mri.v3ds
Class FaceMat3ds

java.lang.Object
  mri.v3ds.FaceMat3ds

public class FaceMat3ds
extends java.lang.Object

Material selector for the faces in a mesh.

A single mesh (class Mesh3ds) usually consists of many faces (class Face3ds). The faces can have different materials. The FaceMat3ds class is used to assign a material to a set of faces. If the mesh uses several materials, the mesh have one FaceMat3ds object for each material.

The FaceMat3ds class consists of a material index which selects the material from the global material array in the Scene3ds class. It also contains an array of face indexes which specify which faces in the mesh face array, this material should be assigned to.

Assigning materials to faces in this way is very handly when rendering a mesh using a HW-accelerated 3D-engine. Using an 3D-accelerator, it is efficient to render as many faces as possible using the same material. Switching material is typically a slow process.

Constructor Summary

FaceMat3ds()

Method Summary

int	face(int i) Access a specific face index in the face index array.
int[]	faceArray() Access the whole array of face indexes.
int	faces() Get number of face indexes.
int	material() Get material number.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

FaceMat3ds

public FaceMat3ds()

Method Detail

material

public int material()

Get material number. This is an index into global material array in the Scene3ds class.

Returns:

material number

faces

public int faces()

Get number of face indexes.

Returns:

number of face indexes

face

public int face(int i)

Access a specific face index in the face index array.

Parameters:

i - index into face index array [0 ... faces()-1]

Returns:

the specified face index

faceArray

public int[] faceArray()

Access the whole array of face indexes.

Returns:

array of face indexes