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Question by kurai · May 07, 2013 at 10:01 AM · meshverticestrianglesmesh-deformation

Expanding mesh animation

Hi there. I'm trying to create an expanding mesh animation. I've got a ring which I want to expand over time maintaing its width constant. So I tried to use the Mesh object to move the vertices each update cycle.

Here's what I'm trying to do: ![alt text][1]

The code I wrote so far:

 using UnityEngine;
 using System.Collections;
 
 public class WaveGenerator : MonoBehaviour {
     
     void Update() {
         Mesh mesh = GetComponent<MeshFilter>().mesh;
         Vector3[] vertices = mesh.vertices;
         Vector3[] normals = mesh.normals;
         int[] triangles = mesh.triangles;
         int i = 0;
         while (i < vertices.Length) {
             vertices[i].x += normals[i].x*0.1f ;
             vertices[i].z += normals[i].z*0.1f ;
             i++;
         }
        
         
         mesh.Clear();
         mesh.vertices = vertices;
         mesh.triangles = triangles;
         
         //mesh.RecalculateNormals();
         //mesh.RecalculateBounds();
     }
 }

The problem is that with that the mesh "explodes" into a lot of triangles. How can I rebuild it in a way that keeps all the triangles connected?

Thanks for all the help. [1]: /storage/temp/10785-2013-05-07+11.52.20.jpg

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