The Compact Mesh node
When to use it
After a lot of deleting, vertex, edge and triangle indices have gaps in them. This renumbers everything dense and contiguous again.
Hardly anything needs it by hand. What does is per-index data: a saved selection, an attribute array, an external file of vertex positions. All of that is only meaningful against a compact mesh, so run this before exporting index-keyed data or handing vertices to an outside tool.
Compacting changes vertex ids. Any selection, weight map or delta set captured beforehand no longer lines up. Compact first, capture second.
Pins
| Pin | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
Mesh |
Mesh | The mesh to renumber. Deleting geometry upstream is what leaves the gaps. |
| Pin | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
Mesh |
Mesh | The same geometry, with no gaps left in the vertex and triangle numbering. |
Available in Mesh Morpher Graph and Mesh Morpher Studio.