Normal Vector node

The Normal Vector node outputs the normal of a vertex or fragment of a mesh.

For more information about normals, refer to Normal maps.

Ports

Name	Direction	Type	Binding	Description
Out	Output	Vector 3	None	The normal of the vertex or fragment of the mesh, depending on the shader stage of the graph section.

Space

The Space dropdown determines the coordinate space of the normal vector.

Option	Description
Object	Returns the vertex or fragment normal in object space, where up is the up axis of local space.
View	Returns the vertex or fragment normal in view space, where up is the up direction of the camera.
World	Returns the vertex or fragment normal in world space, where up is the up direction of the scene.
Tangent	Returns the vertex or fragment normal in tangent space, where up is away from the surface of the mesh.