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polySplitVertex [-caching boolean] [-constructionHistory boolean] [-name string] [-nodeState int] [-worldSpace boolean]
polySplitVertex is undoable, queryable, and editable.
Use this command to split one or more vertices. A mesh is made up
of one or more faces. The faces are defined by edges which connect vertices
together. Typically a face will share vertices and edges with adjacent
faces in the same mesh. Sharing vertices and edges helps reduce the amount
of memory used by a mesh. It also ensures that when a face is moved, all
the connected faces move together.
Sometimes you may want to separate a face from its connected faces so that
it may be moved in isolation. There are three ways to accomplish this depending
upon which parts of the face you want to extract:
| polySplitVertex | split one or more vertices so that each face that
shared the vertex acquires its own copy of the vertex |
| polySplitEdge | split one or more edges so that each face that shared
the vertex acquires its own copy of the edge |
| polyChipOff | completely extract the face so that it has its own vertices
and edges |
Notice that the area of affect of each operation is different. polySplitVertex
will affect all the edges and faces that shared the vertex. This is the broadest
effect. polySplitEdge will only affect the faces which shared the edge and polyChipOff
will affect a specific face. If we just count vertices to measure the effect of each
command when splitting all components of a face, starting from a 3x3 plane which has 16
vertices and we were to split the middle face:
| polySplitVertex applied to the four vertices would end up creating 12 new vertices |
| polySplitEdge applied to the four edges would end up creating 4 new vertices |
| polyChipOff applied to the middle face would end up creating 4 new vertices |
Note that polySplitVertex may create non-manifold geometry as a part of this operation.
You can use Polygons->Cleanup afterwards to to clean up any non-manifold geometry.
| string | The polySplitVert node name. |
In query mode, return type is based on queried flag.
polyAppend, polyAppendVertex, polyBevel, polyChipOff, polyCreateFacet, polyExtrudeEdge, polyExtrudeFacet, polySmooth, polySplit, polySubdivideEdge, polySubdivideFacet, polyTriangulate
caching, constructionHistory, name, nodeState, worldSpace
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-worldSpace(-ws)
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boolean
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-caching(-cch)
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boolean
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Toggle caching for all attributes so that no recomputation is needed.
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-constructionHistory(-ch)
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boolean
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Turn the construction history on or off (where applicable). If
construction history is on then the corresponding node will be
inserted into the history chain for the mesh. If construction history
is off then the operation will be performed directly on the object.
Note: If the object already has construction history then
this flag is ignored and the node will always be inserted into
the history chain.
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-name(-n)
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string
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Give a name to the resulting node.
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-nodeState(-nds)
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int
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Defines how to evaluate the node.
- 0: Normal
- 1: PassThrough
- 2: Blocking
- 3: Internally disabled. Will return to Normal state when enabled
- 4: Internally disabled. Will return to PassThrough state when enabled
- 5: Internally disabled. Will return to Blocking state when enabled
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Flag can appear in Create mode of command
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Flag can appear in Edit mode of command
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Flag can appear in Query mode of command
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Flag can be used more than once in a command.
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// Objective: split the four middle vertices of a 3x3 plane so
// that the middle face can be moved seperately
// Create a 3x3 plane
//
polyPlane -sx 3 -sy 3 -name polyPlane;
// Result: polyPlane polyPlane1
// Count the number of vertices we start out with
//
polyEvaluate -vertex polyPlane;
// Result: 16
// Split the four middle vertices
//
polySplitVertex polyPlane.vtx[5] polyPlane.vtx[6] polyPlane.vtx[9] polyPlane.vtx[10];
// Result: polySplitVert1
// Count the number of vertices we have now
//
polyEvaluate -vertex polyPlane;
// Result: 28
// Note that because we split the 4 middle vertices, the 8
// surrounding faces have become non-manifold