triangulate polygons

triangulate_polygons

triangulate_polygons converts a closed polyline into a triangulated surface. This surface can be extruded or used by the distance to 2d area module to perform areal subsetting of 3D models.

Polylines with WIDTH in AutoCAD DWG files are converted by import_cad into triangle strips of the specified width. As you zoom in on polylines with width, the apparent width will change, whereas the apparent width of lines DOES NOT change. However, once they are triangles, they DO NOT define a closed area and therefore would not work with triangulate_polygons.

Module Input Ports

• Input Field [Field] Accepts a data field representing closed polygon(s).

Module Output Ports

• Output Field [Field] Outputs the surface(s) field
• Output Object [Renderable]: Outputs to the viewer.