Shape edit modesThe best option when specific shapes are needed in V-REP is to draw them in a CAD application (e.g. AutoCAD, 3D Studio Max, etc.) and then import them. When an external CAD application is not available, or when only simple shapes are required, the user can create primitive shapes and then customize the created shape in one of the 3 supported shape edit modes in V-REP: [Triangle, vertex and edge edit modes] Pure shapes are converted to regular shapes before entering an edit mode. The different edit modes are accessed with a click on the appropriate toolbar button: [Shape edit mode toolbar button] Make sure you have a shape object selected before entering the shape edit mode. During shape edition, objects cannot be selected and simulation cannot be started. Once edition is finished, click on the shape edit mode toolbar button to quite the edit mode. When applying changes to a shape, V-REP will make sure the modified shape is consistent and remove unused vertices and merge vertices that are close to each other, etc. The exact behavior can be set in the Vertices/triangles verification settings in the user settings dialog. You can switch from one edit mode to another, and this allows you to achieve special operations. As an example, if you want to select and remove all triangles of the upper face of a cylinder, instead of individually selecting them in the triangle edit mode, perform a shift-selection of all upper vertices in the vertex edit mode, then switch the the triangle edit mode with, then press the delete-key. Recommended topics |