MeshType

Value Type: MeshType

Description:

The mesh that the SpecialMeshobject applies to the BasePart depends on the MeshType property. A number of options are available.

Brick - A block shape, equivalent to a BlockMesh
Cylinder - A cylinder, identical to a Part with a Part/Shape of ‘Cylinder’
FileMesh - A user uploaded Mesh, equivalent to FileMesh that a texture can be applied to using the FileMesh/TextureId property
Head - A character head shape
Sphere - A sphere shape, similar to a Part with a Part/Shape of ‘Ball’ but can be freely resized on all axis
Wedge - A wedge shape, identical to a WedgePart
Torso - A block with sloped sides, due to be deprecated

Note, each MeshType will scale differently when using DataModelMesh/Scale, for more information on this please see the page on DataModelMesh/Scale.

Code Samples

Mesh VertexColor

In this code sample a BasePart is instanced with a SpecialMesh. The DataModelMesh/VertexColor property of the SpecialMesh is then animated using TweenService.

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local TweenService = game:GetService("TweenService")

-- instance a part and a mesh
local part = Instance.new("Part")
part.Size = Vector3.new(4, 8, 4)
part.Position = Vector3.new(0, 4, 0)
part.Anchored = true
part.CanCollide = false 

local mesh = Instance.new("SpecialMesh", part)
mesh.MeshType = Enum.MeshType.FileMesh
mesh.MeshId = "rbxassetid://1086413449"
mesh.TextureId = "rbxassetid://1461576423"
mesh.Offset = Vector3.new(0, 0, 0)
mesh.Scale = Vector3.new(4, 4, 4)
mesh.VertexColor = Vector3.new(1, 1, 1)

-- parent part to workspace
part.Parent = workspace

-- create tweens
local tweenInfo = TweenInfo.new(1, Enum.EasingStyle.Linear, Enum.EasingDirection.Out)
local blackTween = TweenService:Create(mesh, tweenInfo, {VertexColor = Vector3.new(0, 0, 0)})
local redTween = TweenService:Create(mesh, tweenInfo, {VertexColor = Vector3.new(1, 0, 0)})
local greenTween = TweenService:Create(mesh, tweenInfo, {VertexColor = Vector3.new(0, 1, 0)})
local blueTween = TweenService:Create(mesh, tweenInfo, {VertexColor = Vector3.new(0, 0, 1)})
local resetTween = TweenService:Create(mesh, tweenInfo, {VertexColor = Vector3.new(1, 1, 1)})

-- animate 
while true do 
	blackTween:Play()
	blackTween.Completed:Wait()
	redTween:Play()
	redTween.Completed:Wait()
	greenTween:Play()
	greenTween.Completed:Wait()
	blueTween:Play()
	blueTween.Completed:Wait()
	resetTween:Play()
	resetTween.Completed:Wait()
	wait()
end

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