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| title | date | weight |
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| Primitive Type | 2021-01-27T15:32:11-08:00 | 6 |
A "primitive" is just a shape that can be interpreted from a stream of vertex data. So PrimitiveType determines how a stream of vertex information will be interpreted as shapes by the pipeline. There are 5 types of primitives that MoonWorks supports.
PointList will interpret the data as a list of points.
LineList will interpret the data as a list of lines.
LineStrip will interpet the data as a strip of lines.
TriangleList will interpret the data as a list of triangles.
TriangleStrip will interpret the data as a strip of triangles.
The primitive type you will use the most by far is TriangleList - the vast majority of 3D model exporters will give you vertex data in the form of a list of triangles. The others are mostly niche cases.