C3DMesh::CreateMeshEx

Syntax:

CreateMeshEx(C3DScreen pScreen, uint  primitiveType, int  numVertices, int  numIndices, int  numPrimitives, uint  fvf), int

Purpose:

Creates a custom mesh object.

Parameters:
pScreen - A C3DScreen object.

primitiveType - One of six primitive types offered by Direct3D.

numVertices - Number of vertices to allocate for the vertex buffer

numIndices - Number of Indices to allocate for the index buffer

numPrimitives - Number of primitives to render

fvf - the flexible vertex format of the mesh

Returned value(s):

TRUE if the mesh could be created, FALSE otherwise.

Application:

mesh1.CreateMeshEx(D3DPT_LINELIST, numVertices, numIndices, numIndices/2, D3DFVF_XYZ | D3DFVF_DIFFUSE)

Class Hierarchy

C3DObject

-------C3DMesh

Additional Info:

The object is created as initially hidden.  After setting the vertex and index buffers use SetVisible to allow the object to be rendered and RecalcBoundingBox to calculate the dimensions of the internal bounding box used for visibility determination

The six primitive constants allowed are:

D3DPT_POINTLIST

D3DPT_LINELIST

D3DPT_LINESTRIP

D3DPT_TRIANGLELIST

D3DPT_TRIANGLESTRIP

D3DPT_TRIANGLEFAN

See Also:

CreateMesh, FVF Constants