v5.0

Gives the geometry description of the subdivided mesh given the subdivision rule, the level of subdivision and the discontinuity angle if used. The geometry data is returned in a 1-dimensional array and contains the following values:

1) vertices: polygon vertex 2D array (Nx3) of x,y,z values.

2) polygon data: ordered array of polygon definitions, each polygon is defined by a list of elements, the first element of a polygon definition must be set with the number of indices for that polygon. The ordering of vertices must respect a ccw ordering to get out going normals (right-hand rule). For example, an array of polygons with 4 indices each: {4,0,1,4,3,4,1,2,5,4... }

3) polygon node normal array: 2D array containing the normal x,y,z values for every polygon node.

4) polygon node for each polygon face: 1D array containing the number of polygon nodes on each polygon face followed by the corresponding polygon node index.

Note: The C++ API equivalent function, PolygonMesh::GetGeometryAccessor, returns the CGeometryAccessor object which allows you to get only the data you need, and is therefore a much more efficient way to access this data.

1-dimensional Array

VBScript Example

set oCube = ActiveSceneRoot.AddGeometry( "Cube","MeshSurface" )
set oGApprox = oCube.Properties.Find("geomapprox")
MakeLocal oGApprox
oGApprox.Parameters("gapproxmosl").value = 1
values = oCube.ActivePrimitive.Geometry.GetApproximatedMesh( _
                oGApprox.Parameters("gapproxmosr").value,_
                oGApprox.Parameters("gapproxmosl").value,_
                oGApprox.Parameters("gapproxmoad").value,_
                oGApprox.Parameters("gapproxmoan").value )
aVertices = values(0)
aPolygonData = values(1)
set oApproximatedCube = ActiveSceneRoot.AddPolygonMesh( aVertices, aPolygonData )