Components of Node

In this section, we will describe the components of a node with illustarions. The name of these components can be seen through out of this document and lots of the 3D softwares.

Vertex (Plural: Vertices)

A vertex is a point in the 3D space. When two or more polygonal faces share one single corner, this corner is also a vertex for all of them.

Vertices of a node (points in red)

Face

When three or more vertices are linked by edges and form a close space, the space is called a face.

Pyramid formed by 4 faces, each face is a shape of triangle.

Mesh

A mesh contains a collection of polygons, which can be of different types (Triangles, quads, multi-sided).

Mesh house formed by polygons

Pivot

A pivot is a specific position used as a reference for the transformations of objects. Every object or a group of objects has a pivot point that can be moved relative to the object. It also known as “center” in some other 3D software.

Pivot of a torus

Texture UV

It is a coordinate system to define the locations for projecting a texture map onto an object.

	The original look of the box. The UV reference is described in the illustration below. Two faces of it are taken as examples.
	Texture mapping adjusted according to the reference.

Components of Node