Polygon Mesh

This tool is used to generate a mesh, which can be triangular or rectangular or a mixture of the two. Which is generated is selected from the Polygon Type pop-up menu in the Polygon Mesh tool options palette. The option are: All Triangles, Triangles On Fringe Only, No Triangles, Full Grid, and No Triangles, Quad

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Polygon Mesh tool options palette.
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Controlling the resolution of the mesh: (a) original object and
resolution at (b) 10%, and (c) 80%.

This tool is used to generate a mesh, which can be triangular or rectangular or a mixture of the two. Which is generated is selected from the Polygon Type pop-up menu in the Polygon Mesh tool options palette. The option are: All Triangles, Triangles On Fringe Only, No Triangles, Full Grid, and No Triangles, Quad Tree. They are illustrated below.

The tool options palette also contains two methods for setting the density (resolution) of the mesh. Simple Options contains a single Resolution setting, which can be changed either graphically, by moving the slide bar, or numerically, by typing a number in its field. See an example to the right. The Expert Options offer you a number of detailed parameters for controlling the resolution.

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Types of meshes on (1) a solid and (2) a surface.
(a) Original object, (b) All Triangles, (c) Triangles On Fringe Only,
(d) No Triangles, Full Grid, and (e) No Triangles, Quad Tree.

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