MItMeshPolygon Class Reference

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Detailed Description

Polygon iterator.

This class is the iterator for polygonal surfaces (meshes).

The iterator functions in two modes depending on whether a component is specified. When a component is not given or is NULL the iteration will be over all polygons for the surface. When a component is given this iterator will iterate over the polygons (faces) specified in the component. When iterating over components a DAG path to the surface must also be supplied.

Examples:

cleanPerFaceAssignmentCmd.cpp, convertEdgesToFacesCmd.cpp, convertVerticesToFacesCmd.cpp, cvColorShader.cpp, findTexturesPerPolygonCmd.cpp, getPointAndNormal.cpp, lassoTool.cpp, meshMapUtils.cpp, meshOpFtyAction.cpp, meshRemapCmd.cpp, meshRemapTool.cpp, meshReorderCmd.cpp, narrowPolyViewer.cpp, objExport.cpp, peltOverlapCmd.cpp, polyWriter.cpp, splitUVCmd.cpp, and splitUVFtyAction.cpp.

#include <MItMeshPolygon.h>

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Public Member Functions
	MItMeshPolygon (const MObject &polyObject, MStatus *ReturnStatus=NULL)
	Constructor.
	MItMeshPolygon (const MDagPath &polyObject, MObject &component=MObject::kNullObj, MStatus *ReturnStatus=NULL)
	Constructor.
virtual	~MItMeshPolygon ()
	Destructor.
bool	isDone (MStatus *ReturnStatus=NULL)
	Indicates if all of the polygons have been traversed yet.
MStatus	next ()
	Advance to the next polygon in the iteration.
MStatus	reset ()
	Reset the iterator to the first polygon.
MStatus	reset (const MObject &polyObject)
	Reset the iterator to the first polygon in the supplied surface.
MStatus	reset (const MDagPath &polyObject, MObject &component=MObject::kNullObj)
	Reset the iterator with the given surface and component.
unsigned int	count (MStatus *ReturnStatus=NULL)
	Return the number of polygons in the iteration.
unsigned int	polygonVertexCount (MStatus *ReturnStatus=NULL)
	Return the number of vertices for the current polygon.
MPoint	center (MSpace::Space space=MSpace::kObject, MStatus *ReturnStatus=NULL)
	Return the position of the center of the current polygon.
MObject	polygon (MStatus *ReturnStatus=NULL)
	This method is obsolete.
MObject	currentItem (MStatus *ReturnStatus=NULL)
	Get the current polygon in the iteration as a component.
unsigned int	index (MStatus *ReturnStatus=NULL)
	Returns the index of the current polygon.
MStatus	setIndex (int index, int &prevIndex)
	This method sets the index of the current face to be accessed.
unsigned int	vertexIndex (int index, MStatus *ReturnStatus=NULL)
	Returns the object-relative index of the specified vertex of the current polygon.
MStatus	getVertices (MIntArray &vertices)
	This method gets the indices of the vertices of the current face.
MPoint	point (int index, MSpace::Space space=MSpace::kObject, MStatus *ReturnStatus=NULL)
	Return the position of the vertex at index in the current polygon.
void	getPoints (MPointArray &pointArray, MSpace::Space space=MSpace::kObject, MStatus *ReturnStatus=NULL)
	Retrieves the positions of the vertices on the current face/polygon that the iterator is pointing to.
MStatus	setPoint (const MPoint &point, unsigned int index, MSpace::Space space=MSpace::kObject)
	Set the vertex at the given index in the current polygon.
MStatus	setPoints (MPointArray &pointArray, MSpace::Space space=MSpace::kObject)
	Sets new locations for vertices of the current polygon that the iterator is pointing to.
unsigned int	normalIndex (int vertex, MStatus *ReturnStatus=NULL) const
	Returns the normal index for the specified vertex.
MStatus	getNormal (MVector &normal, MSpace::Space space=MSpace::kObject) const
	Return the face normal of the current polygon.
MStatus	getNormal (unsigned int Vertexindex, MVector &normal, MSpace::Space space=MSpace::kObject) const
	Returns the vertex-face normal for the vertex in the current polygon.
MStatus	getNormals (MVectorArray &vectorArray, MSpace::Space space=MSpace::kObject) const
	Returns the normals for all vertices in the current face.
unsigned int	tangentIndex (int vertex, MStatus *ReturnStatus=NULL) const
	Returns the tangent (or binormal) index for the specified vertex.
bool	hasUVs (MStatus *ReturnStatus=NULL) const
	Tests whether this face has UV's mapped or not (either all the vertices for a face should have UV's, or none of them do, so the UV count for a face is either 0, or equal to the number of vertices).
bool	hasUVs (const MString &uvSet, MStatus *ReturnStatus=NULL) const
	Tests whether this face has UV's mapped or not (either all the vertices for a face should have UV's, or none of them do, so the UV count for a face is either 0, or equal to the number of vertices).
MStatus	setUV (int vertexId, float2 &uvPoint, const MString *uvSet=NULL)
	Modify the UV value for the given vertex in the current face.
MStatus	getUV (int vertexId, float2 &uvPoint, const MString *uvSet=NULL) const
	Return the texture coordinate for the given vertex.
MStatus	setUVs (MFloatArray &uArray, MFloatArray &vArray, const MString *uvSet=NULL)
	Modify the UV value for all vertices in the current face.
MStatus	getUVs (MFloatArray &uArray, MFloatArray &vArray, const MString *uvSet=NULL) const
	Return the all the texture coordinates for the vertices of this face (in local vertex order).
MStatus	getPointAtUV (MPoint &pt, float2 &uvPoint, MSpace::Space space=MSpace::kObject, const MString *uvSet=NULL, float tolerance=0.0)
	Return the position of the point at the given UV value in the current polygon.
MStatus	getUVAtPoint (MPoint &pt, float2 &uvPoint, MSpace::Space space=MSpace::kObject, const MString *uvSet=NULL)
	Find the point closest to the given point in the current polygon, and return the UV value at that point.
MStatus	getUVIndex (int vertex, int &index, const MString *uvSet=NULL)
	Returns the index of the texture coordinate for the given vertex.
MStatus	getUVIndex (int vertex, int &index, float &u, float &v, const MString *uvSet=NULL)
	Return the index of the texture coordinate for the given vertex.
MStatus	getUVSetNames (MStringArray &setNames) const
	This method is used to find the UV set names mapped to the current face.
bool	hasColor (MStatus *ReturnStatus=NULL) const
	This method determines whether the current face has color-per-vertex set for any vertex.
bool	hasColor (int localVertexIndex, MStatus *ReturnStatus=NULL)
	This method determines whether the current face has color-per-vertex set for the given vertex.
MStatus	getColor (MColor &color, const MString *colorSetName=NULL)
	This method gets the average color of the all the vertices in this face.
MStatus	getColor (MColor &color, int vertexIndex)
	This method gets the color of the specifed vertex in this face.
MStatus	getColors (MColorArray &colors, const MString *colorSetName=NULL)
	This method gets the color of the each vertex in the current face.
MStatus	numColors (int &count, const MString *colorSetName=NULL)
	This method checks for the number of colors on vertices in this face.
MStatus	getColorIndex (int vertexIndex, int &colorIndex, const MString *colorSetName=NULL)
	This method returns the colorIndex for a vertex of the current face.
MStatus	getColorIndices (MIntArray &colorIndex, const MString *colorSetName=NULL)
	This method returns the colorIndices for each vertex on the face.
bool	hasValidTriangulation (MStatus *ReturnStatus=NULL) const
	This method checks if the face has a valid triangulation.
MStatus	numTriangles (int &count) const
	This Method checks for the number of triangles in this face in the current triangulation.
MStatus	getTriangle (int localTriIndex, MPointArray &points, MIntArray &vertexList, MSpace::Space space=MSpace::kObject) const
	Get the vertices and vertex positions of the given triangle in the current face's triangulation.
MStatus	getTriangles (MPointArray &points, MIntArray &vertexList, MSpace::Space space=MSpace::kObject) const
	Get the vertices and vertex positions of all the triangles in the current face's triangulation.
MStatus	updateSurface ()
	Signal that this polygonal surface has changed and needs to redraw itself.
MStatus	geomChanged ()
	Reset the geom pointer in the MItMeshPolygon.
MStatus	getEdges (MIntArray &edges)
	This method gets the indices of the edges contained in the current face.
MStatus	getConnectedFaces (MIntArray &faces)
	This method gets the indices of the faces connected to the current face.
MStatus	getConnectedEdges (MIntArray &edges)
	This method gets the indices of the edges connected to the vertices of the current face, but DOES not include the edges contained in the current face.
MStatus	getConnectedVertices (MIntArray &vertices)
	This method gets the object-relative indices of the vertices surrounding the vertices of the current face, but does not include the vertices of the current face.
bool	isConnectedToFace (int index, MStatus *ReturnStatus=NULL)
	This method determines whether the given face is adjacent to the current face.
bool	isConnectedToEdge (int index, MStatus *ReturnStatus=NULL)
	This method determines whether the given edge is connected to a vertex in the current face.
bool	isConnectedToVertex (int index, MStatus *ReturnStatus=NULL)
	This method determines whether the given vertex shares an edge with a vertex in the current face.
MStatus	numConnectedFaces (int &faceCount) const
	This method checks for the number of connected faces.
MStatus	numConnectedEdges (int &edgeCount) const
	This method checks for the number of connected edges on the vertices of this face.
bool	onBoundary (MStatus *ReturnStatus=NULL)
	This method determines whether the current face is on a boundary.
MStatus	getArea (double &area, MSpace::Space space=MSpace::kObject)
	This method gets the area of the face.
bool	zeroArea (MStatus *ReturnStatus=NULL)
	This method checks if its a zero area face.
MStatus	getUVArea (double &area, const MString *uvSet=NULL)
	This method gets the UV area of the face.
bool	zeroUVArea (MStatus *ReturnStatus=NULL)
	This method checks if the UV area of the face is zero.
bool	zeroUVArea (const MString &uvSet, MStatus *ReturnStatus=NULL)
	This method checks if the UV area of the face is zero.
bool	isConvex (MStatus *ReturnStatus=NULL)
	This method checks if the face is convex.
bool	isStarlike (MStatus *ReturnStatus=NULL)
	This method checks if the face is starlike.
bool	isLamina (MStatus *ReturnStatus=NULL)
	This method checks if the face is a lamina (the face is folded over onto itself).
bool	isHoled (MStatus *ReturnStatus=NULL)
	This method checks if the face has any holes.
bool	isPlanar (MStatus *ReturnStatus=NULL)
	This method checks if the face is planar.
Static Public Member Functions
static const char *	className ()
	Returns the name of this class.

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Constructor & Destructor Documentation

MItMeshPolygon	(	const MObject &	polyObject,
		MStatus *	ReturnStatus = NULL
	)

Constructor.

Creates an iterator for all polygons of the given surface.

Parameters:

[in]	polyObject	The surface to iterate over
[out]	ReturnStatus	Status code

Status Codes:

• MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
• MS::kFailure An object error has occurred.

MItMeshPolygon	(	const MDagPath &	polyObject,
		MObject &	component = MObject::kNullObj,
		MStatus *	ReturnStatus = NULL
	)

Constructor.

Creates an iterator for the polygons of the given component. If no component is specified then the iteration will be for all polygons of the given surface.

Parameters:

[in]	polyObject	The surface (mesh) to iterate over
[in]	component	The polygons of the polyObject to iterate over
[out]	ReturnStatus	Status code

Status Codes:

• MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
• MS::kFailure An object error has occurred.

~MItMeshPolygon

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)

[virtual]

Destructor.

Frees up storage used by the iterator.

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Member Function Documentation

bool isDone

(

MStatus *

ReturnStatus = NULL

)

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Indicates if all of the polygons have been traversed yet.

Parameters:

[out]

ReturnStatus

Status code

Returns:

Boolean value: true if all polygons have been traversed, false otherwise.

Status Codes:

• MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
• MS::kFailure An object error has occurred.

Examples:

cleanPerFaceAssignmentCmd.cpp, and splitUVFtyAction.cpp.

MStatus next

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)

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Advance to the next polygon in the iteration.

Returns:

Status code

Status Codes:

• MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
• MS::kFailure An object error has occurred.

Examples:

cleanPerFaceAssignmentCmd.cpp, meshRemapCmd.cpp, meshReorderCmd.cpp, and splitUVFtyAction.cpp.

MStatus reset

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)

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Reset the iterator to the first polygon.

Returns:

Status code

Status Codes:

• MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
• MS::kFailure An object error has occurred.

Examples:

cleanPerFaceAssignmentCmd.cpp, getPointAndNormal.cpp, and splitUVFtyAction.cpp.

MStatus reset

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const MObject &

polyObject

)

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Reset the iterator to the first polygon in the supplied surface.

Parameters:

[in]

polyObject

The polygon for the iteration

Returns:

Status code

Status Codes:

• MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
• MS::kFailure An object error has occurred.

MStatus reset	(	const MDagPath &	polyObject,
		MObject &	component = MObject::kNullObj
	)

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Reset the iterator with the given surface and component.

If component is null then the iteration will be for all polygons in the given surface.

Parameters:

[in]	polyObject	The surface (mesh) to iterate over
[in]	component	The polygons (faces) of the polyObject to iterate over

Returns:

Status code

Status Codes:

• MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
• MS::kFailure An object error has occurred.

unsigned int count

(

MStatus *

ReturnStatus = NULL

)

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Return the number of polygons in the iteration.

Parameters:

[out]

ReturnStatus

Status code

Returns:

The number of polygons in the iteration

Status Codes:

• MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
• MS::kFailure An object error has occurred.

Examples:

cleanPerFaceAssignmentCmd.cpp.

unsigned int polygonVertexCount

(

MStatus *

ReturnStatus = NULL

)

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Return the number of vertices for the current polygon.

Parameters:

[out]

ReturnStatus

Status code

Returns:

The number of vertices for the current polygon

Status Codes:

• MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
• MS::kFailure An object error has occurred.

Examples:

splitUVFtyAction.cpp.

MPoint center	(	MSpace::Space	space = MSpace::kObject,
		MStatus *	ReturnStatus = NULL
	)

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Return the position of the center of the current polygon.

Parameters:

[in]	space	The coordinate system for this operation
[out]	ReturnStatus	Status code

Returns:

The center of the current polygon

Status Codes:

• MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
• MS::kFailure An object error has occurred.

MObject polygon

(

MStatus *

ReturnStatus = NULL

)

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This method is obsolete.

Deprecated:

Use the MItMeshPolygon::currentItem method.

Get the current polygon in the iteration as a component.

Components are used to specify one or more polygons and are usefull in operating on groups of non-contiguous polygons for a surface. Components do not contain any information about the surface that they refer to so an MDagPath must be specified when dealing with components.

Parameters:

[out]

ReturnStatus

Status code

Returns:

The current polygon in the interation

Status Codes:

• MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
• MS::kInsufficientMemory No memory available.
• MS::kFailure An object error has occurred.

MObject currentItem

(

MStatus *

ReturnStatus = NULL

)

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Get the current polygon in the iteration as a component.

Components are used to specify one or more polygons and are usefull in operating on groups of non-contiguous polygons for a surface. Components do not contain any information about the surface that they refer to so an MDagPath must be specified when dealing with components.

Parameters:

[out]

ReturnStatus

Status code

Returns:

The current polygon in the interation

Status Codes:

• MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
• MS::kInsufficientMemory No memory available.
• MS::kFailure An object error has occurred.

unsigned int index

(

MStatus *

ReturnStatus = NULL

)

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Returns the index of the current polygon.

Parameters:

[out]

ReturnStatus

Status code

Returns:

The index of the current polygon

Status Codes:

• MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
• MS::kFailure An object error has occurred.

Examples:

cleanPerFaceAssignmentCmd.cpp, meshReorderCmd.cpp, and splitUVFtyAction.cpp.

MStatus setIndex	(	int	index,
		int &	prevIndex
	)

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This method sets the index of the current face to be accessed.

The current face will no longer be in sync with any previous iteration.

Parameters:

[in]	index	The index of desired face to access.
[in]	prevIndex	The index of the current face in the iteration

Returns:

Status code

Status Codes:

• MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
• MS::kFailure An object error has occurred.
• MS::kInvalidParameter Invalid index given.

Examples:

getPointAndNormal.cpp.

unsigned int vertexIndex	(	int	index,
		MStatus *	ReturnStatus = NULL
	)

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Returns the object-relative index of the specified vertex of the current polygon.

The index returned may be used to refer to an element in the vertex list returned by MFnMesh::getPoints.

Parameters:

[in]	index	The face-relative index of the vertex in the polygon
[out]	ReturnStatus	Status code

Returns:

The index in the polygon array of the given vertex

Status Codes:

• MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
• MS::kFailure An object error has occurred.
• MS::kInvalidParameter Invalid index given.

Examples:

meshReorderCmd.cpp.

MStatus getVertices

(

MIntArray &

vertices

)

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This method gets the indices of the vertices of the current face.

Parameters:

[out]

vertices

An array to place all the vertex indices into

Returns:

Status code

Status Codes:

• MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
• MS::kFailure An object error has occurred.
• MS::kInvalidParameter Invalid index given.

MPoint point	(	int	index,
		MSpace::Space	space = MSpace::kObject,
		MStatus *	ReturnStatus = NULL
	)

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Return the position of the vertex at index in the current polygon.

Parameters:

[in]	index	The face-relative index of the vertex in the current polygon
[in]	space	The coordinate system for this operation
[out]	ReturnStatus	Status code

Returns:

The vertex position

Status Codes:

• MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
• MS::kFailure An object error has occurred.

void getPoints	(	MPointArray &	pointArray,
		MSpace::Space	space = MSpace::kObject,
		MStatus *	ReturnStatus = NULL
	)

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Retrieves the positions of the vertices on the current face/polygon that the iterator is pointing to.

Vertex positions will be inserted into the given array and will be indexed using face-relative vertex IDs (ie. ordered from 0 to (vertexCount of the face) - 1), which should not be confused with the vertexIDs of each vertex in relation to the entire mesh object.

Parameters:

[out]	pointArray	The array where the vertex positions will be stored
[in]	space	The coordinate system for this operation
[out]	ReturnStatus	Status code

Status Codes:

• MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
• MS::kFailure An object error has occurred.

MStatus setPoint	(	const MPoint &	point,
		unsigned int	index,
		MSpace::Space	space = MSpace::kObject
	)

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Set the vertex at the given index in the current polygon.

Parameters:

[in]	point	The new position for the vertex
[in]	index	The face-relative index of the vertex in the current polygon
[in]	space	The coordinate system for this operation

Returns:

Status code

Status Codes:

• MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
• MS::kFailure An object error has occurred.

MStatus setPoints	(	MPointArray &	pointArray,
		MSpace::Space	space = MSpace::kObject
	)

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Sets new locations for vertices of the current polygon that the iterator is pointing to.

Parameters:

[in]	pointArray	The new positions for the vertices.
[in]	space	The coordinate system for this operation.

Returns:

Status code

Status Codes:

• MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
• MS::kFailure An object error has occurred.

unsigned int normalIndex	(	int	localVertexIndex,
		MStatus *	ReturnStatus = NULL
	)		const

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Returns the normal index for the specified vertex.

This index refers to an element in the normal array returned by MFnMesh::getNormals. These normals are per-polygon per-vertex normals. See the MFnMesh description for more information on normals.

Parameters:

[in]	localVertexIndex	The face-relative index of the vertex to examine for the current polygon
[out]	ReturnStatus	Status code

Returns:

The index of the normal for the specified vertex

Status Codes:

• MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
• MS::kFailure An object error has occurred.
• MS::kInvalidParameter Invalid index given.

MStatus getNormal	(	MVector &	normal,
		MSpace::Space	space = MSpace::kObject
	)		const

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Return the face normal of the current polygon.

Parameters:

[out]	normal	Storage for the normal
[in]	space	The transformation space

Returns:

Status code

Status Codes:

• MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
• MS::kFailure An object error has occurred.
• MS::kInvalidParameter Unable to do world space transfromation.

MStatus getNormal	(	unsigned int	index,
		MVector &	normal,
		MSpace::Space	space = MSpace::kObject
	)		const

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Returns the vertex-face normal for the vertex in the current polygon.

Parameters:

[in]	index	face-relative vertex index of the vertex whose normal to retrieve
[out]	normal	Storage for the normal
[in]	space	The transformation space

Returns:

Status code

Status Codes:

• MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
• MS::kFailure An object error has occurred.
• MS::kInvalidParameter Unable to do world space transfromation.

MStatus getNormals	(	MVectorArray &	normalArray,
		MSpace::Space	space = MSpace::kObject
	)		const

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Returns the normals for all vertices in the current face.

Parameters:

[out]	normalArray	Storage for the normals
[in]	space	The transformation space

Returns:

Status code

Status Codes:

• MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
• MS::kFailure An object error has occurred.
• MS::kInvalidParameter Unable to do world space transfromation.

unsigned int tangentIndex	(	int	localVertexIndex,
		MStatus *	ReturnStatus = NULL
	)		const

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Returns the tangent (or binormal) index for the specified vertex.

This index refers to an element in the normal array returned by MFnMesh::getTangents. These tangent or binormals are per-polygon per-vertex. See the MFnMesh description for more information on tangents and binormals.

Parameters:

[in]	localVertexIndex	The face-relative index of the vertex to examine for the current polygon
[out]	ReturnStatus	Status code

Returns:

The index of the tangent for the specified vertex

Status Codes:

• MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
• MS::kFailure An object error has occurred.
• MS::kInvalidParameter Invalid index given.

bool hasUVs

(

MStatus *

ReturnStatus = NULL

)

const

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Tests whether this face has UV's mapped or not (either all the vertices for a face should have UV's, or none of them do, so the UV count for a face is either 0, or equal to the number of vertices).

Parameters:

[out]

ReturnStatus

Status code

Returns:

Boolean value: true if the face has UV's mapped, false otherwise

Status Codes:

• MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
• MS::kFailure An object error has occurred.

Examples:

splitUVFtyAction.cpp.

bool hasUVs	(	const MString &	uvSet,
		MStatus *	ReturnStatus = NULL
	)		const

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Tests whether this face has UV's mapped or not (either all the vertices for a face should have UV's, or none of them do, so the UV count for a face is either 0, or equal to the number of vertices).

Parameters:

[in]	uvSet	UV set to work with
[out]	ReturnStatus	Status code

Returns:

Boolean value: true if the face has UV's mapped, false otherwise

Status Codes:

• MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
• MS::kFailure An object error has occurred.

MStatus setUV	(	int	vertexId,
		float2 &	uvPoint,
		const MString *	uvSet = NULL
	)

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Modify the UV value for the given vertex in the current face.

If the face is not already mapped, this method will fail.

Parameters:

[in]	vertexId	face-relative index of the vertex to set UV for.
[in]	uvPoint	The UV values to set it to
[in]	uvSet	UV set to work with

Returns:

Status code

Status Codes:

• MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
• MS::kFailure An object error has occurred.

MStatus getUV	(	int	vertex,
		float2 &	uvPoint,
		const MString *	uvSet = NULL
	)		const

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Return the texture coordinate for the given vertex.

Parameters:

[in]	vertex	The face-relative vertex index to get UV for
[out]	uvPoint	Storage for u and v values
[in]	uvSet	UV set to work with

Returns:

Status code

Status Codes:

• MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
• MS::kFailure An object error has occurred.
• MS::kInvalidParameter Invalid vertex index given. The vertex index must be less than polygonVertexCount() and must also be mapped by the specified uvSet.

MStatus setUVs	(	MFloatArray &	uArray,
		MFloatArray &	vArray,
		const MString *	uvSet = NULL
	)

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Modify the UV value for all vertices in the current face.

If the face has not already been mapped, this method will fail.

Parameters:

[in]	uArray	All the U values - in local face order
[in]	vArray	The corresponding V values
[in]	uvSet	UV set to work with

Returns:

Status code

Status Codes:

• MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
• MS::kFailure An object error has occurred.

MStatus getUVs	(	MFloatArray &	uArray,
		MFloatArray &	vArray,
		const MString *	uvSet = NULL
	)		const

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Return the all the texture coordinates for the vertices of this face (in local vertex order).

Parameters:

[out]	uArray	Storage for u values
[out]	vArray	Storage for v values
[in]	uvSet	UV set to work with

Returns:

Status code

Status Codes:

• MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
• MS::kFailure An object error has occurred.
• MS::kInvalidParameter Invalid vertex index given. The vertex index must be less than polygonVertexCount() and must also be mapped by the specified uvSet.

Examples:

getPointAndNormal.cpp.

MStatus getPointAtUV	(	MPoint &	pt,
		float2 &	uvPoint,
		MSpace::Space	space = MSpace::kObject,
		const MString *	uvSet = NULL,
		float	tolerance = 0.0
	)

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Return the position of the point at the given UV value in the current polygon.

Parameters:

[out]	pt	Space for the point
[in]	uvPoint	The UV value to try to locate
[in]	space	The coordinate system for this operation
[in]	uvSet	UV set to work with
[in]	tolerance	tolerance value to compare float data type

Returns:

Status code

Status Codes:

• MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
• MS::kFailure An object error has occurred.

Examples:

getPointAndNormal.cpp.

MStatus getUVAtPoint	(	MPoint &	pt,
		float2 &	uvPoint,
		MSpace::Space	space = MSpace::kObject,
		const MString *	uvSet = NULL
	)

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Find the point closest to the given point in the current polygon, and return the UV value at that point.

Parameters:

[in]	pt	The point to try to get UV for
[out]	uvPoint	Storage for the UV value
[in]	space	The coordinate system for this operation
[in]	uvSet	UV set to work with

Returns:

Status code

Status Codes:

• MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
• MS::kFailure An object error has occurred.

MStatus getUVIndex	(	int	vertex,
		int &	index,
		const MString *	uvSet = NULL
	)

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Returns the index of the texture coordinate for the given vertex.

This index refers to an element of the texture coordinate array for the polygonal object returned by MFnMesh::getUVs.

Parameters:

[in]	vertex	The face-relative vertex index of the current polygon
[out]	index	Storage for the texture coordinate index of the specified vertex
[in]	uvSet	UV set to work with

Returns:

Status code

Status Codes:

• MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
• MS::kFailure An object error has occurred.
• MS::kInvalidParameter An invalid vertex index given. The vertex index must be less than polygonVertexCount() and must also be mapped by the specified uvSet.

Examples:

splitUVFtyAction.cpp.

MStatus getUVIndex	(	int	vertex,
		int &	index,
		float &	u,
		float &	v,
		const MString *	uvSet = NULL
	)

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Return the index of the texture coordinate for the given vertex.

This index refers to an element of the texture coordinate array for the polygonal object returned by MFnMesh::getUVs.

Parameters:

[in]	vertex	The face-relative vertex index of the current polygon
[out]	index	Storage for the texture coordinate index of the specified vertex
[out]	u	Storage for u value
[out]	v	Storage for v value
[in]	uvSet	UV set to work with

Returns:

Status code

Status Codes:

• MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
• MS::kFailure An object error has occurred.
• MS::kInvalidParameter An invalid vertex index given. The vertex index must be less than polygonVertexCount() and must also be mapped by the specified uvSet.

MStatus getUVSetNames

(

MStringArray &

setNames

)

const

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This method is used to find the UV set names mapped to the current face.

Parameters:

[out]

setNames

The string array to return the UV sets names in

Returns:

Status code

Status Codes:

• MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
• MS::kFailure An object error has occurred or an internal error.

bool hasColor

(

MStatus *

ReturnStatus = NULL

)

const

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This method determines whether the current face has color-per-vertex set for any vertex.

Parameters:

[out]

ReturnStatus

Status code

Returns:

Boolean value: true if at least one vertex has color, false otherwise.

Status Codes:

• MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
• MS::kFailure An object error has occurred.
• MS::kInvalidParameter Invalid index given.

bool hasColor	(	int	vertexIndex,
		MStatus *	ReturnStatus = NULL
	)

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This method determines whether the current face has color-per-vertex set for the given vertex.

Parameters:

[in]	vertexIndex	face-relative vertex index to check for color on
[out]	ReturnStatus	Status code

Returns:

Boolean value: true if the given vertex has color, false otherwise.

Status Codes:

• MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
• MS::kFailure An object error has occurred.
• MS::kInvalidParameter Invalid index given.

MStatus getColor	(	MColor &	color,
		const MString *	colorSetName = NULL
	)

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This method gets the average color of the all the vertices in this face.

Parameters:

[out]	color	The average color
[in]	colorSetName	Name of the color set.

Returns:

Status code

Status Codes:

• MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
• MS::kFailure An object error has occurred.
• MS::kInvalidParameter Invalid index given.

MStatus getColor	(	MColor &	color,
		int	index
	)

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This method gets the color of the specifed vertex in this face.

Parameters:

[out]	color	The color to get
[in]	index	The face-relative vertex index on this face

Returns:

Status code

Status Codes:

• MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
• MS::kFailure An object error has occurred.
• MS::kInvalidParameter Invalid index given.

MStatus getColors	(	MColorArray &	colors,
		const MString *	colorSetName = NULL
	)

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This method gets the color of the each vertex in the current face.

Parameters:

[out]	colors	Storage for the colors of the vertice in this face
[in]	colorSetName	Name of the color set.

Returns:

Status code

Status Codes:

• MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
• MS::kFailure An object error has occurred.
• MS::kInvalidParameter Invalid index given.

MStatus numColors	(	int &	colorCount,
		const MString *	colorSetName = NULL
	)

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This method checks for the number of colors on vertices in this face.

Parameters:

[out]	colorCount	Storage for the color count
[in]	colorSetName	Name of the color set.

Returns:

Status code

Status Codes:

• MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
• MS::kFailure An object error has occurred.

MStatus getColorIndex	(	int	vertexIndex,
		int &	colorIndex,
		const MString *	colorSetName = NULL
	)

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This method returns the colorIndex for a vertex of the current face.

Parameters:

[in]	vertexIndex	Face-relative index of vertex.
[out]	colorIndex	Color index filled in this function.
[in]	colorSetName	Name of the color set.

Returns:

Status code

Status Codes:

• MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
• MS::kFailure An object error has occurred.

MStatus getColorIndices	(	MIntArray &	colorIndices,
		const MString *	colorSetName = NULL
	)

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This method returns the colorIndices for each vertex on the face.

Parameters:

[out]	colorIndices	Color index filled in this function.
[in]	colorSetName	Name of the color set.

Returns:

Status code

Status Codes:

• MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
• MS::kFailure An object error has occurred.

bool hasValidTriangulation

(

MStatus *

ReturnStatus = NULL

)

const

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This method checks if the face has a valid triangulation.

If it doesn't, then the face was bad geometry: it may gave degenerate points or cross over itself.

Parameters:

[out]

ReturnStatus

Status code

Returns:

Boolean value: true the face has a valid triangulation false otherwise.

Status Codes:

• MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
• MS::kFailure An object error has occurred.
• MS::kInvalidParameter Invalid index given.

MStatus numTriangles

(

int &

triCount

)

const

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This Method checks for the number of triangles in this face in the current triangulation.

Parameters:

[out]

triCount

Storage for the triangle count

Returns:

Status code

Status Codes:

• MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
• MS::kFailure An object error has occurred.

MStatus getTriangle	(	int	localTriIndex,
		MPointArray &	points,
		MIntArray &	vertexList,
		MSpace::Space	space = MSpace::kObject
	)		const

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Get the vertices and vertex positions of the given triangle in the current face's triangulation.

Parameters:

[in]	localTriIndex	Local index of the desired triangle in this face
[out]	points	Storage for all the vertex points
[out]	vertexList	Storage for all the vertex indices
[in]	space	World Space or Object Space

Returns:

Status code

Status Codes:

• MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
• MS::kFailure An object error has occurred.

MStatus getTriangles	(	MPointArray &	points,
		MIntArray &	vertexList,
		MSpace::Space	space = MSpace::kObject
	)		const

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Get the vertices and vertex positions of all the triangles in the current face's triangulation.

Parameters:

[out]	points	Storage for all the vertex points
[out]	vertexList	Storage for all the vertex indices
[in]	space	World Space or Object Space

Returns:

Status code

Status Codes:

• MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
• MS::kFailure An object error has occurred.

MStatus updateSurface

(

)

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Signal that this polygonal surface has changed and needs to redraw itself.

Returns:

Status code

Status Codes:

• MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
• MS::kFailure An object error has occurred.

MStatus geomChanged

(

)

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Reset the geom pointer in the MItMeshPolygon.

This is now being handled automatically inside the iterator, and users should no longer need to call this method directly to sync up the iterator to changes made by MFnMesh

Returns:

Status code

Status Codes:

• MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
• MS::kFailure An object error has occurred.

MStatus getEdges

(

MIntArray &

edges

)

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This method gets the indices of the edges contained in the current face.

Parameters:

[out]

edges

An array to place all the edge indices into

Returns:

Status code

Status Codes:

• MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
• MS::kFailure An object error has occurred.
• MS::kInvalidParameter Invalid index given.

MStatus getConnectedFaces

(

MIntArray &

faces

)

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This method gets the indices of the faces connected to the current face.

Parameters:

[out]

faces

An array to place all the face indices into

Returns:

Status code

Status Codes:

• MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
• MS::kFailure An object error has occurred.
• MS::kInvalidParameter Invalid index given.

MStatus getConnectedEdges

(

MIntArray &

edges

)

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This method gets the indices of the edges connected to the vertices of the current face, but DOES not include the edges contained in the current face.

Parameters:

[out]

edges

An array to place all the edge indices into

Returns:

Status code

Status Codes:

• MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
• MS::kFailure An object error has occurred.
• MS::kInvalidParameter Invalid index given.

MStatus getConnectedVertices

(

MIntArray &

vertices

)

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This method gets the object-relative indices of the vertices surrounding the vertices of the current face, but does not include the vertices of the current face.

Parameters:

[out]

vertices

An array to stuff all the vertex indices into

Returns:

Status code

Status Codes:

• MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
• MS::kFailure An object error has occurred.
• MS::kInvalidParameter Invalid index given.

bool isConnectedToFace	(	int	index,
		MStatus *	ReturnStatus = NULL
	)

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This method determines whether the given face is adjacent to the current face.

Parameters:

[in]	index	Index of the face to be tested for
[out]	ReturnStatus	Status code

Returns:

true if connected, false otherwise.

Status Codes:

• MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
• MS::kFailure An object error has occurred.
• MS::kInvalidParameter Invalid index given.

bool isConnectedToEdge	(	int	index,
		MStatus *	ReturnStatus = NULL
	)

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This method determines whether the given edge is connected to a vertex in the current face.

Parameters:

[in]	index	Index of the edge to be tested for
[out]	ReturnStatus	Status code

Returns:

Boolean value: true if connected, false otherwise.

Status Codes:

• MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
• MS::kFailure An object error has occurred.
• MS::kInvalidParameter Invalid index given.

bool isConnectedToVertex	(	int	index,
		MStatus *	ReturnStatus = NULL
	)

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This method determines whether the given vertex shares an edge with a vertex in the current face.

Parameters:

[in]	index	Index of the vertex to be tested for
[out]	ReturnStatus	Status code

Returns:

Boolean value: true if connected, false otherwise.

Status Codes:

• MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
• MS::kFailure An object error has occurred.
• MS::kInvalidParameter Invalid index given.

MStatus numConnectedFaces

(

int &

faceCount

)

const

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This method checks for the number of connected faces.

Parameters:

[out]

faceCount

Storage for the face count

Returns:

Status code

Status Codes:

• MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
• MS::kFailure An object error has occurred.

MStatus numConnectedEdges

(

int &

edgeCount

)

const

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This method checks for the number of connected edges on the vertices of this face.

Parameters:

[out]

edgeCount

Storage for the edge count

Returns:

Status code

Status Codes:

• MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
• MS::kFailure An object error has occurred.

bool onBoundary

(

MStatus *

ReturnStatus = NULL

)

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This method determines whether the current face is on a boundary.

Parameters:

[out]

ReturnStatus

Status code

Returns:

Boolean value: true if on a boundary, false otherwise.

Status Codes:

• MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
• MS::kFailure An object error has occurred.
• MS::kInvalidParameter Invalid index given.

MStatus getArea	(	double &	area,
		MSpace::Space	space = MSpace::kObject
	)

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This method gets the area of the face.

Parameters:

[out]	area	The area
[in]	space	World Space or Object Space

Returns:

Status code

Status Codes:

• MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
• MS::kFailure An object error has occurred.
• MS::kInvalidParameter Invalid index given.

bool zeroArea

(

MStatus *

ReturnStatus = NULL

)

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This method checks if its a zero area face.

Parameters:

[out]

ReturnStatus

Status code

Returns:

Boolean value: true if the face has zero area, false otherwise.

Status Codes:

• MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
• MS::kFailure An object error has occurred.
• MS::kInvalidParameter Invalid index given.

MStatus getUVArea	(	double &	area,
		const MString *	uvSet = NULL
	)

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This method gets the UV area of the face.

Parameters:

[out]	area	The uv area
[in]	uvSet	UV set to work with

Returns:

Status code

Status Codes:

• MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
• MS::kFailure An object error has occurred.
• MS::kInvalidParameter Invalid index given.

bool zeroUVArea

(

MStatus *

ReturnStatus = NULL

)

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This method checks if the UV area of the face is zero.

Parameters:

[out]

ReturnStatus

Status code

Returns:

Boolean value: true if the face has zero UV area, false otherwise.

Status Codes:

• MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
• MS::kFailure An object error has occurred.
• MS::kInvalidParameter Invalid index given.

bool zeroUVArea	(	const MString &	uvSet,
		MStatus *	ReturnStatus = NULL
	)

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This method checks if the UV area of the face is zero.

Parameters:

[in]	uvSet	UV set to work with
[out]	ReturnStatus	Status code

Returns:

• true if the face has zero UV area
• false otherwise.

Status Codes:

• MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
• MS::kFailure An object error has occurred.
• MS::kInvalidParameter Invalid index given.

bool isConvex

(

MStatus *

ReturnStatus = NULL

)

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This method checks if the face is convex.

Parameters:

[out]

ReturnStatus

Status code

Returns:

Boolean value: true if the face is convex, false otherwise.

Status Codes:

• MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
• MS::kFailure An object error has occurred.
• MS::kInvalidParameter Invalid index given.

bool isStarlike

(

MStatus *

ReturnStatus = NULL

)

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This method checks if the face is starlike.

That is, a line from the centre to any vertex lies entirely within the face.

Parameters:

[out]

ReturnStatus

Status code

Returns:

Boolean value: true if the face is starlike, false otherwise.

Status Codes:

• MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
• MS::kFailure An object error has occurred.
• MS::kInvalidParameter Invalid index given.

bool isLamina

(

MStatus *

ReturnStatus = NULL

)

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This method checks if the face is a lamina (the face is folded over onto itself).

Parameters:

[out]

ReturnStatus

Status code

Returns:

Boolean value: true if the face is a lamina, false otherwise.

Status Codes:

• MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
• MS::kFailure An object error has occurred.
• MS::kInvalidParameter Invalid index given.

bool isHoled

(

MStatus *

ReturnStatus = NULL

)

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This method checks if the face has any holes.

Parameters:

[out]

ReturnStatus

Status code

Returns:

Boolean value: true the face has one or more holes, false otherwise.

Status Codes:

• MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
• MS::kFailure An object error has occurred.
• MS::kInvalidParameter Invalid index given.

bool isPlanar

(

MStatus *

ReturnStatus = NULL

)

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This method checks if the face is planar.

Parameters:

[out]

ReturnStatus

Status code

Returns:

Boolean value: true the face is planar, false otherwise.

Status Codes:

• MS::kSuccess The method was successful.
• MS::kFailure An object error has occurred.
• MS::kInvalidParameter Invalid index given.

const char * className

(

)

[static]

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Returns the name of this class.

Returns:

The name of this class.