makeGroup

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This utility node takes a poly mesh as input, creates a named collection of components, and outputs the resulting mesh. The list of elements is stored in the elemList array, which stores components of the type specified by groupType. groupType can be vertex, face, edge or uvmap.

This node has special meaning to polyModifier nodes. Most polyModifier nodes which act on components use makeGroup nodes with the current group specifier (TDI_GGRP_CURRENT - the default) to determine which components to act upon.

Related nodes

groupParts, groupId, baseGeometryVarGroup, meshVarGroup, geometryVarGroup, curveVarGroup, surfaceVarGroup, lodGroup, tweak

Attributes (6)

elemList, groupName, groupType, inputComponents, inputGeometry, outputGeometry

Long name (short name)	Type	Default	Flags
inputGeometry (ig)	mesh	NULL
Input geometry without the grouping info.
outputGeometry (og)	mesh	NULL
Output geometry with the grouping info.
groupType (gt)	enum	0
Specifies which kind of elements are belonging to the group. The following are legal values : 0=none, 1=vertex, 2=edge, 3=facet, 4=uvmap.
groupName (gn)	integer	TDI_GGRP_CURRENT
Identifier for the group. By default, the current group is used.
elemList (el)	intArray	empty
The array of the elements to add to the group.
inputComponents (ic)	componentList	NULL
Input components.