{ "id": "trail_sop", "name": "Trail SOP", "displayName": "Trail SOP", "category": "SOP", "subcategory": "Generators", "version": "", "lastUpdated": "2025-08-07T07:50:11.321Z", "sourceFile": "C:\\Program Files\\Derivative\\TouchDesigner\\Samples\\Learn\\OfflineHelp\\https.docs.derivative.ca\\Trail_SOP.htm", "url": "", "description": "The Trail SOP takes an input SOP and makes a trail of each point of the input SOP over the past several frames, and connects the trails in different ways. It will generate trails of any input geometry, whether it is a cube translating, a deforming surface, or particles. This is useful for multi-frame ghosting effects and temporal modelling.", "summary": "The Trail SOP takes an input SOP and makes a trail of each point of the input SOP over the past several frames, and connects the trails in different ways. It will generate trails of any input geometry", "details": "", "usage": "", "tips": [], "warnings": [], "parameters": [ { "id": null, "name": "Result Type", "label": "Result Type", "group": "General", "page": "", "type": "float", "dataType": "number", "style": "", "defaultValue": null, "minValue": null, "maxValue": null, "step": null, "menuItems": [], "menuLabels": [], "allowCustom": false, "maxLength": null, "pattern": null, "isArray": false, "arraySize": 1, "dimensions": 1, "description": "From Derivative\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\tJump to navigation\n\t\tJump to search\n\t\t\nThe Trail takes an input and makes a trail of each point of the input over the past several frames, and connects the trails in different ways. It will generate trails of any input geometry, whether it is a cube translating, a deforming surface, or particles. This is useful for multi-frame ghosting effects and temporal modelling.\t\nWhen using a Particle SOP or Spring SOP as input, it is important to keep the trail increment to integer values. Otherwise, the trail will not work well.\ntrailSOP_Class\n\nContents\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n result - - How to construct the trail geometry.\n\n preserve - Preserves the original geometry. mesh - Connects the resulting points as a mesh. poly - Connects the resulting points as polygons. velocity - As the points move faster, corresponding velocity attributes are computed.\n\t\t\n length - This sets the length of the trail by establishing the maximum number of frames for the Trail to use, i.e. a of 25will connect the geometry from the previous twenty-five frames.\n\n\n\t\t\n inc - This will skip the given number of frames to build a trail with fewer points in it, but the same length. This will lower the resolution of the trail by reducing the number of points in the trail. This is better for ghosting when using . If you set the Increment to 2 or more, you will see the same length trail, but fewer copies of the geometry.\n\n\n\t\t\n cache - The number of frames to keep cached in available memory.\n\n\n\t\t\n evalframe - This option specifies that the Trail will only evaluate, or cook, within the current frame range ($FSTART, $FEND). If this option is not enabled, the can evaluate prior to the start frame.\n\n\n\t\t\n surftype - - This option is used to select the type of surface, when using a .\n\n rows - Creates horizontal lines. cols - Creates vertical lines. rowcol - Both Rows and Columns. 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As it is part of another thread, this time is not part of the usual frame time.\n - Number of times the operator has cooked since the process started. - Duration of the last cook in milliseconds. - Frame number when this operator was last cooked relative to the component timeline. - Frame number when this operator was last cooked relative to the absolute time. - Time in milliseconds at which the operator started cooking in the frame it was cooked. - Time in milliseconds at which the operator finished cooking in the frame it was cooked. - 1 if operator was cooked this frame. - Number of warnings in this operator if any. - Number of errors in this operator if any.\nTouchDesigner Build: Latest\\n2021.100002018.28070before 2018.28070\nSOPs\n• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • \n\nA Operator Family that reads, creates and modifies 3D points, polygons, lines, particles, surfaces, spheres and meatballs. 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It will generate trails of any input geometry, whether it is a cube translating, a deforming surface, or particles. This is useful for multi-frame ghosting effects and temporal modelling.\t\nWhen using a Particle SOP or Spring SOP as input, it is important to keep the trail increment to integer values. Otherwise, the trail will not work well.\ntrailSOP_Class\n\nContents\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n result - - How to construct the trail geometry.\n\n preserve - Preserves the original geometry. mesh - Connects the resulting points as a mesh. poly - Connects the resulting points as polygons. velocity - As the points move faster, corresponding velocity attributes are computed.\n\t\t\n length - This sets the length of the trail by establishing the maximum number of frames for the Trail to use, i.e. a of 25will connect the geometry from the previous twenty-five frames.\n\n\n\t\t\n inc - This will skip the given number of frames to build a trail with fewer points in it, but the same length. This will lower the resolution of the trail by reducing the number of points in the trail. This is better for ghosting when using . 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As it is part of another thread, this time is not part of the usual frame time.\n - Number of times the operator has cooked since the process started. - Duration of the last cook in milliseconds. - Frame number when this operator was last cooked relative to the component timeline. - Frame number when this operator was last cooked relative to the absolute time. - Time in milliseconds at which the operator started cooking in the frame it was cooked. - Time in milliseconds at which the operator finished cooking in the frame it was cooked. - 1 if operator was cooked this frame. - Number of warnings in this operator if any. - Number of errors in this operator if any.\nTouchDesigner Build: Latest\\n2021.100002018.28070before 2018.28070\nSOPs\n• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • \n\nA Operator Family that reads, creates and modifies 3D points, polygons, lines, particles, surfaces, spheres and meatballs. 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