createShape

Create geometry for basic primitives

Syntax

createShape(actor,type)

createShape(actor,type,inputspec)

Description

createShape(actor,type) creates the actor actor in the shape defined by type.

createShape(actor,type,inputspec) provides additional details specified by inputspec for the shape specified by type.

Input Arguments

actor — Actor class where new geometry is created

sim3d.Actor object

Actor class where the new geometry is created, specified as a sim3d.Actor object.

type — Name of imported 3D file

'arrow' | 'box' | 'cone' | 'cylinder' | 'checker' | 'extrusion' | 'icosphere' | 'plane' | 'prism' | 'pyramid' | 'revolution' | 'sphere' | 'surf' | 'terrain' | 'tile' | 'torus' | 'triad' | 'tube' | 'voxel'

Name of imported 3D file, specified as one of these values:

• 'arrow'

• 'box'

• 'cone'

• 'cylinder'

• 'checker'

• 'extrusion'

• 'icosphere'

• 'plane'

• 'prism'

• 'pyramid'

• 'revolution'

• 'sphere'

• 'surf'

• 'terrain'

• 'tile'

• 'torus'

• 'triad'

• 'tube'

• 'voxel'

inputspec — Optional parameters of each shape type

details of shape type

Optional parameters of each shape type, specified as details of the shape type.

Version History

Introduced in R2022b