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.

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

Returns the primitive object (usually an X3DObject object).

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.

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

GetPrim SIGetPrim