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Language = VBScript

'*********************************************************************************
' Purpose: Creates a Face
'*********************************************************************************

Option Explicit          'require variable declarations

Sub Main (CanvasApp)

    Dim Scene            'The current active scene
    Dim SceneRootGroup   'The root Group of the scene
    Dim Group            'The Group for our object (face)
    Dim Object           'The object we are creating (face)
    Dim Face             'The face we are creating
    Dim GridOriginX      'The 3D Canvas Grid's Origin (x)
    Dim GridOriginY      'The 3D Canvas Grid's Origin (y)
    Dim GridOriginZ      'The 3D Canvas Grid's Origin (z)
    Dim GridSize         'The 3D Canvas Grid's Size
    Dim GridInterval     'The 3D Canvas Grid's Interval
    Dim Points           'The user's desired # of points
    Dim NumericPoints    'Points converted to a number
    Dim FirstPointX      'First point in face
    Dim FirstPointY      'First point in face
    Dim FirstPointZ      'First point in face
    Dim AxisX            'Axis to rotate the start position around
    Dim AxisY            'Axis to rotate the start position around
    Dim AxisZ            'Axis to rotate the start position around
    Dim Point            'Point we are creating
    Dim NewPointX        'Point to add
    Dim NewPointY        'Point to add
    Dim NewPointZ        'Point to add
    Dim BoxMinX          'The Object's Bounding Box
    Dim BoxMinY          'The Object's Bounding Box
    Dim BoxMinZ          'The Object's Bounding Box
    Dim BoxMaxX          'The Object's Bounding Box
    Dim BoxMaxY          'The Object's Bounding Box
    Dim BoxMaxZ          'The Object's Bounding Box
    Dim Material         'The Face's Material

    'ask the user how many points s/he wants
    Do
        Points = InputBox("How many points would you like in the face?",,"4")

        'if they entered anything
        If Points <> "" Then
            'they could have entered anything so ensure it is valid
            On Error Resume Next
            NumericPoints = clng(Points)
            Err.Clear
            On Error Goto 0

            'Let them know we had a problem
            If NumericPoints < 3 Then
                Msgbox "3 is the minimum number of points", vbInformation
            End If
        End if
    Loop Until NumericPoints >= 3 Or Points = ""

    'If they entered anything continue
    If Points <> "" Then

        'get the scene
        Set Scene = CanvasApp.GetActiveScene

        'get the root Group
        Set SceneRootGroup = Scene.GetRootGroup

        'create a Group for the object (face)
        Set Group = Scene.CreateGroup

        'add it to the scene
        SceneRootGroup.AddChild Group

        'give the Group a name - note that we can't do this
        'until the Group is added to the scene
        Group.SetName "Face Group"

        'create an object
        Set Object = Scene.CreateObject()

        'add the face to the object
        Set Face = Object.CreateFace

        'add a dummy normal to the object (we need one to add the points)
        Object.AddNormal 0,0,-1

        'set the FirstPoint
        FirstPointX = 0
        FirstPointY = .5
        FirstPointZ = 0

        'we're going to make an exception if they want four faces
        'a quad will look wrong if we just rotate around a point
        If NumericPoints = 4 Then
            'add the quad points to the object
            Object.AddPoint -.5,-.5,0
            Object.AddPoint -.5,.5,0
            Object.AddPoint .5,.5,0
            Object.AddPoint .5,-.5,0

            'add the points and the normal to the face
            Face.AddPointAndNormal 0,0
            Face.AddPointAndNormal 1,0
            Face.AddPointAndNormal 2,0
            Face.AddPointAndNormal 3,0
        Else
            'add the points to the object
            For Point = 0 to NumericPoints - 1
                'rotate the FirstPoint to get a NewPoint
                CanvasApp.RotatePoint FirstPointX, FirstPointY, FirstPointZ, 0, 0, -1, 6.2831853 / NumericPoints * Point, NewPointX, NewPointY, NewPointZ

                'add the NewPoint to the object
                Object.AddPoint NewPointX, NewPointY, NewPointZ

                'add the point to the face
                Face.AddPointAndNormal Point, 0
            Next
        End if

        'Create an appropriate material for the face
        Set Material = Scene.CreateMaterial

        'make it a nice color
        Material.SetColor .894,.773,.788

        'set the default diffuse value
        Material.SetDiffuse 60

        'set the default ambient value
        Material.SetAmbient 20

        'apply the material to the face
        Face.SetMaterial Material

        'add the object to the created Group
        'this also triggers the update to the database
        Group.AddObject Object

        'set the object name - note that we can't do this until
        'the object is added to a Group
        Object.SetName "Face"

        'Now that we know the size of the object let's set the position of the Group
        'so the face is visible

        'get the 3D Canvs grid details
        CanvasApp.GetGridDetails GridOriginX, GridOriginY, GridOriginZ, GridSize, GridInterval

        'get the object's dimensions
        Object.GetBoundingBox BoxMinX, BoxMinY, BoxMinZ, BoxMaxX, BoxMaxY, BoxMaxZ

        'Center the Object's Group on the Scene and have the object sitting nicely
        'on the surface
        Group.SetPosition SceneRootGroup, 0, GridOriginX + GridSize / 2, GridOriginY - BoxMinY, GridOriginZ + GridSize /2

    End If
End Sub