addMesh

Append mesh on top of current mesh

Since R2022b

Syntax

addMesh(actor,vertices,normals,faces)

addMesh(___,tcoords,vcolor)

Description

addMesh(actor,vertices,normals,faces) adds a partial mesh defined by vertices, normals, and faces. The resulting geometric mesh creates a single body.

addMesh(___,tcoords,vcolor) adds a mesh additionally defined by the texture coordinates tcoords and the vertex colors vcolor.

Input Arguments

actor — Actor class where property is being added

sim3d.Actor object

Actor class where mesh is being added, specified as a sim3d.Actor object.

vertices — Vertex positions

N-by-3 matrix

Vertex positions, specified as an N-by-3 matrix. This matrix includes the coordinates of all vertex positions to be used for the mesh geometry. Each vertex has a vertex ID equal to its row number in the matrix. N specifies the number of vertices.

Example: vertices = [-1 -1 0; 1 -1 0; 1 1 0; -1 1 0; -1 -1 0; 1 -1 0;1 1 0;-1 1 0]

Data Types: double

faces — Vertices of each triangular face

M-by-3 matrix

Vertices of each triangular face, specified as an M-by-3 matrix. This matrix defines how each triangle of the mesh is drawn. The matrix specifies the vertex IDs that define each triangular face of the mesh. M is the number of triangular faces in the mesh.

Example: faces = [0 3 2; 0 2 1; 4 6 7; 4 5 6]

Data Types: double

normals — Normal vectors of each vertex

N-by-3 matrix

Normal vectors of each vertex, specified as an N-by-3 matrix. Each row of the matrix specifies the normal vector for a vertex. This matrix must be the same size as vertices matrix.

Example: normals = [0 0 1; 0 0 1; 0 0 1; 0 0 1; 0 0 -1; 0 0 -1; 0 0 -1; 0 0 -1]

Data Types: double

vcolor — Vertex colors

N-by-3 matrix

Vertex colors, specified as an N-by-3 matrix. This matrix specifies the color value of each vertex in the [R G B] form. This matrix must be the same length as vertices.

Note

To display vcolor along with the actor base color, set the VertexBlend property to a value greater than 0. If VertexBlend is 1, then actor displays only the vcolor.

Example: vcolor = [1 0 0; 0 1 0; 0 0 1; 1 0 1; 1 1 0; 0 1 1; 1 1 0; 0 1 0]

Data Types: double

tcoords — Texture coordinates

N-by-2 matrix

Texture coordinates for each vertex, specified as an N-by-2 matrix. This matrix defines which point on the texture file maps to each of the vertices. This matrix must be the same length as vertices.

Example: tcoords = [0 0; 0 1; 1 1; 1 0; 0 0; 0 1; 1 1; 1 0]

Data Types: double

Version History

Introduced in R2022b