v1.5

A facet is a generic object used to access a PolygonMesh's PolygonFace and a NurbsSurfaceMesh's NurbsSurface. Having a generic object allows you to write code to traverse an object's geometry without resorting to special case handling for specific geometry types.

Tip: To work with the more specific geometry types, you can use the Facet.SubComponent property which returns a SubComponent object. The SubComponent allows you to access the PolygonFaceCollection and NurbsSurfaceCollection via the SubComponent.ComponentCollection property.

VBScript Example

set oRoot = ActiveProject.ActiveScene.Root

set oCube = oRoot.AddGeometry( "Cube", "MeshSurface" )

set oGeometry = oCube.ActivePrimitive.Geometry

set oFacets = oGeometry.Facets

LogMessage typename(oFacets)

for each oFacet in oFacets

	for each oSegment in oFacet.Segments 

		LogMessage "Facet.Segment.Index " & oSegment.Index 

	next

next

FacetCollection Point Segment Geometry Geometry.Facets