The Element Left slave component of the Patterns Plus (Bricks Plus, Pavements Plus and Tiles Plus) components outputs the X coordinate (converted to an HDR grayscale value) of the left border of the current pattern element (not the grid cell). The coordinate is calculated after all transformations, offsets and chaos have been applied. This component can output HDR colors.
In order to affect individual pattern elements, this slave component must be connected to the subtree of its master’s slave-accepting input (Bricks, Pavements, or Tiles), and such connection must not be routed through any bitmap-based components.
For general information about slave components, see Slave components.
Preview:
This control allows you to preview output values of the slave component, which may be useful for creating and debugging the subtree of the slave-accepting input. Technically, Preview defines the output of the slave component in situations when it is sampled by any input other than its master's slave-accepting input.
