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Control the shape of fractured pieces ¶
There are two ways to control the fracture shape. You could use point distribution or cluster pieces together.
Point distribution
Each point becomes the center of a convex piece. So if you place points equally along a line, you get a series of slices. If you concentrate them in one area, you get small pieces in that area with larger pieces outside.
Clustering pieces together
There are three main ways of clustering pieces together.
Cluster attribute
Pieces with the same cluster attribute that are connected will be fused into one piece. The cluster attribute is on the points.
Cluster noise
This is simply some noise on a cluster attribute causing pieces to spontaneously fuse.
Random detachment
After clustering, pieces will break off according to the detach ratio.
Control scattering of pieces ¶
There are no built in tools for scattering, but you can always paint a density attribute, which is read by the 
Scatter SOP to control generation of the piece centers. You could also paint the cluster attribute.
Control the shape and texturing of inside pieces ¶
By default the interiors are always flat planes; however, you can enable the Add Interior Detail checkbox on the Interior Detail tab of the 
Voronoi Fracture SOP node. This gives you access to parameters to bricker the flat planes and add some noise.
Note
The Depth/Noise Ramp is useful to ensure no noise is at the edge, so that everything matches up nicely.
Create a volumetric fracture map ¶
You can use the cluster attribute to control your cutting.
For example, if you have a boundary you want to cut along, you can seed points along the boundary and then make two copies offset in opposite directions. Set one copy to cluster 1 and the other to cluster 2. If these are used for the piece centers you will create a bunch of splintery pieces laying next to your desired cut boundary, which will be fused together.
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Voronoi Fracture Points
