Choose a point in the center of the object and create a mesh of triangles,
taking two points and connecting them with the center.
You may create internal "rings" depeding on how your xy points are set up, then
you can add the height.

So if your points are in an array of position vectors

#decalre points = array[5]
 { <1,0,0> <1,0,1> <0,0,1> <-1,0,0> <0,0,-1> }
mesh{
#declare cnt = 1;
#while ( cnt < dimension_size(points,1) )
  triangle { <0,0,0> points[cnt] points [cnt-1] }
  #declare cnt = cnt + 1;
#end
texture definition
} // end mesh

That should get you started, then you can start to play with height values. If
you want to smooth them out, take a look at
http://www.spiritone.com/~english/cyclopedia/smooth2.html

Josh

Geoff Wedig wrote:

> I have a set of points on the XY plane which have a clockwise order to form
> a shape.  I want to fill this shape with something.  I can't use a prism
> object for this purpose as it will eventually add a height element.  Does
> anyone know how to generate a mesh to do this?
>
> Geoff

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