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    single: 0x504e5056
    single: category; geometry

_default - polyNormalPerVertex (0x504e5056)
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:classification:
    
    
    geometry
    
    

:plugin:
    (built-in)

:id:
    0x504e5056


:link:
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                <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>
            </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>
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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>
            </tr>


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

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 0ex;"><span class="attr_label">inputComponents (ics)</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="normalAdd">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 0ex;"><span class="attr_label">normalAdd (npva)</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="normalDeform">
    

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


            
                
    
            <tr class="parent indent0 dotted" data-attr-name="normalPerVertex">
    

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


    
                
    
            <tr class="child indent1 dotted" data-attr-name="vertexNormal">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 4ex;"><span class="attr_label">vertexNormal (vn)</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">array, storable</td>
            </tr>


    
                
    
            <tr class="child indent2 dotted" data-attr-name="vertexFaceNormal">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 8ex;"><span class="attr_label">vertexFaceNormal (vfnl)</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">array, storable</td>
            </tr>


    
                
    
            <tr class="child indent3 dotted" data-attr-name="vertexFaceNormalXYZ">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 12ex;"><span class="attr_label">vertexFaceNormalXYZ (fnxy)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">float3</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">-</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">-</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">storable</td>
            </tr>


    
                
    
            <tr class="child indent4 dotted" data-attr-name="vertexFaceNormalX">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 16ex;"><span class="attr_label">vertexFaceNormalX (vfnx)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">float</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">true</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">-/1</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">storable</td>
            </tr>


    
                
    
            <tr class="child indent4 dotted" data-attr-name="vertexFaceNormalY">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 16ex;"><span class="attr_label">vertexFaceNormalY (vfny)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">float</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">true</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">-/1</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">storable</td>
            </tr>


    
                
    
            <tr class="child indent4 last" data-attr-name="vertexFaceNormalZ">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 16ex;"><span class="attr_label">vertexFaceNormalZ (vfnz)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">float</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">true</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">-/1</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">storable</td>
            </tr>


    

    

    
                
    
            <tr class="child indent2 dotted" data-attr-name="vertexNormalXYZ">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 8ex;"><span class="attr_label">vertexNormalXYZ (nxyz)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">float3</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">-</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">-</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">storable</td>
            </tr>


    
                
    
            <tr class="child indent3 dotted" data-attr-name="vertexNormalX">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 12ex;"><span class="attr_label">vertexNormalX (vxnx)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">float</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">true</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">-/1</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">storable</td>
            </tr>


    
                
    
            <tr class="child indent3 dotted" data-attr-name="vertexNormalY">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 12ex;"><span class="attr_label">vertexNormalY (vxny)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">float</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">true</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">-/1</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">storable</td>
            </tr>


    
                
    
            <tr class="child indent3 last" data-attr-name="vertexNormalZ">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 12ex;"><span class="attr_label">vertexNormalZ (vxnz)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">float</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">true</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">-/1</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">storable</td>
            </tr>


    

    

    

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

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 0ex;"><span class="attr_label">output (out)</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="useInputComp">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 0ex;"><span class="attr_label">useInputComp (uic)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">bool</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">1</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">0/1</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="inMeshCache">
    

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


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

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 0ex;"><span class="attr_label">inputPolymesh (ip)</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, hidden, in, out</td>
            </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>
            </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="cacheInput">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 0ex;"><span class="attr_label">cacheInput (cin)</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">hidden</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="edgeIdMap">
    

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


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

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 0ex;"><span class="attr_label">faceIdMap (fmap)</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">hidden</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>


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

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 0ex;"><span class="attr_label">useOldPolyArchitecture (uopa)</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">hidden, storable</td>
            </tr>


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

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


            
            
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