# Example Pointer Plugins ### Ballistic Missile
Launches a line from your brush which you can steer. Similar to [LaserBeam](#laserbeam) except that you can steer the brush stroke as it moves. #### Parameters * **Speed:** The speed of the missile ### Dashes
Stops and restarts the stroke at regular intervals as you draw resulting in a dashed line. #### Parameters * **Frequency:** How many dashes there are in a given distance. Shorter values gives a result closer to a dotted line. * **Spacing:** Controls the spacing between dashes #### Tips If you use this in conjunction with [Lazy Input Mode](https://docs.openbrush.app/user-guide/lazy-input) then you'll need to draw very slowly on the default settings Dashes. #### How it works The script calls`Brush:ForcePaintingOn` and `Brush:ForcePaintingOn` based on the value of `Brush:DistanceDrawn` ### GridFollow
Locks movement of the pointer to either the x, y or z axis depending on which direction your hand is mostly moving. #### Parameters * **Speed:** How fast the pointer can move as it tries to keep up with your hand movements * **Frames Between Changes:** To avoid creating weird unintended artifacts, the plugin ignores changes of direction that happen too soon after the last one. You can control how many frames a direction is "locked in" here. #### Tips Draw slowly and deliberately. It can be tricky to get the hang of initially. ### LaserBeam
The pointer continues moving in the direction you were pointing when you initially pressed the trigger. Pew pew\... #### Parameters * **Speed:** The speed of the beam #### Tips You definitely want to try this in conjunction with Symmetry Plugins - especially if you also spin the mirror widget. ### Loops
The pointer moves around a circlular path with your current hand position as it's center. #### Parameters * **Speed:** The speed of the pointer * **Radius:** The size of the circle it moves around ### Oscilloscope Control your pointer with multiple waveforms to create patterns #### Parameters * **X Waveform Type:** The waveform used along the x axis * **X Frequency:** The frequency for the x axis waveform * **Y Waveform Type:** The waveform used along the y axis * **Y Frequency:** The frequency for the y axis waveform * **Y Phase:** The phase of the y waveform relative to x * **Radius:** A scaling factor applied to both axes **Tips** The values for waveform type are as follows: * 0=Linear * 1=Cosine * 2=Triangle * 3=Sawtooth * 4=Square * 5=Pulse(0.8) * 6=Pulse(0.2) * 7=Exponent * 8=Power(2) * 9=Power(0.5) * 10=Parabolic * 11=Exponential Sawtooth * 12=Perlin Noise * 13=White Noise * 14=Brown Noise * 15=Blue Noise ### PolygonBrush
The brush draws a path around your current hand position similar to \[Loops]\(example-pointer-plugins.md#loops) - except the path is a polygon instead of a circle. #### Parameters * **Points:** How many sides the polygon has * **Size:** The outer radius of the polygon ### RainbowStrokes
At regular intervals, ends a stroke and starts a new one with a different color. The effect is similar to dashes but with the smallest possible gap between sections of the stroke. #### Parameters * **Rate:** The number of frames between color changes. * **Hue Shift Frequency:** How fast to cycle the hue * **Hue Shift Amount:** How much the hue changes ### SineWave
Moves the pointer in a simple wave pattern as you draw. #### Parameters * **Frequency:** How close together the peaks of the waveform are * **Amplitude:** The height of the waveform ### Spherograph
Creates spherical patterns around the initial point you start drawing. The distance you move affects the patterns progress but the position is always centered around the initial point. #### Parameters * **U Scaling:** The rate of change of the pattern horizontally around the sphere * **V Scaling:** The rate of change vertically around the sphere * **Radius:** The size of the sphere ### Spirals
The brush stroke moves in a circle but the radius increases the longer you keep the trigger pressed. #### Parameters * **Speed:** Controls the tightness of the spiral via changing the rate at which the pointer rotates around the brush position * **Radius:** The overall size of the spiral ### Spirograph Draw a spirograph pattern as you move your brush. Ignores your hand position and simply uses the distance you've moved. ### StringArt
Additional lines are drawn from the initial point you started drawing to your current brush position. #### Parameters * **Rate:** How many frames to wait before drawing another connecting line ### Terrain
As you draw you only control the x and z position of the stroke. The y position (the height) is determined by a noise function that maps out hills and valleys. #### Parameters * **Scale:** The scale of the terrain. Larger values spread out hills and valleys more, smaller values make them smaller * **Height:** The height of the terrain. (Scales everything in the vertical direction) * **Offset:** The starting distance of the terrain off the floor #### Tips If you want to use a hull brush then draw small patches or else any valleys will be filled in. For hull style results you will probably be better off using the [low poly landscape Tool Plugin](https://docs.openbrush.app/user-guide/using-plugins/example-tool-plugins#lowpolylandscape) ### Twist
As you draw the position is controlled by your hand as normal. However the orientation of the stroke spins around by itself #### Parameters * **Speed:** How fast to spin around the axis #### Tips * Try this with a broad flat brush like Paper or a brush that has an interesting profile shape such as Faceted Tube * This spins around the z-axis. i.e. the direction your brush is pointing. You will only see an effect of you draw strokes forwards or backwards along this axis. ### WandLerp
The brush position cycles back and forth between your brush hand and your other hand. Paint with both hands for a change... #### Parameters * **Frequency:** The speed to oscillate between the brush and the wand * **Amplitude:** Controls how much to move. 0 is just the midpoint between both hands, 1 will reach both hands, 2 will overshoot both hands #### Tips Move your hands close together or further apart to see different effects ### Wander
The brush stroke wanders off in random directions while you hold the trigger #### Parameters * **Speed:** How fast the pointer should move * **Frames Per Path:** After this many frames, the stroke is restarted from the current brush position ### Wiggle
Randomizes the brush position #### Parameters * **Wiggle Amount:** The amount of randomness to add to the brush position ### Wobble
Like Wiggle but uses a smooth noise function #### Parameters * **Position Amount:** The amount the noise affects the brush position * **Rotation Amount:** The amount the noise affects the brush orientation * **Frequency:** The scale of the noise function (higher = more jagged)