<cat>Don'tListMePlease,ThankYou</cat> <title>Mesh Reference - Primitive Types</title> # Mesh Library References These pages seek to provide helpful insight into the usage of the <page>mesh</page> library and its functions. ⤶ These pages seek to provide helpful insight into the usage of the <page>mesh</page> library and its functions. The pages in this series are: * **Primitive Types** ⤶ # Terms and Definitions⤶ ⤶ ## What is a Primitive?⤶ Definitionally, a Primitive is the simple shapes that any model (or "mesh") is built from. ⤶ Practically, a Primitive is a grouping of one or more vertices that the rendering system interprets together in order to draw a simple shape onto the currently active <page text="Render Target">render_rendertargets</page>.⤶ ⤶ As an example, the most common Primitive types are triangles (3 vertices), and quads (4 vertices).⤶ ⤶ ## Face Culling and Vertex Winding⤶ If the rendering system simply drew all Primitives (or "faces") for a model, ⤶ # Primitive Types ⤶ There are ⤶