Geo-Nodes Helper Functions

Various Geometry Nodes functions that help with cabling. I don’t use Geometry Nodes too much, so if you come up with some cool setups you’d like to see in Cablerator, let me know!

Convert Between a Mesh and a Curve.
Convert a Curve to a Geometry Nodes Object.
Convert to Geometry Nodes Multicable.
Rigid Instances Along a Curve.

Convert a Curve to a Geometry Nodes Object

This function converts the selected curve objects to Geometry Nodes curve objects. This is useful for curves with bevel width or a bevel profile, because adding a Geometry Nodes modifier to a curve with these settings enabled converts the curve to a mesh, which is not always the desired outcome. This helper removes the bevel width or bevel profile and recreates them as a Geometry Nodes setup.

Convert To Geo Nodes Multicable

This function converts the selected curve to a Geometry Nodes curve object and additionally adds several duplicates of the curve with an offset.

Convert Geo Nodes to Cable

This function will convert the Geometry Nodes curve objects (for example, Multicable) to Blender curves, allowing for individual modification of each curve as needed.

Rigid Instances Along a Curve

This function adds a Geometry Nodes setup that allows instancing an object along the curve without deforming it, which is useful for non-bendable segments, lights along a curve, road signs, etc.

Note that this GN setup requires a curve as a base. If a curve has a profile, the setup will assume it’s a mesh object. Convert a regular Blender curve to a Geometry Nodes object first (using this Cablerator helper), or use a curve without a profile.