Hello! I am trying to iterate through each element, get that elements faces, get the verts, then redraw that mesh based on the faces/verts. If I run this code on my entire mesh, it redraws perfectly.
for foo in selection where classof foo == editable_mesh do(
if not isKindOf foo Editable_mesh do convertToMesh foo
theface = for f = 1 to foo.numfaces collect getFace foo f
vertarr = for a = 1 to foo.numverts collect getVert foo a
(
themesh = mesh vertices:vertarr faces:theface
meshop.autoEdge themesh #{1..(themesh.Edges.count)} 24 type:#SetClear
faces = #{1..themesh.numfaces}
meshop.unifyNormals themesh faces
for i = 1 to 2 do meshop.flipNormals themesh faces
--meshop.autoSmooth themesh faces 0.0
--update themesh
CenterPivot themesh
ResetXForm themesh
newobj = converttopoly themesh
newobj.selectedfaces = #{1..newobj.numfaces}
newobj.setSmoothingGroups 0 -1 1
local sm = newobj.autoSmooth()
--select newobj
)
)
when I try to redraw by element, it completes but is completely warped and wrong.
fn redrawGoodMesh vertarr facearr=
(
themesh = mesh vertices:vertarr faces:facearr
meshop.autoEdge themesh #{1..(themesh.Edges.count)} 24 type:#SetClear
faces = #{1..themesh.numfaces}
meshop.unifyNormals themesh faces
for i = 1 to 2 do meshop.flipNormals themesh faces
--meshop.autoSmooth themesh faces 0.0
--update themesh
CenterPivot themesh
ResetXForm themesh
newobj = converttopoly themesh
newobj.selectedfaces = #{1..newobj.numfaces}
newobj.setSmoothingGroups 0 -1 1
local sm = newobj.autoSmooth()
--select newobj
)
fn delfacefromarr dFarr pFArr =
(
for f = 1 to dFarr do
(
for pf = 1 to pFarr.count do
(
case of
(
(dFarr[f] == pFarr[pf]):deleteitem pFarr pf
)
)
)
)
vertarr = #()
--for foo in selection where classof foo == editable_mesh do(
meshfaceArr = for f = 1 to foo.numfaces collect getFace foo f
tfaces=(meshop.getElementsUsingFace foo 1) as array
elefaces = for t = 1 to tfaces.count collect getface foo tfaces[t]
for v = 1 to elefaces.count do
(
for vp = 1 to 3 do append vertarr (getvert foo elefaces[v][vp])
)
--df = (elefaces[1][1])-1
--for i = 1 to elefaces.count do for d = 1 to 3 do elefaces[i][d]-=df
redrawGoodMesh vertarr elefaces
I am not sure where I am getting off track. My gut is telling me it’s at tfaces but can’t figure out why. Thanks!
is it anything different than detach elements?
This is in order to avoid detachelements. The redraw only takes a second where detachelements takes minutes.
Thanks Denis! I was doing it the way wrong way. This gets me there
fn createNewMesh obj faces=
(
newMesh = meshop.detachFaces obj faces delete:true asMesh:true
update obj --update the mesh
emesh = Editable_mesh() --create an empty Editable_mesh
emesh.mesh = newMesh --assign the detached faces to the new mesh
update emesh --update the mesh
centerpivot emesh
)
while foo.numfaces>1 do
(
tfaces=(meshop.getElementsUsingFace foo 1)
createNewMesh foo tfaces
)
fn detachElements node:selection[1] name: deleteTarget:on = if iskindof node Editable_Mesh do
(
objs = #()
if name == unsupplied do name = node.name
while node.numfaces > 0 do
(
obj = Editable_Mesh name:(uniquename name) transform:node.objecttransform
obj.mesh = meshop.detachFaces node (meshop.getElementsUsingFace node 1) delete:on asMesh:on
append objs obj
)
if deleteTarget do delete node
centerpivot objs
objs
)
detachElements()
in red is a key thing…
centerpivot is a mapped function. so we can do it at once.
also you have to decide what to do with new object transforms…
The updates do slow everything down for sure, in fact it consumes every bit of memory I have. Your routine above works pretty slick without locking the machine up. Thanks dude!
you don’t need all these mesh updates. it slows the process down