A shard is basically a broken piece that is part of a FracturedMesh. Once the mesh is destroyed it will break into shards; each shard can be access independently and respond to its own set of functions and properties.

Static Variables

Name	Description
`fracturedmesh`	Reference to the FracturedMesh the Shard belongs to.
Declaration FracturedMesh *fracturedmesh
`world_matrix`	4x4 matrix storing the active world transformation of the Shard.
Declaration mat4 world_matrix
`bounds`	Bounds of the Shard in world space.
Declaration Bounds bounds
`physicobject`	Reference to the PhysicObject attached to the active Shard.
Declaration PhysicObject *physicobject

Variables

Name	Description
`local_matrix`	4x4 local matrix representing the transformation of the Shard relative to its parent FracturedMesh.
Declaration mat4 local_matrix
`selected`	Boolean value representing if the Shard is currently selected (editor only).
Declaration bool selected

Functions

Name	Description
`SetMaterial`	Assign the Material to use when drawing the Shard.
Declaration void SetMaterial( int renderlayer_cap, unsigned short primitive_index, Material material ) Parameters* `renderlayer_cap`: Bit mask of RenderLayer caps telling the system which Material to use for which render layer. `primitive_index`: The primitive index to apply the Material too. Where `0` represent the outside shell of the Shard and `1` the inner part of the Shard after fracture. This allows you to have an outside and inside Material applied. `material`: Reference to an exisiting Material Asset; pass `nil` to disconnect.
`CopyMaterials`	Helper that allows you to copy the current Material configuration used for a specific RenderLayer to another.
Declaration bool CopyMaterials( int from_renderlayer_cap, int to_renderlayer_cap ) Parameters `from_renderlayer_cap`: Bitmask of RenderLayer caps to tell the system which Material configuration should be use. `to_renderlayer_cap`: Bitmask of RenderLayer caps to copy the configuration to. Return Value `true` if the `from_renderlayer_cap` parameter correspond to an existing configuration; else return `false`.
`GetMaterial`	Helper function to retrieve the current Material used for a specific RenderLayer caps configuration.
Declaration Material GetMaterial( int renderlayer_cap, unsigned short primitive_index ) Parameters* `renderlayer_cap`: Bitmask of RenderLayer caps associated to an existing configuration. `primitive_index`: The primitive index used in the Material configuration. Return Value `nil` if either the configuration was not found or if the configuration is not associated to any Material; else return the active Material reference.
`Activate`	Force the activation of a Shard.
Declaration bool Activate( void ) Return Value `true` on success; `false` if the Shard is marked as static in other words marked as part of the FracturedMesh foundation.
`Detach`	Force the Shard to be detached from its parent FracturedMesh.
Declaration int Detach( void ) Return Value `-1` if the Shard cannot be detached (not marked as `fDestructable`); else return the amount of physic contraints that have been removed in order to detach the Shard.