SurfaceType
SurfaceType
Used to determine how a surface should be displayed on a part and how automatic surface joints should behave.
Surface behavior
When surface joining is on, all planar touching flat sides of parts will weld together, regardless of SurfaceType. (This does not affect Hinge, Motor, SteppingMotor)
- Glue, Studs, Inlets, Universal, Weld, and Smooth surfaces will all create Weld instances
- Spheres will not surface-weld to anything. The rounded sides of cylinders will not surface-weld, but the flat end sides will.
Surface appearance
Stud, Inlet, Universal, Weld, and Glue Surface textures only appear on plastic material parts, both in-game and in Studio.
See also
Workspace/JoinToOutsiders, creates joints between the specified parts and any touching parts depending on the parts’ surfaces and the specified joint creation modeEnum/JointCreationMode, the way joints are created between two surfaces
Enums
| Name | Value | Description |
Smooth |
0 | Makes the side appear without any surface detail (except for outlines) |
Glue |
1 | Makes the side appear with thick diagonal "X"s |
Weld |
2 | Makes the side appear with thick diagonal "X"s |
Studs |
3 | Makes the side appear with square studs |
Inlet |
4 | Makes the side appear with holes where studs would be |
Universal |
5 | Makes the side appear with both Studs and Inlets in a checker pattern |
Hinge |
6 | Makes the side appear with a yellow hinge. Any part connected to this hinge will stick to the side and rotate using physics, however, using |
Motor |
7 | Acts the same as a Hinge, but has a grey ring around it and automatically rotates any part connected to it, however, using |
SteppingMotor |
8 | Functions identically to a motor. It may have functioned differently in the past, but that functionality no longer seems to exist |
SmoothNoOutlines |
10 | Same as Smooth, but removes the outlines of the surface |
Referenced by:
BasePart/TopSurfaceBasePart/RightSurfaceBasePart/LeftSurfaceBasePart/FrontSurfaceBasePart/BottomSurfaceBasePart/BackSurface