CreatePrim

Description

Creates an implicit primitive and converts it to a given geometry type. Contrary to implicit primitives, converted primitives have explicit geometry elements that can be manipulated, ex.: control points, edges, polygons...

Note: The implicit primitives must be compatible with the geometry types. For more information, see the $cdname X3DObject.AddGeometry@cdname method.

Scripting Syntax

    CreatePrim( PresetObj, GeometryType, [Name], [Parent] )

Parameters

Parameter | Type | Description
PresetObj | String or a preset object (see SIGetPreset) | Geometry Primitives
GeometryType | String | Geometry type Possible Values: • NurbsCurve: Convert primitive to a Nurbs curve • NurbsSurface: Convert primitive to a Nurbs surface • MeshSurface: Convert primitive to a Mesh surface • PointCloud: Convert primitive to a PointCloudGeometry
Name | String | Name of the new object.
Parent | String | Name of an existing object to use as the parent of the new primitive.

Return Value

Returns the primitive object (usually an X3DObject object).

Examples

VBScript Example

    'This example creates a new primitive
    newscene
    dim nurbssphere, meshsphere

    'Create a nurbs sphere and name it aSphere. Assign to variable nurbssphere
    set nurbssphere = CreatePrim( "Sphere", "NurbsSurface", "aSphere" )

    'Create a mesh sphere and name it bSphere. Assign to variable meshsphere.
    'Make bSphere child of aSphere
    set meshsphere = CreatePrim( "Sphere", "MeshSurface", "bSphere", "aSphere" )

    'Logged information:
    'INFO : "Sphere information: X3DObject polymsh"
    logmessage "Sphere information: " & typename( meshsphere) & " " & meshsphere.type

See Also

GetPrim | SIGetPrim

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