How to dynamically change the shape of a mesh during runtime?

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Hello,

I’m pretty new to Unity and am working on a project for my university. What I’m trying to do is allow the player to control a machine that will drill into a piece of metal, and have the piece of metal reshape as it is touched by the drill. Is there a way to create a mesh that will change itself based on these properties? If so, what scripting functions should I look into in order to accomplish this? Are there any examples of it that I can look at to get a better idea of how to proceed?

Thanks!

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See the second example here to see how to modify a mesh.

Creating solids that reshape themselves as opposed to hollow meshes (IE. destructible terrain as in Space Engineers) is real hard. You have to model what parts of the body that’s been destroyed, and then figure out how to draw a mesh that matches the hole.

I’d suggest searching for “destructible terrain” and see if you can find anything good.