Rapid Android Development

Working with the PShape Class

In this chapter, we’ll use Processing’s PShape features for all the projects we’ll create.^[278] We can use the class to load 2D vector shape files (svg) and 3D object files (obj) and work with 3D vertices generated algorithmically. Let’s take a look at the methods we’ll use to load and create the 3D scenes in this chapter.

loadShape[279]	load a Scalable Vector Graphic, or svg, file into a PShape object
beginShape[280]	start recording a shape using vertices—we can connect vertices with the following modes: POINTS, LINES, TRIANGLES, TRIANGLE_FAN, TRIANGLE_STRIP, QUADS, and QUAD_STRIP.
endShape[281]	stop recording a shape using vertices
vertex[282]	add a vertex point to a shape using either x and y values or ...