Grid

	Creates a grid layout with configurable rows, columns, and spacing. Can be used as a standalone visual grid or as an instancing source to distribute shapes across grid positions. Automatically switches between CPU and GPU rendering for optimal performance.

Property name	Description	Compatible datatype
rows	Number of rows	number
columns	Number of columns	number
spacingX	Horizontal spacing	number
spacingY	Vertical spacing	number
x	Horizontal position	number
y	Vertical position	number
rot	Grid rotation	number
color	Grid line color	color
strokeWidth	Grid line width	number
origin	Center point of the shape. Defaults to (0, 0). Changing it moves the shape’s pivot without affecting its x and y position.	point
zindex	Controls which element appears on top when elements overlap; higher values sit above lower ones.	number
instance	Instancing target	figure
instanceIndex	Displays the instance with the given index number	number
instanceMatrix	Select multiple instances by comma-separated indices, e.g. 5, 10, 3, 16	text

• The strokeWidth property is available when a Color node is connected to the outline

• The zindex increases automatically, unless there's a connection to it.

• The instanceIndex and instanceMatrix properties are available when a Source node is connected as an instancing target. Instancing index and matrix values cycles back when the provided value exceeds the available number of instances.

Example Projects

Synthetic Aetherin In this simple graph, some of the Grid nodes properties are driven by a couple of Wave nodes, creating this hypnotic visual.

Tesser Polyra Using a Grid node with a single column and a few rows.

Quantum Synthtron

Instancing Sardins The last two examples demonstrates how the Grid node is capable of working in nested instancing scenarios. For example in "Instancing Sardins", an instancing group of 12 circle instances (Circle Triangle Square), is instantiated for each grid vertex, creating a swarm of digital sardins). Each group carries a set of effects (Chromatic and Trail). This is a 14 by 14 grid, therefore 14 x 14 x 12 = 2352 instances are processed on each frame!