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# Primitive

## Overview <a href="#overview" id="overview"></a>

Primitive Layers provide the ability to quickly add simple geometric shapes to the base of your terrain.

## Video Guide

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World Creator Guide
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### Available Primitive Layers <a href="#different-shape-types" id="different-shape-types"></a>

At the moment these Primitive Shapes are available inside of World Creator. Future updates might include new types, if you require specific shapes let us know on the discord server.

### Circle

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<table><thead><tr><th width="200.4832763671875">Property</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Curve</strong></td><td>Controls the curvature of the falloff.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Falloff</strong></td><td>Controls the width of the falloff.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Opening</strong></td><td>Allows you to cut out a section of the circle.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Base Offset</strong></td><td>Shifts the base terrain that is not the shape to make operations like <strong>Min/Max</strong> more useful. </td></tr></tbody></table>
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### Donut

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<table><thead><tr><th width="200.4832763671875">Property</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Curve</strong></td><td>Controls the curvature of the falloff.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Falloff</strong></td><td>Controls the width of the falloff.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Opening</strong></td><td>Allows you to cut out a section of the donut.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Hole</strong></td><td>Controls the size of the hole.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Base Offset</strong></td><td>Shifts the base terrain that is not the shape to make operations like <strong>Min/Max</strong> more useful. </td></tr></tbody></table>
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### Gradient

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<table><thead><tr><th width="200.4832763671875">Property</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Curve</strong></td><td>Controls the curvature of the gradient.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Center</strong></td><td>Allows you to position the top end of the gradient.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Tiling</strong></td><td>Tiles the gradient.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Tiling Offset</strong></td><td>Shifts the tiled gradient.</td></tr></tbody></table>
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### Helix

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<table><thead><tr><th width="200.4832763671875">Property</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Curve</strong></td><td>Controls the curvature of the falloff.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Falloff</strong></td><td>Controls the width of the falloff.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Helix</strong></td><td>Adds a height difference between the start and end point of the circle to create a gradient.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Base Offset</strong></td><td>Shifts the base terrain that is not the shape to make operations like <strong>Min/Max</strong> more useful. </td></tr></tbody></table>
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### Polygon

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<table><thead><tr><th width="200.4832763671875">Property</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Corners</strong></td><td>Controls the corners of the polygon.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Falloff</strong></td><td>Controls the width of the falloff.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Curve</strong></td><td>Controls the curvature of the falloff.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Base Offset</strong></td><td>Shifts the base terrain that is not the shape to make operations like <strong>Min/Max</strong> more useful. </td></tr></tbody></table>
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### Square

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<table><thead><tr><th width="200.4832763671875">Property</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Round Corners</strong></td><td>Rounds the corners of the square.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Falloff</strong></td><td>Controls the width of the falloff.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Curve</strong></td><td>Controls the curvature of the falloff.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Base Offset</strong></td><td>Shifts the base terrain that is not the shape to make operations like <strong>Min/Max</strong> more useful. </td></tr></tbody></table>
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### Star

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<div><figure><img src="/files/Xhv3L9wbqrBuQu19C2uI" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <figure><img src="/files/FElr5NbDLt2hOd6w6LMF" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <figure><img src="/files/kRBuvp3WaIGt3e8JhMXQ" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div>
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<table><thead><tr><th width="200.4832763671875">Property</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Corners</strong></td><td>Controls the amount of corners of the star.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Intrusion</strong></td><td>Controls how far in the star inner corners go.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Falloff</strong></td><td>Controls the width of the falloff.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Curve</strong></td><td>Controls the curvature of the falloff.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Base Offset</strong></td><td>Shifts the base terrain that is not the shape to make operations like <strong>Min/Max</strong> more useful. </td></tr></tbody></table>
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