Beehive node — Material Maker documentation

# Beehive node

The Beehive node outputs a hexagon grid pattern.

## Inputs

The Beehive node does not accept any input.

## Outputs

The Beehive generates:

- a grayscale output texture

- Fill information for each hexagon that must be connected to a Fill companion node

The second output can be used in conjunction with Fill To nodes to generate random colors, custom UVs etc. to create complex materials that show for example bricks of different colors.

## Parameters

The Beehive node accepts the following parameters:

- the Size X and Size Y parameters define the number of patterns in the output texture.

## Example images