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Unigine.DecalMesh Class

Inherits: Decal

This class describes how to create and modify mesh decals.

See Also#

A set of UnigineScript API samples located in the <UnigineSDK>/data/samples/decals/ folder:

  • mesh_00
  • mesh_01
  • mesh_02

Creating a Mesh Decal#

The following code illustrates how to create a mesh decal, set its parameters and add the node to UnigineEditor.

Source code (C#)
using Unigine;

namespace UnigineApp
{
	class AppWorldLogic : WorldLogic
	{
        private DecalMesh decal_mesh;

        public override int init()
        {
            // create a mesh with a surface (e.g. a box primitive)
            Mesh mesh = new Mesh();
            mesh.addBoxSurface("box_0", new vec3(1.0f));

			// create a mesh decal using created mesh and setting its radius to 10, material to "decal_base"
            decal_mesh = new DecalMesh(mesh, 10.0f, "decal_base");

			// set the name and position of the decal
            decal_mesh.setName("Mesh Decal");
            decal_mesh.setWorldPosition(new Vec3(0.0f, 0.0f, 5.0f));

			// release ownership of its pointer and add the node to UnigineEditor
            decal_mesh.release();
	        Editor.get().addNode(decal_mesh.getNode());

            return 1;
        }
    	
		public override int shutdown()
		{
			// clear pointer
			decal_mesh.clearPtr();

			return 1;
		}
	}
}

DecalMesh Class

Properties

float Radius#

The current height of the decal projection box along the z axis.
set
Sets the new height of the decal projection box along the Z axis.
set value - The height of the decal projection box along the Z axis, in units.

string MeshName#

The name of the mesh used as a base for the decal.
set
set value -

Members


static DecalMesh ( Mesh mesh, float radius, string material_name ) #

Constructor. Creates a new mesh decal with the given properties.

Arguments

  • Mesh mesh - Pointer to Mesh.
  • float radius - The height of the decal projection box along the Z axis, in units.
  • string material_name - Material name.

static DecalMesh ( string mesh_path, float radius, string material_name ) #

Constructor. Creates a new mesh decal with the given properties.

Arguments

  • string mesh_path - Mesh name.
    Notice
    The mesh should contain a single surface. In case if the mesh contains several surfaces, only the one with the 0 index will be used. Thus, the area of the decal will differ from the initial mesh.
  • float radius - The height of the decal projection box along the Z axis, in units.
  • string material_name - Material name

static DecalMesh Cast ( Node node ) #

Casts a mesh decal out of the Node instance.

Arguments

  • Node node - Node instance.

Return value

DecalMesh instance.

static DecalMesh Cast ( Decal base ) #

Casts a DecalMesh out of the Decal instance.

Arguments

  • Decal base - Decal instance.

Return value

DecalMesh instance.

int SetMesh ( Mesh mesh, bool unique = 1 ) #

Copies a given source mesh into the current decal mesh.
Source code (C#)
// create an empty decal mesh
DecalMesh decalMesh = new DecalMesh("",8.0f,"decal_base_0");
// create a mesh
Mesh mesh = new Mesh("decal.mesh");
// copy the mesh into the decal mesh
decalMesh.setMesh(mesh);

Arguments

  • Mesh mesh - Mesh to be set.
    Notice
    The mesh should contain a single surface. In case if the mesh contains several surfaces, only the one with the 0 index will be used. Thus, the area of the decal will differ from the initial mesh.
  • bool unique - Unique flag used when you create several objects out of a single Mesh instance:
    • 0 - An instance of source mesh geometry is created. If the source geometry is changed at runtime, its instances will be changed as well.
    • 1 - A copy of source mesh geometry is created and changes made to the source geometry do not affect the mesh.

Return value

1 if the mesh is copied successfully; otherwise, 0.

int GetMesh ( Mesh mesh ) #

Copies the current decal mesh into the received mesh. For example, you can obtain geometry of the decal mesh and then change it:
Source code (C#)
// a decal mesh from which geometry will be obtained
DecalMesh decalMesh = new DecalMesh("decal.mesh",8.0f,"decal_base_0");
// create a new mesh
Mesh mesh = new Mesh();
// copy geometry to the created mesh
if (decalMesh.getMesh(mesh) == 1) {
	// do something with the obtained mesh
}
else {
	Log.error("Failed to copy a mesh\n");
}

Arguments

  • Mesh mesh - Current mesh.

Return value

1 if the mesh is copied successfully; otherwise, 0.

void SetMeshName ( string path, bool force_load = 0 ) #

Sets a new name for the mesh and forces loading of the mesh with the new name for the current decal mesh.
Notice
The mesh should contain a single surface. In case if the mesh contains several surfaces, only the one with the 0 index will be used. Thus, the area of the decal will differ from the initial mesh.

Arguments

  • string path - A new name to be set for the mesh.
  • bool force_load - Force flag.
    • If 1 is specified, the mesh with the new name will be loaded immediately with the unique flag set to 0.
    • If 0 is specified, only the mesh name will be updated.

void LoadMesh ( string path, bool unique = 0 ) #

Loads a mesh for the current mesh from the file. This function doesn't change the mesh name.

Arguments

  • string path - The name of the mesh file.
    Notice
    The mesh should contain a single surface. In case if the mesh contains several surfaces, only the one with the 0 index will be used. Thus, the area of the decal will differ from the initial mesh.
  • bool unique - Unique flag used when you create several objects out of a single .mesh file:
    • 0 - An instance of source mesh geometry is created. If the source geometry is changed at runtime, its instances will be changed as well.
    • 1 - A copy of source mesh geometry is created and changes made to the source geometry do not affect the mesh.

int SaveMesh ( string path ) #

Saves the decal mesh into a file.

Arguments

  • string path - Mesh file name.

Return value

1 if the mesh is saved successfully; otherwise, 0.

static int type ( ) #

Returns a DecalMesh type identifier.

Return value

Type identifier.

void SetMeshName ( string name ) #

Arguments

  • string name
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