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# Diamond Triangle Surfaces

Divide a surface into a series of staggered triangular surfaces

## Description

Divide a surface into a series of staggered triangular surfaces

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**Name** | Diamond Triangle Surfaces

**Nickname** | Tri Dia

**Tab** | Surface

**Panel** | Grid

**Division** | 6
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**S** | **Surface** (*surface*) | A Nurbs Surface

**D** | **Direction** (*int*) | The direction of the primary division

**U** | **U Divisions** (*int*) | Divison count in the U direction

**V** | **V Divisions** (*int*) | Divison count in the V direction

**F** | **Flip** (*bool*) | Flip the orientation of the triangulation panel

**E** | **Edges** (*int*) | Edge filtering mode
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**S** | Surfaces (*surface*) | Resulting Surfaces

**P** | UV Polylines (*curve*) | The unitized surface UV coordinates of the cells as a hidden polyline
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*none*
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## Usage