concave mesh to convex mesh converter

[soba]

I need a program that will convert a concave mesh to a convex mesh, if I had that, I could load any model into .dif format and then into blockland

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[Demian]

Ohai there. As far as I know there's no way to automate that process. Gotta do it manually. How complex is your mesh?

[Butler]

I'm going to guess here. But you want to to go from concave to convex right?


So, my guess is:

Just turn it around?

[Demian]

I'm going to guess here. But you want to to go from concave to convex right?


So, my guess is:

Just turn it around?

I don't think you know the difference between concave and convex. You can't just do it like that.

[Butler]

No. I know the difference.

Concave (relatively) is this shape (

Convex (relatively) is this shape )

[soba]

So....flip the normals, you're saying? or something?

[Demian]

So....flip the normals, you're saying? or something?

What? No. Why is this so hard. You need to manually modfy your mesh and make sure each object is convex.

Read this: http://www.rustycode.com/tutorials/convex.html

Then read it again. Then perhaps once more. It is talking about collision meshes but it explains concave/convex very well.

This blob is convex.


This blob is concave.


This polygon is concave.


To make it convex I need to split it into these faces.

[Butler]

Oh, You want to change a BALL. Yeah, that's a whole different process.

[Demian]

Oh, You want to change a BALL. Yeah, that's a whole different process.

A sphere is convex and he never mentioned one.