swartz-manning-museum/Assets/ProCore/ProBuilder/API Examples/Vertex Colors/HighlightNearestFace.cs

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;
using ProBuilder2.Common;

/**
 *	Move a sphere around the surface of a ProBuilder mesh, changing the
 *	vertex color of the nearest face.
 *
 *	Scene setup:  Create a Unity Sphere primitive in a new scene, then attach
 *	this script to the sphere.  Press 'Play'
 */
public class HighlightNearestFace : MonoBehaviour
{
	// The distance covered by the plane.
	public float travel = 50f;
	// The speed at which the sphere will move.
	public float speed = .2f;
	// ProBuilder mesh component
	private pb_Object target;
	// The nearest face to this sphere.
	private pb_Face nearest = null;

	void Start()
	{
		// Generate a 50x50 plane with 25 subdivisions, facing up, with no smoothing applied.
		target = pb_ShapeGenerator.PlaneGenerator(travel, travel, 25, 25, ProBuilder2.Common.Axis.Up, false);

		target.SetFaceMaterial(target.faces, pb_Constant.DefaultMaterial);

		target.transform.position = new Vector3(travel * .5f, 0f, travel * .5f);

		// Rebuild the mesh (apply pb_Object data to UnityEngine.Mesh)
		target.ToMesh();

		// Rebuild UVs, Colors, Collisions, Normals, and Tangents
		target.Refresh();

		// Orient the camera in a good position
		Camera cam = Camera.main;
		cam.transform.position = new Vector3(25f, 40f, 0f);
		cam.transform.localRotation = Quaternion.Euler( new Vector3(65f, 0f, 0f) );
	}

	void Update()
	{
		float time = Time.time * speed;

		Vector3 position = new Vector3(
			Mathf.PerlinNoise(time, time) * travel,
			2,
			Mathf.PerlinNoise(time + 1f, time + 1f) * travel
			);

		transform.position = position;

		if(target == null)
		{
			Debug.LogWarning("Missing the ProBuilder Mesh target!");
			return;
		}

		// instead of testing distance by converting each face's center to world space,
		// convert the world space of this object to the pb-Object local transform.
		Vector3 pbRelativePosition = target.transform.InverseTransformPoint(transform.position);

		// reset the last colored face to white
		if(nearest != null)
			target.SetFaceColor(nearest, Color.white);

		// iterate each face in the pb_Object looking for the one nearest
		// to this object.
		int faceCount = target.faces.Length;
		float smallestDistance = Mathf.Infinity;
		nearest = target.faces[0];

		for(int i = 0; i < faceCount; i++)
		{
			float distance = Vector3.Distance(pbRelativePosition, FaceCenter(target, target.faces[i]));

			if(distance < smallestDistance)
			{
				smallestDistance = distance;
				nearest = target.faces[i];
			}
		}

		// Set a single face's vertex colors.  If you're updating more than one face, consider using
		// the pb_Object.SetColors(Color[] colors); function instead.
		target.SetFaceColor(nearest, Color.blue);

		// Apply the stored vertex color array to the Unity mesh.
		target.RefreshColors();
	}

	/**
	 *	Returns the average of each vertex position in a face.
	 *	In local space.
	 */
	private Vector3 FaceCenter(pb_Object pb, pb_Face face)
	{
		Vector3[] vertices = pb.vertices;

		Vector3 average = Vector3.zero;

		// face holds triangle data.  distinctIndices is a
		// cached collection of the distinct indices that
		// make up the triangles. Ex:
		// tris = {0, 1, 2, 2, 3, 0}
		// distinct indices = {0, 1, 2, 3}
		foreach(int index in face.distinctIndices)
		{
			average.x += vertices[index].x;
			average.y += vertices[index].y;
			average.z += vertices[index].z;
		}

		float len = (float) face.distinctIndices.Length;

		average.x /= len;
		average.y /= len;
		average.z /= len;

		return average;
	}
}