <li class="attr_enum_item">
                            None (0)
                            
                        </li>
                    
                        <li class="attr_enum_item">
                            Per-vertex (1)
                            
                        </li>
                    
                        <li class="attr_enum_item default">
                            Texture (2)
                            
                            <span class="enum_default">(default)</span>
                            
                        </li>
                    
                    </ul>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">0/2</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, in, out, storable</td>
            </tr>


            
                
    
            <tr class="indent0" data-attr-name="glueStrengthPerVertex">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 0ex;"><span class="attr_label">glueStrengthPerVertex (gspv)</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>
            </tr>


            
                
    
            <tr class="indent0" data-attr-name="objectId">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 0ex;"><span class="attr_label">objectId (obid)</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>
            </tr>


            
                
    
            <tr class="indent0" data-attr-name="outComponent">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 0ex;"><span class="attr_label">outComponent (ocp)</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, out</td>
            </tr>


            
                
    
            <tr class="indent0" data-attr-name="strengthMap">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 0ex;"><span class="attr_label">strengthMap (stnm)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">float</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">1</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">-</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, in, out, storable</td>
            </tr>


            
                
    
            <tr class="indent0" data-attr-name="strengthMapType">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 0ex;"><span class="attr_label">strengthMapType (smt)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">enum</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">2</div>
                    
                    <ul class="attr_enum_list">
                    
                        <li class="attr_enum_item">
                            None (0)
                            
                        </li>
                    
                        <li class="attr_enum_item">
                            Per-vertex (1)
                            
                        </li>
                    
                        <li class="attr_enum_item default">
                            Texture (2)
                            
                            <span class="enum_default">(default)</span>
                            
                        </li>
                    
                    </ul>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">0/2</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, in, out, storable</td>
            </tr>


            
                
    
            <tr class="indent0" data-attr-name="strengthPerVertex">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 0ex;"><span class="attr_label">strengthPerVertex (spv)</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>
            </tr>


            
                
    
            <tr class="indent0" data-attr-name="surface">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 0ex;"><span class="attr_label">surface (srf)</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>
            </tr>


            
                
    
            <tr class="indent0" data-attr-name="weightMap">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 0ex;"><span class="attr_label">weightMap (wemp)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">float</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">1</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">-</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, in, out, storable</td>
            </tr>


            
                
    
            <tr class="indent0" data-attr-name="weightMapType">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 0ex;"><span class="attr_label">weightMapType (wmt)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">enum</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">2</div>
                    
                    <ul class="attr_enum_list">
                    
                        <li class="attr_enum_item">
                            None (0)
                            
                        </li>
                    
                        <li class="attr_enum_item">
                            Per-vertex (1)
                            
                        </li>
                    
                        <li class="attr_enum_item default">
                            Texture (2)
                            
                            <span class="enum_default">(default)</span>
                            
                        </li>
                    
                    </ul>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">0/2</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, in, out, storable</td>
            </tr>


            
                
    
            <tr class="indent0" data-attr-name="weightPerVertex">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 0ex;"><span class="attr_label">weightPerVertex (wpv)</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>
            </tr>


            
            
            
            <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>
            </tr>


            
                
    
            <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>
            </tr>


            
            
            
            <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>
            </tr>


            
                
    
            <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>
            </tr>


            
                
    
            <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)
                            
                        </li>
                    
                        <li class="attr_enum_item">
                            HasNoEffect (1)
                            
                        </li>
                    
                        <li class="attr_enum_item">
                            Blocking (2)
                            
                        </li>
                    
                        <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>
            </tr>


            
            
        </tbody>
    </table>