Parameters

Every control on the node, grouped by the folder it lives in. The description column is the first line of each control's own tooltip, so the two always agree. The Internal name column is what you use in a channel reference or a script.

164 controls in total.

The Manual Overrides (Global) folders are the street-wide half of the Advanced rows; each row also appears on every sign's own card. See Advanced rows for how Auto and Custom work. The two VEXpression hooks are documented at VEXpression.

Rows inside a sign card carry a # in the internal name; on the node it is replaced by the card number, so the Title on card 3 is psa_title3.

Top level

Parameter	Internal name	Type	What it does
Give me the Signs	randomize	Button	Rebuilds every sign on the street using a new random seed, so pressing it again gives you a different set of names, layouts and colors.
Done Editing	done_editing	Button	Calls off an edit that was started and never finished, and puts the display flag back on this node.

Sign Placement

Parameter	Internal name	Type	What it does
Place Sign in Viewport	place_start	Button	Switches the viewport into placement mode - click any surface to drop a sign there.
Edit Sign in Viewport	edit_start	Button	Lets you pick a sign in the viewport and put it back into placement mode, following the surface again.
Placeholder Boxes Only	boxes_only	Toggle	Skips building the signs and shows just the placeholder boxes, so laying a street out stays responsive.
Default Sign	place_type	Menu	Which kind of sign the placement tool starts with when you enter the viewport.
Size	place_scale	Float	How big the next placed sign will be, as a multiplier on its normal size.
Nudge Step	place_nudge	Float	How far one click of the mouse wheel pushes a sign off the surface it is sitting on, in metres.
Rotation Step	place_rot_step	Float	How many degrees one click of the mouse wheel turns a latched sign.
Max Tilt Off Surface	place_tilt_max	Float	The furthest a sign can be tilted away from the surface it is sitting on, in degrees.

Content / Design

Parameter	Internal name	Type	What it does
Seed	seed	Int	The master number every sign on the street is generated from.
Theme	theme	Menu	A style preset that shifts the mix of business types, colors, fonts and layouts toward a look.
Adjustment Notes	adjustment_notes	String	Words the engine understands, in any order, then press Give me the Signs to apply them.
Force Title	force_title	String	Puts the same words on every sign in the street, and leaves each one the typography, layout, colour and decor it drew.

Content / Design / Manual Overrides (Global) / Content

Parameter	Internal name	Type	What it does
Business Type	ga_type_ctl	Menu	Pins the trade every sign advertises, overriding whatever the engine would otherwise pick.
Business Type	ga_type	Menu	Which trade to force on every sign when the row above is set to Custom.
Name Form	ga_form_ctl	Menu	Pins the shape of every sign's name - a plain category sign, an owner's name, a place name, and so on.
Name Form	ga_form	Menu	The shape of name to force when the row above is set to Custom.
Era	ga_era_ctl	Menu	Weights every sign's owner name toward a decade.
Era	ga_era	Menu	The decade to weight the owner's name toward, when the row above is set to Custom.
Script	ga_script_ctl	Menu	Forces which writing script every sign's title uses.
Script	ga_script	Menu	The writing script to force when the row above is set to Custom.
Title Auto-Fit	ga_txt_fit_ctl	Menu	Controls how every sign's title is scaled to fill its space.
Title Auto-Fit	ga_txt_fit	Menu	How the title is sized when the row above is set to Custom.
Title Offset X	ga_txt_offx_ctl	Menu	Shifts the title sideways from where the layout would normally place it.
Title Offset X	ga_txt_offx	Float	How far to shift the title sideways, as a fraction of the sign's width, when the row above is set to Custom.
Title Offset Y	ga_txt_offy_ctl	Menu	Shifts the title up or down from where the layout would normally place it.
Title Offset Y	ga_txt_offy	Float	How far to shift the title up or down, as a fraction of the sign's height, when the row above is set to Custom.
Title Rotate	ga_txt_rot_ctl	Menu	Tilts the title away from its normal orientation.
Title Rotate	ga_txt_rot	Float	How many degrees to tilt the title when the row above is set to Custom.
Title Tracking	ga_txt_track_ctl	Menu	Adjusts the spacing between the title's letters.
Title Tracking	ga_txt_track	Float	How much extra space to add between the title's letters when the row above is set to Custom.

Content / Design / Manual Overrides (Global) / Type

Parameter	Internal name	Type	What it does
Colour	ga_colors_ctl	Menu	Pins the neon color for every sign.
Colour	ga_colors	Menu	The neon color to force when the row above is set to Custom.
Font Class	ga_fontclass_ctl	Menu	Forces the general category of typeface, overriding whatever the name form would normally call for.
Font Class	ga_fontclass	Menu	The typeface category to force when the row above is set to Custom.
Font Style	ga_font_ctl	Menu	Prefers typefaces tagged with a particular style, such as stencil or gothic.
Font Style	ga_font	Menu	The style tag to prefer when the row above is set to Custom, for example stencil, gothic or futuristic.
Tube Gauge	ga_gauge_ctl	Menu	Forces the thickness of the neon tubing, from real stock sizes.
Tube Gauge	ga_gauge	Menu	The tube gauge to force when the row above is set to Custom, in millimetres of real stock tubing.
Tube Thickness	ga_radius_ctl	Menu	Scales the neon tube thickness up or down from its normal gauge.
Tube Thickness	ga_radius	Float	How much to scale the tube thickness when the row above is set to Custom.
Brightness	ga_emit_ctl	Menu	Scales how brightly every sign's neon glows.
Brightness	ga_emit	Float	How much to scale every sign's brightness when the row above is set to Custom.
Title Colour Policy	ga_col_mode_ctl	Menu	Controls how color is spread across the title's letters.
Title Colour Policy	ga_col_mode	Menu	How color is spread across the title when the row above is set to Custom.

Content / Design / Manual Overrides (Global) / Layout

Parameter	Internal name	Type	What it does
Named Layout	ga_layout_ctl	Menu	Pins every sign to one of the hand-built layout templates, and turns off the procedural layout generator so the pin actually sticks.
Named Layout	ga_layout	Menu	Which hand-built layout template to force when the row above is set to Custom.
Composition	ga_arch_ctl	Menu	Forces the logo lockup style.
Composition	ga_arch	Menu	The logo lockup arrangement to force when the row above is set to Custom - how the title, icon and decor are grouped together, generated rather than picked from a fixed template.
Alignment	ga_align_ctl	Menu	Forces which edge every text element on the sign lines up against.
Alignment	ga_align	Menu	Which edge to align every text element against when the row above is set to Custom.
Letter Swapped For Icon	ga_glyph_ctl	Menu	Forces one letter in the title to be swapped for a matching icon, or forbids it entirely (a donut for the O in DONUTS is the classic example).
Letter Swapped For Icon	ga_glyph	Menu	Whether to force a letter-for-icon swap when the row above is set to Custom, or forbid one.
Icon Presence	ga_icon_ctl	Menu	Scales how likely every sign is to carry an icon.
Icon Presence	ga_icon	Float	How much to scale the chance of an icon appearing when the row above is set to Custom.

Content / Design / Manual Overrides (Global) / Decor

Parameter	Internal name	Type	What it does
Decor Family	ga_ornaments_ctl	Menu	Restricts every sign's decor to one family, like arrows, stars or scallops.
Decor Family	ga_ornaments	Menu	Which decor family to restrict every sign to when the row above is set to Custom, for example frame, wave or bunting.
Background Decor	ga_bg_ctl	Menu	Forces the dim decor sitting behind everything else on the sign on or off.
Background Decor	ga_bg	Menu	Whether to force the background decor on or off when the row above is set to Custom.
Decor Count	ga_decor_n_ctl	Menu	Sets how many lines a multi-line decor element draws, such as a set of rays or a row of chevrons.
Decor Count	ga_decor_n	Menu	How many lines to draw when the row above is set to Custom, for any decor element made of repeated lines.
Decor Stroke Lines	ga_strokes_ctl	Menu	Draws decor lines as two or three parallel strokes instead of one.
Decor Stroke Lines	ga_strokes	Menu	How many parallel strokes to draw when the row above is set to Custom.
Dashed Decor	ga_dash_ctl	Menu	Scales how likely every sign's decor is to be dashed rather than solid.
Dashed Decor	ga_dash	Float	How much to scale the chance of dashed decor when the row above is set to Custom.

Content / Design / Manual Overrides (Global) / Hardware

Parameter	Internal name	Type	What it does
Backing	ga_hw_l1_ctl	Menu	Forces what kind of backing every sign hangs on.
Backing	ga_hw_l1	Menu	The backing type to force when the row above is set to Custom.
Part-Panel Division	ga_hw_mix_ctl	Menu	Forces how a Part panel backing divides the sign face into solid and open regions.
Part-Panel Division	ga_hw_mix	Menu	How the Part panel backing divides the face when the row above is set to Custom, for example a plate along the top, a band, or a plate behind the text only.
Bracing	ga_hw_brace_ctl	Menu	Forces the truss pattern inside each bay of a pipe grid backing.
Bracing	ga_hw_brace	Menu	The truss pattern to force when the row above is set to Custom, from a plain welded grid up to the classic named bridge trusses (Pratt, Howe, Warren) and a diagonal or ladder pattern.
Rivet Layout	ga_hw_rivet_ctl	Menu	Forces the layout of studs and rivets around the backing panel's edge.
Rivet Layout	ga_hw_rivet	Menu	Which stud pattern to force when the row above is set to Custom, from a plain perimeter run to a full grid.
Rim Frame	ga_hw_frame_ctl	Menu	Forces a rim around the backing - either standing proud of the face or returning back like a shallow cabinet - or removes it.
Rim Frame	ga_hw_frame	Menu	Whether to add a rim around the backing when the row above is set to Custom, and which way it runs.
Panel Edge	ga_hw_edge_ctl	Menu	Forces how the backing panel's edge is cut - flat, chamfered out, or chamfered in.
Panel Edge	ga_hw_edge	Menu	How the panel edge is cut when the row above is set to Custom.
Backing Size	ga_hw_fit_ctl	Menu	Forces whether the backing covers the whole sign box or is fitted tight around the neon it sits behind.
Backing Size	ga_hw_fit	Menu	Whether the backing covers the whole sign box or is fitted to the neon when the row above is set to Custom.
Sign Silhouette	ga_hw_shape_ctl	Menu	Forces the backing to follow a badge-style outline instead of a plain rectangle.
Sign Silhouette	ga_hw_shape	Menu	Which outline the backing follows when the row above is set to Custom, for example ellipse, hexagon, shield or starburst.
Member Section	ga_hw_profile_ctl	Menu	Forces the cross-section shape of every rig member on every sign.
Member Section	ga_hw_profile	Menu	The cross-section to force on every rig member when the row above is set to Custom - round tube or square section.
Sub-Frame	ga_hw_l2_ctl	Menu	Forces the shape of the sub-frame that sits behind the backing.
Sub-Frame	ga_hw_l2	Menu	The sub-frame shape to force when the row above is set to Custom.
Standoff Spacing	ga_hw_l3pat_ctl	Menu	Forces how the standoffs bolting every sign to the building are spaced out.
Standoff Spacing	ga_hw_l3pat	Menu	How the standoffs are spaced when the row above is set to Custom.
Standoff Count	ga_hw_l3n_ctl	Menu	Forces how many standoffs to try to build.
Standoff Count	ga_hw_l3n	Menu	How many standoffs to try to build when the row above is set to Custom.
Standoffs Reach For The Wall	ga_hw_l3fan_ctl	Menu	Forces whether standoffs are allowed to angle sideways to find the building, instead of only going straight back.
Standoffs Reach For The Wall	ga_hw_l3fan	Menu	Whether standoffs are allowed to angle sideways to reach the building when the row above is set to Custom, instead of only going straight back.
Minimal Run Count	ga_hw_min_n_ctl	Menu	Forces how many straight rails a Minimal runs backing uses.
Minimal Run Count	ga_hw_min_n	Menu	How many rails a Minimal runs backing uses when the row above is set to Custom.
Backing Margin	ga_hw_margin_ctl	Menu	Forces how much extra room the backing leaves around the neon it sits behind.
Backing Margin	ga_hw_margin	Float	How much extra margin the backing leaves around the neon when the row above is set to Custom, as a fraction of the sign's size.
Metal Tone	ga_hw_grey_ctl	Menu	Forces how light or dark the rig's metal color is.
Metal Tone	ga_hw_grey	Float	How light or dark the rig's metal tone is when the row above is set to Custom, from 0 (near black) to 1 (near white).
Electrical Boxes	ga_hw_eb_n_ctl	Menu	Forces how many transformer or driver boxes every sign carries.
Electrical Boxes	ga_hw_eb_n	Menu	How many electrical boxes to build when the row above is set to Custom.
Electrical Box Style	ga_hw_eb_style_ctl	Menu	Forces which kind of electrical box every sign carries.
Electrical Box Style	ga_hw_eb_style	Menu	The electrical box style to force when the row above is set to Custom.
Cable Runs	ga_hw_cab_n_ctl	Menu	Forces how many cable runs lead from the electrical box to the rig.
Cable Runs	ga_hw_cab_n	Menu	How many cable runs to build when the row above is set to Custom.
Roof Frame Count	ga_hw_tr_n_ctl	Menu	Forces how many support triangles hold up a rooftop sign.
Roof Frame Count	ga_hw_tr_n	Menu	How many support triangles to build when the row above is set to Custom.
Roof Frame Bracing	ga_hw_tr_brace_ctl	Menu	Forces the internal bracing pattern inside each rooftop support triangle.
Roof Frame Bracing	ga_hw_tr_brace	Menu	The bracing pattern to force inside each support triangle when the row above is set to Custom, from a bare triangle up to a fully cross-braced one.
Roof Frame Purlins	ga_hw_tr_tie_ctl	Menu	Forces whether the rooftop support triangles get longitudinal purlins tying them together.
Roof Frame Purlins	ga_hw_tr_tie	Menu	Whether to add purlins tying the support triangles together when the row above is set to Custom.
Frame Depth	ga_hw_tr_base_ctl	Menu	Forces how far a rooftop support triangle's base runs back across the roof.
Frame Depth	ga_hw_tr_base	Float	How far the support triangle's base runs back across the roof when the row above is set to Custom, as a multiple of the sign's own height.

Content / Design / Manual Overrides (Global)

Parameter	Internal name	Type	What it does
VEXpression (Per Sign)	vex_anchor	String	Custom VEX over the sign anchors, before the engine decides what each sign is.
VEXpression Override	vex_override	String	Custom VEX code that runs over the sign plan after the engine has decided everything, before any geometry gets built.

Content / Build

Parameter	Internal name	Type	What it does
Real-World Scale	unit_scale	Float	Tells the asset how many scene units make up one metre, so it can build signs at real-world sizes.
Build Hardware	hardware	Toggle	Builds the metal rig behind each sign: the backing panel or pipe grid, the frame behind that, and the standoffs bolting it to the building.
Tube Detail	tube_detail	Menu	How finely the neon tubes are built.
	lod_preset	Menu	One-click detail settings for how far the signs are from camera.
Hardware Colour	hw_color	Float	The colour every sign rig is painted - the backing, the frame, the standoffs and the cabling.
Enable Hardware Colour Range	hw_color_var	Toggle	Draw each sign rig colour from the ramp instead of using the one colour above.
Hardware Colour Range	hw_color_ramp	Ramp	Each sign takes one colour from this ramp, at random.
Enable Sizing Randomness	size_rand	Toggle	Varies the overall size of each placed sign a little, so a street does not look like the same box copied over and over.
Sizing Randomness	size_rand_amt	Float	How much size variation to use, as a percentage of the sign's own size.
Shape Variety	shape_rand	Toggle	Lets each sign take one of its type's authored proportions rather than the nominal one - a blade may come out square or tall, a marquee wide or deep.
Enable Deterioration	decay	Toggle	Ages the signs: letters go dark or start flickering, whole decor lines go out, the rig behind loses paint, and the odd frame piece goes missing.
Deterioration	decay_amt	Float	How run-down the street looks overall, as a percentage.
Flicker	usd_flicker	Menu	How fast the faulty tubes blink.

Render and Output / Solaris

Parameter	Internal name	Type	What it does
Send to Solaris	render_send	Button	Builds the Solaris setup for these signs: a SOP Import and a material library, wired together in /stage.
USD Root	usd_root	String	The name of the branch the signs are gathered under in the USD scene graph, so each one can be found, hidden or overridden on its own.
Sign Lights	usd_lights	Menu	Whether the signs light the scene around them, or only look bright themselves.
Build In	usd_lopnet	String	Which LOP network the Send to Solaris button builds into.

Render and Output / Output

Parameter	Internal name	Type	What it does
Name Attribute	out_name	Toggle	Puts a name on every piece of geometry, so a downstream SOP can address one sign without knowing anything about this asset.
Sign ID Attribute	out_classid	Toggle	Adds an integer id per sign, alongside the name.
Keep Colour (Cd)	out_cd	Toggle	Carries each sign's colour out on the geometry as Cd.
Keep Emission (emit)	out_emit	Toggle	Carries each sign's brightness out as emit.
Generate UVs	usd_uv	Toggle	Builds UVs so the signs can be textured.
Animate Flicker in SOPs	out_flicker	Toggle	Blinks the faulty tubes in SOPs as well as in the render.

Utilities

Parameter	Internal name	Type	What it does
Front Group	front_group	String	The name of the primitive group that marks which face is the FRONT on placeholder boxes you build by hand and wire into input 2.
Links	website	Button	Opens the JVtools website in your web browser - every tool, the docs and the store in one place.
Gumroad	gumroad	Button	Opens the Neonyte product page in your web browser.
Documentation	docs	Button	Opens the Neonyte documentation in your web browser.
Discord	discord	Button	Opens the JVtools Discord server in your web browser, for community and support.
YouTube	youtube	Button	Opens the JVtools YouTube channel in your web browser.

Signs

Parameter	Internal name	Type	What it does
	delete_all_signs	Button	Removes every placed sign from the scene and clears the list below.
Delete Signs in Viewport	delete_in_viewport	Button	Hands the viewport an eraser brush: a red ball follows your cursor, and dragging with the left mouse button deletes every sign inside it.
Open / Close All Signs	toggle_all_signs	Button	Opens or shuts every sign card at once - whichever the list needs.
Find Sign	sign_search_go	Button	Asks you for a business name or a card number, then shuts every sign card except the ones that match.
Rebuild List from Signs	rebuild_sign_list	Button	Gives every sign already in the scene a card, for when the list below is empty but the signs are there.

Signs / Per-Sign / Sign

Parameter	Internal name	Type	What it does
Sign	psa_name#	String	The name of the sign this card belongs to.
	psa_reroll#	Button	Draws a fresh name, layout and color palette for this sign only - every other sign on the street stays exactly as it is.
Edit in Viewport	psa_edit#	Button	Picks this sign up in the viewport: it follows the surface again as a green placeholder and one click drops it in its new spot.
Zoom to Sign	psa_zoom#	Button	Frames this sign in the viewport, so you can see the one you are editing without hunting for it on the street.
Reset to Defaults	psa_reset#	Button	Clears this card's Note and the steering it applied, so the sign goes back to what the street-wide controls alone would produce.
Delete Sign	psa_del#	Button	Removes this one sign and its card.
Title	psa_title#	String	This sign's title.
Lock	psa_title_lock#	Toggle	Holds this title while everything else re-rolls.
Translation	psa_trans#	String	The English meaning of the title, when the title is written in another script.
Subtitle	psa_sub#	String	This sign's subtitle or catchphrase, on layouts that have room for one.
Business Group	psa_group#	String	Type the same word on two or more cards to make those signs read as one business - they will share a name, a color palette and matching lettering.

Signs / Per-Sign / Sign # / Transform

Parameter	Internal name	Type	What it does
Translate	psa_t#	Float	Where this sign sits in the scene.
Rotate	psa_r#	Float	This sign's orientation, in degrees.
Scale	psa_scale#	Float	A uniform size multiplier on this sign's placeholder box.

Signs / Per-Sign / Sign # / Adjustment Notes (This Sign)

Parameter	Internal name	Type	What it does
Note	psa_notes#	String	The same vocabulary as the street-wide Adjustment Notes, for this sign only - 'make it a japanese bar', 'no icons or arrows', 'possessive name', 'film noir'.
Apply	psa_apply#	Button	Translates this sign's note into the constraints the engine reads, and reports what was understood.