godot/doc/classes/ConvexPolygonShape3D.xml
Ricardo Buring e61a127042 Fix concave/convex polygon shape documentation
Removes some outdated/incorrect/duplicated info, adds correct info.
Also removes no longer applicable "editor-only helper" statements.
2023-03-05 17:19:50 +01:00

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<class name="ConvexPolygonShape3D" inherits="Shape3D" version="4.1" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="../class.xsd">
<brief_description>
Convex polygon shape resource for 3D physics.
</brief_description>
<description>
3D convex polygon shape resource to be added as a [i]direct[/i] child of a [PhysicsBody3D] or [Area3D] using a [CollisionShape3D] node.
The shape is a [i]solid[/i] that includes all the points that it encloses, as opposed to [ConcavePolygonShape3D] which is hollow if it encloses anything. See also [CollisionPolygon3D].
The solid nature of the shape makes it well-suited for both detection and physics; in physics body interactions this allows depenetrating even those shapes which end up (e.g. due to high speed) fully inside the convex shape (similarly to primitive shapes, but unlike [ConcavePolygonShape3D] and [HeightMapShape3D]). The convexity restricts the possible geometric shape of a single [ConvexPolygonShape3D]: it cannot be concave.
[b]Convex decomposition:[/b] Concave objects' collisions can be represented accurately using [i]several[/i] convex shapes. This allows dynamic physics bodies to have complex concave collisions (at a performance cost). It can be achieved by using several [ConvexPolygonShape3D] nodes or by using the [CollisionPolygon3D] node. To generate a collision polygon from a mesh, select the [MeshInstance3D] node, go to the [b]Mesh[/b] menu that appears above the viewport and choose [b]Create Multiple Convex Collision Siblings[/b]. Alternatively, [method MeshInstance3D.create_multiple_convex_collisions] can be called in a script to perform this decomposition at run-time.
[b]Performance:[/b] [ConvexPolygonShape3D] is faster to check collisions against compared to [ConcavePolygonShape3D], but it is slower than primitive collision shapes such as [SphereShape3D] or [BoxShape3D]. Its use should generally be limited to medium-sized objects that cannot have their collision accurately represented by primitive shapes.
</description>
<tutorials>
<link title="3D Physics Tests Demo">https://godotengine.org/asset-library/asset/675</link>
</tutorials>
<members>
<member name="points" type="PackedVector3Array" setter="set_points" getter="get_points" default="PackedVector3Array()">
The list of 3D points forming the convex polygon shape.
</member>
</members>
</class>