ConnectNewPolygonToEdge

Introduced

1.5

Description

Adds an edge to the polygon being created and shares it with an existing edge

Scripting Syntax

ConnectNewPolygonToEdge( InputObj, EdgeID, [InsertPosition], [InvertPolygon] )

Parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

InputObj

String

Mesh holding the polygon being built

EdgeID

Integer

ID of the target edge to connect with

Possible Values:

0<=i<N: index of the edge in the mesh

InsertPosition

Long

Ordinal of the vertex where to insert the new edge in the polygon

Default Value: 0

Possible Values:

0: The edge is added at the end of the list

0<i<N: The edge is inserted between vertices i-1 and i

InvertPolygon

Boolean

true if the adjacent polygon should be inverted before accomodating a CW-CCW connection

Return Value

Returns the ID of the polygon affected as a Long (-1 is returned if polygon has less than 3 points)

Examples

VBScript Example

'This example shows how to add a polygon to an existing mesh
newscene

' Add a quad to a grid and connect one of its edges to an existing edge
dim obj, poly
set obj = CreatePrim( "Grid", "MeshSurface" )
SelectObj obj
ApplyOp "CreatePolygon", obj, siUnspecified
AddPointToNewPolygon obj, -6.088, 0.0, 0.864
AddPointToNewPolygon obj, -6.345, 0.0, 2.953
poly = ConnectNewPolygonToEdge( obj, 16, 0 )
SelectObj obj & ".poly[" & poly & "]"

' Create a disc and fill the hole in the center
set obj = CreatePrim( "Disc", "MeshSurface" )
SelectObj obj
ApplyOp "CreatePolygon", obj, siUnspecified
ConnectNewPolygonToEdge obj, 128
ConnectNewPolygonToEdge obj, 27
ConnectNewPolygonToEdge obj, 61
poly = ConnectNewPolygonToEdge( obj, 95 )
SelectObj obj & ".poly[" & poly & "]"

See Also

ApplyOp

AddPointToNewPolygon

ConnectNewPolygonToPoint



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