Voronoi polygons?

[hintzjt7]

Is there a way to generate voronoi polygons on a 3d mesh.

[cheng_xi_li]

If you want to draw the mesh after voronoi polygon is generated, it is possible.

There is a footPrintNode sample in our devkit, it shows how to draw mesh in the Maya.

[hintzjt7]

I want to make voronoi polygons on top of a 3d mesh. If so, how?

[cheng_xi_li]

Hi hintzjt7,

I think you use MFnMesh to modify the the 3dmesh you want after you have generated voronoi polygons.

I know a third party library called voro++ can be used for generating the Voronoi cells.

Yours,

Li

[hintzjt7]

But what these kind of voronoi polygons? https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/t31.0-8/10011556_1007671499258020_9199375386374898...

[cheng_xi_li]

I think they are voronoi polygons on a 3d mesh.

You can use MFnMesh to get the entire mesh data of the head or use MSelectionList and MItMeshPolygon to get user desired polygons. With these data, you can generate a voronoi surface with certain library or algorithm. At last, draw them as your custom node like the sample in the Maya devkit.

[hintzjt7]

What about generating smaller and larger voronoi polygons on the same mesh? Can I use paint maps for that?

[cheng_xi_li]

What kind of tool(mel, api or Maya itself) are you trying to create the voronoi mesh? I don't think there is a tool for generating voronoi directly in Maya. 

[hintzjt7]

I want to create a Maya tool for generating voronoi polygons.