CreatePrim

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

oReturn = CreatePrim( PresetObj, GeometryType, [Name], [Parent] );

Return Value

Parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

PresetObj

String or a preset object (see SIGetPreset)

Geometry Primitives

GeometryType

String

Geometry type

Possible Values:	Description:
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.

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

CreatePrim

Categories

Description

Scripting Syntax

Return Value

Parameters

Examples

VBScript Example

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