[Bf-docboard-svn] bf-manual: [8646] branches/blender-3.0-release/blender_docs/manual: Geometry Nodes: Add more detail to the instance transform pages

[Hans Goudey]

Revision: 8646
          https://developer.blender.org/rBM8646
Author:   HooglyBoogly
Date:     2021-11-19 15:33:00 +0100 (Fri, 19 Nov 2021)
Log Message:
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Geometry Nodes: Add more detail to the instance transform pages

Modified Paths:
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    branches/blender-3.0-release/blender_docs/manual/images/modeling_geometry-nodes_instances_rotate-instances_node.png
    branches/blender-3.0-release/blender_docs/manual/images/modeling_geometry-nodes_instances_scale-instances_node.png
    branches/blender-3.0-release/blender_docs/manual/images/modeling_geometry-nodes_instances_translate-instances_node.png
    branches/blender-3.0-release/blender_docs/manual/modeling/geometry_nodes/instances/rotate_instances.rst
    branches/blender-3.0-release/blender_docs/manual/modeling/geometry_nodes/instances/scale_instances.rst
    branches/blender-3.0-release/blender_docs/manual/modeling/geometry_nodes/instances/translate_instances.rst

Modified: branches/blender-3.0-release/blender_docs/manual/images/modeling_geometry-nodes_instances_rotate-instances_node.png
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Modified: branches/blender-3.0-release/blender_docs/manual/images/modeling_geometry-nodes_instances_scale-instances_node.png
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Modified: branches/blender-3.0-release/blender_docs/manual/images/modeling_geometry-nodes_instances_translate-instances_node.png
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Modified: branches/blender-3.0-release/blender_docs/manual/modeling/geometry_nodes/instances/rotate_instances.rst
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--- branches/blender-3.0-release/blender_docs/manual/modeling/geometry_nodes/instances/rotate_instances.rst	2021-11-19 14:02:48 UTC (rev 8645)
+++ branches/blender-3.0-release/blender_docs/manual/modeling/geometry_nodes/instances/rotate_instances.rst	2021-11-19 14:33:00 UTC (rev 8646)
@@ -10,9 +10,11 @@
 
    The Rotate Instances node.
 
-The *Rotate Instances* node rotates instances in local or global space.
+The *Rotate Instances* node rotates a geometry's instances in local or global space.
 
+The :doc:`/modeling/geometry_nodes/instances` page contains more information about geometry instances.
 
+
 Inputs
 ======
 
@@ -20,16 +22,19 @@
    Standard geometry input.
 
 Selection
-   The instances that will be rotated.
+   Boolean field used to determine if an instance will be rotated.
 
 Rotation
-   The Euler rotation to rotate the instances by.
+   The :term:`Euler` rotation to rotate the instances by.
 
 Pivot Point
-   The position where the instances are rotated.
+   The position around which each instance is rotated. If the *Local Space* input is true,
+   the location is relative to the initial transform of the instance.
 
 Local Space
-   If enabled, the instances are rotated in local space otherwise they are rotated in global space.
+   If enabled, the instances are rotated in local space. In other words, they are rotated around the
+   axes described by each instance's initial transform. When the input is disabled, the pivot point
+   and rotation are specified in the local space of the modifier object.
 
 
 Properties

Modified: branches/blender-3.0-release/blender_docs/manual/modeling/geometry_nodes/instances/scale_instances.rst
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--- branches/blender-3.0-release/blender_docs/manual/modeling/geometry_nodes/instances/scale_instances.rst	2021-11-19 14:02:48 UTC (rev 8645)
+++ branches/blender-3.0-release/blender_docs/manual/modeling/geometry_nodes/instances/scale_instances.rst	2021-11-19 14:33:00 UTC (rev 8646)
@@ -10,9 +10,11 @@
 
    The Scale Instances node.
 
-The *Scale Instances* node scales instances in local or global space.
+The *Scale Instances* node scales a geometry's instances in local or global space.
 
+The :doc:`/modeling/geometry_nodes/instances` page contains more information about geometry instances.
 
+
 Inputs
 ======
 
@@ -20,16 +22,20 @@
    Standard geometry input.
 
 Selection
-   The instances that will be scaled.
+   Boolean field used to determine if an instance will be scaled.
 
 Scale
-   Scales the instances in given dimensions.
+   The scale factor to apply to the instance's transform on each axis.
 
 Center
-   The position where instances are scaled.
+   The position from which the instance origins are scaled. Each instance will move away from this
+   location. When the *Local Space* input is enabled, this location is relative to the initial
+   transform of each instance.
 
 Local Space
-   If enabled, the instances are scaled in local space otherwise they are scaled in global space.
+   If enabled, the instances are scaled in local space. In other words, they are scaled in the
+   directions the described by each instance's initial transform. When the input is disabled, the
+   *Center* and *Scale* inputs are specified in the local space of the modifier object.
 
 
 Properties

Modified: branches/blender-3.0-release/blender_docs/manual/modeling/geometry_nodes/instances/translate_instances.rst
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--- branches/blender-3.0-release/blender_docs/manual/modeling/geometry_nodes/instances/translate_instances.rst	2021-11-19 14:02:48 UTC (rev 8645)
+++ branches/blender-3.0-release/blender_docs/manual/modeling/geometry_nodes/instances/translate_instances.rst	2021-11-19 14:33:00 UTC (rev 8646)
@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@
 
    The Translate Instances node.
 
-The *Translate Instances* node translates instances in local or global space.
+The *Translate Instances* node moves a geometry's top-level instances in local or global space.
 
+The :doc:`/modeling/geometry_nodes/instances` page contains more information about geometry instances.
 
 Inputs
 ======
@@ -20,13 +21,14 @@
    Standard geometry input.
 
 Selection
-   The instances that will be translated.
+   Boolean field used to determine if an instance will be translated.
 
 Translation
    The vector to translate the instances by.
 
 Local Space
-   If enabled, the instances are translated in local space otherwise they are translated in global space.
+   If enabled, the instances are translated relative to their initial rotation.
+   Otherwise they are translated in the local space of the modifier object.
 
 
 Properties