Create Polygons Questions?

[uncle808us]

Create Polygons Questions?

This is from the Cheetah Help V7.
Create Polygons
• New points in:
◦ camera plain: New points will be created in the camera plain.
◦ main plain: New points will be created on the main coordinates system plains.
• Intersect scene: New points will be created at the intersection point with the scene.
Questions? Could someone explain these concepts to me ?
1.New points will be created at the intersection point with the scene.
2.camera plain: New points will be created in the camera plain.
◦ main plain: New points will be created on the main coordinates system plains.
Thanks

 

[frank beckmann]

Pretty much self explanatory if one tries out:
1. Create Polygon on Main Plane will generate now geometry perpendicular to the axis (X/Y or Z) your view orientation matches the most.
2. Create Polygon intersecting scene will establish new polygons directly on the surface of underlying meshes.
3. Create Polygon on Camera Plane will generate new polygons perpendicular to the camera axis. The distance of the generation point is related to world center and not camera distance. Note: every new independent polygons will established behind the former one.

Hope I made it somehow more clearly:

Cheers
Frank

 

[uncle808us]

Thank you Frank the images made it simple to understand. I thank you for your time.No.2 will be fun to try.

 

[frank beckmann]

TNo.2 will be fun to try.

Sure - and it works on organic shapes too:

Cheers
Frank

 

[Chris Heath]

Thanks Frank. That's so much clearer.