Surface Solid

What is it for?

• Creating a base Surface for a floor, wall, or background plate
• Serving as the base of Surface Composite
• Creating a simple test plane containing only material and face IDs

Overview

Creates a solid-color plane Surface containing material ID, face ID, and height information. It is the blank foundation of the Surface workflow—an extended image that supports lighting and per-material processing—and serves as the starting point for floors, walls, and background plates.

Usage tips

• Think of it as the Surface counterpart to solid_color. Although it looks like a flat color, its material ID and height allow lighting and per-material post-processing.
• A standard setup is Surface Solid for the floor → layer parts above it with surface_composite → light the result with surface_light_preview.
• Keep material_id naming consistent with other nodes, using values such as core:stone.

Related nodes

• surface_composite — primary destination for use as a base

• surface_light_preview — reviews lighting

• solid_render — another entry point that creates a Surface from a solid

• surface_set_map — replaces maps afterward

• Version: 1

Examples

[Surface Solid] → surface → [Surface Composite] → [Surface Light Preview]

Use Surface Solid as the base of a wall or floor, then layer the surface output from Shape or Path Fill over it to composite while preserving material IDs and height.