Flow Ridges
Flow Ridges adds vertical corrugations that travel around the mesh while drifting sideways with height. The result reads as laminar, ribbon-like channels rather than a static radial knurl. Flow Freq and Flow Strength control how much those channels meander as you move up the part.
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Parameters
Ridge Count- Number of vertical ridges distributed around the circumference (6–120).
Ridge Depth (mm)- How deep ridges cut into the surface along the normal (0–6 mm).
Flow Freq- How many lateral wave cycles occur over the height of the mesh (0–6).
Flow Strength- How far ridges drift sideways per flow cycle, as a fraction of ridge spacing (0–1).
Phase- Starting offset of the lateral flow in radians (0–6.28).
Sharpness- Ridge profile exponent; near 1 is sinusoidal, higher values sharpen peaks (0.5–4).
How It Works
Ridge positions are modulated by a phase that varies with height, so each vertical stripe follows a wavy path instead of a straight meridian. Sharpness reshapes the cross-section from gentle cosine valleys to tighter V-like grooves. Flow Strength scales how aggressively that height-based phase shifts the ridge index around the perimeter.