buildGeometry doesn't work with point() ?

[ffd8]

Most appropriate sub-area of p5.js?

• Accessibility
• Color
• Core/Environment/Rendering
• Data
• DOM
• Events
• Image
• IO
• Math
• Typography
• Utilities
• WebGL
• Build process
• Unit testing
• Internationalization
• Friendly errors
• Other (specify if possible)

p5.js version

1.11.7

Web browser and version

Chrome 136.0.7103.93

Operating system

MacOS

Steps to reproduce this

Steps:

1. Try creating a custom buildGeometry() shape using points
2. They appear for 1 frame (if using clear() or background() then go poof
3. Not an issue if rendering line() or sphere()

Snippet:

See example here.

FYI, was exploring buildGeometry() for a faster point cloud when drawing the obj.computeFaces().vertices as discussed here and wonder if it's intentional or a bug that point() doesn't work?

[davepagurek]

This one is intentional for now -- buildGeometry generates a thing that you can draw in one go, but fundamentally points are drawn with a different shader than regular meshes, so for now that means p5.Geometry is for meshes only. (Similarly, switching shaders inside buildGeometry won't save either for the same reason.)

I think if we want to support this, we might need to try merging points and strokes so that points can be stored alongside the other strokes on a p5.Geometry. We currently use a separate shader for points, and there are some aspects of strokes that currently would break if used for points (I think we assume that all strokes have >= 2 points when we convert strokes to meshes) so we'll need to update a few spots there too. If any contributors are interested in looking into how that might be done, let me know!