The effect that a shader, for example, can have on a mesh depends on the number of facets the mesh has. Some meshes such as a ground or sphere can have smaller or larger numbers of facets depending on the parameters set during their creation. For other meshes such as a box or disc there can be no or little choice. In these circumstances it may be useful to have a function that can increase the facets.
When n is the number of points per side added to each side of a facet the number of facets is increased by (n + 1)2.
BABYLON.Mesh.prototype.increaseFacets = function(pps) { //pps points per side
var _gaps = pps+1;
var _n = _gaps + 1;
var _fvs =[];
for(var _i=0; _i<_n; _i++) {
_fvs[_i] = [];
}
var _A,_B;
var _d ={x:0,y:0,z:0};
var _u ={x:0,y:0};
var _indices = [];
var _vertexIndex = [];
var _side = [];
var _l; //holds lengths
var _uvs = this.getVerticesData(BABYLON.VertexBuffer.UVKind);
var _meshIndices = this.getIndices();
var _positions = this.getVerticesData(BABYLON.VertexBuffer.PositionKind);
var _normals =[];
for(var _i = 0; _i<_meshIndices.length; _i+=3) {
_vertexIndex[0] = _meshIndices[_i];
_vertexIndex[1] = _meshIndices[_i + 1];
_vertexIndex[2] = _meshIndices[_i + 2];
for(var _j = 0; _j<3; _j++) {
_A = _vertexIndex[_j];
_B = _vertexIndex[(_j+1)%3];
if(_side[_A] === undefined && _side[_B] === undefined) {
_side[_A] = [];
_side[_B] = [];
}
else {
if(_side[_A] === undefined) {
_side[_A] = [];
}
if(_side[_B] === undefined) {
_side[_B] = [];
}
}
if(_side[_A][_B] === undefined && _side[_B][_A] === undefined) {
_side[_A][_B] = [];
_d.x = (_positions[3 * _B] - _positions[3 * _A])/_gaps;
_d.y = (_positions[3 * _B + 1] - _positions[3 * _A + 1])/_gaps;
_d.z = (_positions[3 * _B + 2] - _positions[3 * _A + 2])/_gaps;
_u.x = (_uvs[2*_B] - _uvs[2*_A])/_gaps;
_u.y = (_uvs[2*_B + 1] - _uvs[2*_A + 1])/_gaps;
_side[_A][_B].push(_A);
for(var _k=1; _k<_gaps; _k++) {
_side[_A][_B].push(_positions.length/3);
_positions.push(_positions[3 * _A] + _k*_d.x, _positions[3 * _A + 1] + _k*_d.y, _positions[3 * _A + 2] + _k*_d.z);
_uvs.push(_uvs[2*_A] + _k*_u.x, _uvs[2*_A + 1] + _k*_u.y);
}
_side[_A][_B].push(_B);
_side[_B][_A]=[];
_l = _side[_A][_B].length;
for(var _a=0; _a<_l; _a++) {
_side[_B][_A][_a] = _side[_A][_B][_l-1-_a];
}
}
else {
if(_side[_A][_B] === undefined) {
_side[_A][_B]=[];
_l = _side[_B][_A].length;
for(var _a=0; _a<_l; _a++) {
_side[_A][_B][_a] = _side[_B][_A][_l-1-_a];
}
}
if(_side[_B][_A] === undefined) {
_side[_B][_A]=[];
_l = _side[_A][_B].length;
for(var _a=0; _a<_l; _a++) {
_side[_B][_A][_a] = _side[_A][_B][_l-1-_a];
}
}
}
}
_fvs[0][0] = _meshIndices[_i];
_fvs[1][0] = _side[_meshIndices[_i]][_meshIndices[_i + 1]][1];
_fvs[1][1] = _side[_meshIndices[_i]][_meshIndices[_i + 2]][1];
for(var _k = 2; _k<_gaps; _k++) {
_fvs[_k][0] = _side[_meshIndices[_i]][_meshIndices[_i + 1]][_k];
_fvs[_k][_k] = _side[_meshIndices[_i]][_meshIndices[_i + 2]][_k];
_d.x = (_positions[3 * _fvs[_k][_k]] - _positions[3 * _fvs[_k][0]])/_k;
_d.y = (_positions[3 * _fvs[_k][_k] + 1] - _positions[3 * _fvs[_k][0] + 1])/_k;
_d.z = (_positions[3 * _fvs[_k][_k] + 2] - _positions[3 * _fvs[_k][0] + 2])/_k;
_u.x = (_uvs[2*_fvs[_k][_k]] - _uvs[2*_fvs[_k][0]])/_k;
_u.y = (_uvs[2*_fvs[_k][_k] + 1] - _uvs[2*_fvs[_k][0] + 1])/_k;
for(var _j = 1; _j<_k; _j++) {
_fvs[_k][_j] = _positions.length/3;
_positions.push(_positions[3 * _fvs[_k][0]] + _j*_d.x, _positions[3 * _fvs[_k][0] + 1] + _j*_d.y, _positions[3 * _fvs[_k][0] + 2] + _j*_d.z);
_uvs.push(_uvs[2*_fvs[_k][0]] + _j*_u.x, _uvs[2*_fvs[_k][0] + 1] + _j*_u.y);
}
}
_fvs[_gaps] = _side[_meshIndices[_i + 1]][_meshIndices[_i + 2]];
_indices.push(_fvs[0][0],_fvs[1][0],_fvs[1][1]);
for(var _k = 1; _k<_gaps; _k++) {
for(var _j = 0; _j<_k; _j++) {
_indices.push(_fvs[_k][_j],_fvs[_k+1][_j],_fvs[_k+1][_j+1]);
_indices.push(_fvs[_k][_j],_fvs[_k+1][_j+1],_fvs[_k][_j+1]);
}
_indices.push(_fvs[_k][_j],_fvs[_k+1][_j],_fvs[_k+1][_j+1]);
}
}
var vertexData = new BABYLON.VertexData();
vertexData.positions = _positions;
vertexData.indices = _indices;
vertexData.uvs = _uvs;
BABYLON.VertexData.ComputeNormals(_positions, _indices, _normals);
vertexData.normals = _normals;
vertexData.applyToMesh(this);
}
The disc at the top left has the number of facets made when it was created. The lower right has had the facets increased.
Playground Example Increase Facets -