Apply a mesh to a surface

Commands that apply mesh objects to a surface to shape the mesh to match the surface.

The ApplyMesh command fits a mesh onto a surface.

The applied mesh must have the same number of mesh vertices as the source surface mesh.

This is useful for creating morph targets.

See Wikipedia: Morph target animation.

Note

• If the surface is trimmed, the applied mesh matches the untrimmed surface.
• ApplyMesh succeeds only on meshes that are generated from NURBS objects that have embedded the u and v direction information.
• If you are making morph targets, mesh the most complex surface first, and then apply that mesh to the simpler surface.
• ApplyMesh is sensitive to the u and v directions of a surface. Use the Dir command to swap the u and v directions.

The ApplyMeshUVN command wraps meshes and points onto a surface.

To create meshes from bitmaps, see the Heightfield command.

See also

Mesh