jit.gl.mesh

Description

Creates a geometric surface from a jit.matrix connected to the left-most inlet containing spatial coordinates. Additional geometry can be specified by attaching other jit.matrix objects to the other inlets.

Examples

Discussion

Matrices feed into inlets represent (from left to right): vertex, texcoord, normal, color, specular, edgeflag, tangent, bitangent, and index data.
The jit.gl.mesh object requires one argument: the name of a drawing context. A named drawing context is a named instance of a jit.window, jit.pwindow, or jit.matrix object that has an instance of the jit.gl.render object associated with it. Additionally it can reference the name of a jit.gl.node sub-context. This value may also be set via the OB3D drawto attribute. If no argument is present, the object is implicitly added to the first valid drawing context or sub-context found in the current patch or by searching up the patcher hierarchy.

Attributes

auto_bitangents [int]

Enables or disables the calculation of bitangent (aka binormal) directions (only available if texcoords and normals exist) (default = 0).

auto_colors [int]

Enables or disables the calculation of vertex colors (default = 0).

auto_normals [int]

Enables or disables the calculation of normal directions used for calculating lighting (default = 1).

auto_tangents [int]

Enables or disables the calculation of tangent directions (only available if texcoords and normals exist) (default = 0).

cache_mode [symbol]

The mode to use for the geometry cache. (default = var) Supported modes are:

Possible values:

'auto'
'vertexarray'
'vertexbuffer'
'displaylist'
'none'

color_mode [symbol]

The mode to use for the calculating vertex colors. (default = position) Supported modes are:

Possible values:

'vertex'
'position'
'texcoord'
'normal'
'tangent'
'bitangent'
'edgeflag'

draw_mode [symbol]

The mode to use for rendering the geometry. (default = tri_grid) Supported modes are:

Possible values:

'tri_grid'
'quad_grid'
'points'
'lines'
'line_strip'
'line_loop'
'triangles'
'tri_fan'
'tri_strip'
'quads'
'quad_strip'
'polygon'
'lines_adjacency'
'line_strip_adjacency'
'triangles_adjacency'
'triangle_strip_adjacency'

Common Box Attributes

OB3D Attributes

Messages

(drag)

Drag and drop a Jitter material file

bind

Binds the internal mesh buffers for drawing.

bitangent_matrix

The word bitangent_matrix, followed by a symbol, specifies a matrix of bitangent values. This must be the same size as the matrix specified by the vertex_matrix message. It must be a 3 plane matrix.

color_matrix

Specifies a matrix of color values. This must be the same size as the matrix specified by the vertex_matrix message, and can be a 3 or 4 plane matrix.

edgeflag_matrix

The word edgeflag_matrix, followed by a symbol, specifies a matrix of edge flag values. This must be the same size as the matrix specified by the vertex_matrix message. It must be a 1 plane matrix.

index_matrix

The word index_matrix, followed by a symbol, specifies a matrix of indices. It can be any size, but it must have 1 plane and be an integer matrix.

normal_matrix

The word normal_matrix, followed by a symbol, specifies a matrix of normal values. This must be the same size as the matrix specified by the vertex_matrix message. It must be a 3 plane matrix.

reset

The word reset resets all parameters to their default states.

specular_matrix

The word specular_matrix, followed by a symbol, specifies a matrix of specular values

tangent_matrix

The word tangent_matrix, followed by a symbol, specifies a matrix of tangent values. This must be the same size as the matrix specified by the vertex_matrix message. It must be a 3 plane matrix.

texcoord_matrix

The word texcoord_matrix, followed by a symbol, specifies a matrix of texture coordinate values. This must be the same size as the matrix specified by the vertex_matrix message. It can be a 2, 3, or 4 plane matrix.

unbind

Unbinds the internal mesh buffers after drawing.

vertex_attr_matrix

The word vertex_attr_matrix, followed by a symbol, specifies a matrix of arbitrary per-vertex data

vertex_matrix

The word vertex_matrix, followed by a symbol, specifies a matrix of vertex values. It can be 3 or 4 planes.

Name	Description
Working with OpenGL	Working with OpenGL
Video and Graphics Programming Tutorials	Video and Graphics Programming Tutorials
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jit.gl.model
jit.gl.nurbs
jit.gl.plato
jit.gl.render
jit.gl.shader
jit.gl.sketch
jit.gl.slab
jit.gl.text2d
jit.gl.text3d
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jit.gl.mesh Reference

Generate GL geometry from matrices