Mesh

The MESH entity (DXF Reference) is a 3D mesh similar to the Polyface entity.

All vertices in WCS as (x, y, z) tuples

Changed in version 0.8.9: Mesh stores vertices, edges, faces and creases as packed data.

Subclass of	ezdxf.entities.DXFGraphic
DXF type	'MESH'
Factory function	ezdxf.layouts.BaseLayout.add_mesh()
Inherited DXF attributes	Common graphical DXF attributes
Required DXF version	DXF R2000 ('AC1015')

See also

Tutorial for Mesh and helper classes: MeshBuilder, MeshVertexMerger

class ezdxf.entities.Mesh

dxf.version

dxf.blend_crease

0 = off, 1 = on

dxf.subdivision_levels

0 for no smoothing else integer greater than 0.

vertices

Vertices as list like VertexArray. (read/write)

edges

Edges as list like TagArray. (read/write)

faces

Faces as list like TagList. (read/write)

creases

Creases as array.array. (read/write)

edit_data() → Iterator[ezdxf.entities.mesh.MeshData]

Context manager various mesh data, returns MeshData.

Despite that vertices, edge and faces since ezdxf v0.8.9 are accessible as packed data types, the usage of MeshData by context manager edit_data() is still recommended.

transform(m: Matrix44) → Mesh

Transform the MESH entity by transformation matrix m inplace.

MeshData

class ezdxf.entities.MeshData

vertices

A standard Python list with (x, y, z) tuples (read/write)

faces

A standard Python list with (v1, v2, v3,…) tuples (read/write)

Each face consist of a list of vertex indices (= index in vertices).

edges

A standard Python list with (v1, v2) tuples (read/write)

Each edge consist of exact two vertex indices (= index in vertices).

edge_crease_values

A standard Python list of float values, one value for each edge. (read/write)

add_face(vertices: Iterable[Sequence[float]]) → Sequence[int]

Add a face by coordinates, vertices is a list of (x, y, z) tuples.

add_edge(vertices: Sequence[Sequence[float]]) → Sequence[int]

Add an edge by coordinates, vertices is a list of two (x, y, z) tuples.

optimize(precision: int = 6)

Try to reduce vertex count by merging near vertices. precision defines the decimal places for coordinate be equal to merge two vertices.