Procedural Mesh From Random List Of Veritces

I am very new to procedural mesh generation, but I need to find a solution on how to generate a mesh based on a list of random vertices. The only thing I know about the list of vertices is that they are ordered clockwise but that’s it. I don’t know how many vertices it will have or in what shape and I have no idea how to generate the triangles of the mesh. This is an image of a possible layout of vertices:


Any direction, tutorial link or code snippet would be greatly appreciated.

Take a look at the unity triangulator and the delauny algorithm. Very interesting topic :slight_smile:

@FairGamesProductions if you are still looking,
The unity triangulator, as the server looks down~

using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;

public class Triangulator
{
    private List<Vector2> m_points = new List<Vector2>();

    public Triangulator(Vector2[] points)
    {
        m_points = new List<Vector2>(points);
    }

    public int[] Triangulate()
    {
        List<int> indices = new List<int>();

        int n = m_points.Count;
        if (n < 3)
            return indices.ToArray();

        int[] V = new int[n];
        if (Area() > 0)
        {
            for (int v = 0; v < n; v++)
                V[v] = v;
        }
        else
        {
            for (int v = 0; v < n; v++)
                V[v] = (n - 1) - v;
        }

        int nv = n;
        int count = 2 * nv;
        for (int m = 0, v = nv - 1; nv > 2;)
        {
            if ((count--) <= 0)
                return indices.ToArray();

            int u = v;
            if (nv <= u)
                u = 0;
            v = u + 1;
            if (nv <= v)
                v = 0;
            int w = v + 1;
            if (nv <= w)
                w = 0;

            if (Snip(u, v, w, nv, V))
            {
                int a, b, c, s, t;
                a = V;

b = V[v];
c = V[w];
indices.Add(a);
indices.Add(b);
indices.Add(c);
m++;
for (s = v, t = v + 1; t < nv; s++, t++)
V = V[t];
nv–;
count = 2 * nv;
}
}

indices.Reverse();
return indices.ToArray();
}

private float Area()
{
int n = m_points.Count;
float A = 0.0f;
for (int p = n - 1, q = 0; q < n; p = q++)
{
Vector2 pval = m_points[p];
Vector2 qval = m_points[q];
A += pval.x * qval.y - qval.x * pval.y;
}
return (A * 0.5f);
}

private bool Snip(int u, int v, int w, int n, int[] V)
{
int p;
Vector2 A = m_points[V];
Vector2 B = m_points[V[v]];
Vector2 C = m_points[V[w]];
if (Mathf.Epsilon > (((B.x - A.x) * (C.y - A.y)) - ((B.y - A.y) * (C.x - A.x))))
return false;
for (p = 0; p < n; p++)
{
if ((p == u) || (p == v) || (p == w))
continue;
Vector2 P = m_points[V[p]];
if (InsideTriangle(A, B, C, P))
return false;
}
return true;
}
~~ ~~
private bool InsideTriangle(Vector2 A, Vector2 B, Vector2 C, Vector2 P)
{
float ax, ay, bx, by, cx, cy, apx, apy, bpx, bpy, cpx, cpy;
float cCROSSap, bCROSScp, aCROSSbp;
~~ ~~
ax = C.x - B.x; ay = C.y - B.y;
bx = A.x - C.x; by = A.y - C.y;
cx = B.x - A.x; cy = B.y - A.y;
apx = P.x - A.x; apy = P.y - A.y;
bpx = P.x - B.x; bpy = P.y - B.y;
cpx = P.x - C.x; cpy = P.y - C.y;
~~ ~~
aCROSSbp = ax * bpy - ay * bpx;
cCROSSap = cx * apy - cy * apx;
bCROSScp = bx * cpy - by * cpx;
~~ ~~
return ((aCROSSbp >= 0.0f) && (bCROSScp >= 0.0f) && (cCROSSap >= 0.0f));
}
}
And a short test class to show you how to use it,
using UnityEngine;
~~ ~~
public class PolygonTester : MonoBehaviour
{
void Start()
{
// Create Vector2 vertices
Vector2[] vertices2D = new Vector2[] {
new Vector2(0,0),
new Vector2(0,50),
new Vector2(50,50),
new Vector2(50,100),
new Vector2(0,100),
new Vector2(0,150),
new Vector2(150,150),
new Vector2(150,100),
new Vector2(100,100),
new Vector2(100,50),
new Vector2(150,50),
new Vector2(150,0),
};
~~ ~~
// Use the triangulator to get indices for creating triangles
Triangulator tr = new Triangulator(vertices2D);
int[] indices = tr.Triangulate();
~~ ~~
// Create the Vector3 vertices
Vector3[] vertices = new Vector3[vertices2D.Length];
for (int i = 0; i < vertices.Length; i++)
{
vertices = new Vector3(vertices2D_.x, vertices2D*.y, 0);*_
}
~~ ~~
// Create the mesh
Mesh msh = new Mesh();
msh.vertices = vertices;
msh.triangles = indices;
msh.RecalculateNormals();
msh.RecalculateBounds();
~~ ~~
// Set up game object with mesh;
gameObject.AddComponent(typeof(MeshRenderer));
MeshFilter filter = gameObject.AddComponent(typeof(MeshFilter)) as MeshFilter;
filter.mesh = msh;
}
}