v1.5

modeling drawing

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

oLong = ConnectNewPolygonToEdge( InputObj, EdgeID, [InsertPosition], [InvertPolygon] );

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

Parameter	Type	Description
InputObj	String	Mesh holding the polygon being built
EdgeID	Integer	ID of the target edge to connect with Possible Values: Description: 0<=i 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: Description: 0 The edge is added at the end of the list 0 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

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 & "]"

ApplyOp AddPointToNewPolygon ConnectNewPolygonToPoint