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?

Method 1:  (The fan)
- You have a set of n points.  Let's call them p1, p2, ... pn
- Make a triangle with {p1, p2, p3}
- Make a triangle with {p1, p3, p4}
- Repeat until you  {p1, pn-1, pn}

Method 2: (The potato-chip)
- You have a set of n points.  Let's call them p1, p2, ... pn
- Find the average of your points .  This is the center of your shape. 
Let's call it C
- Make a triangle with {C, p1, p2 }
- Make a triangle with {C, p2, p3 }
- repeat until you hit {C, pn-1, pn }
- Make a last triangle with { C, pn, p1}

This works with 2D as well as 3D points.

This shouldn't be too hard to script or program.
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