# MeshPolygon(bpy_struct)

base class — `bpy_struct`

class `bpy.types.``MeshPolygon`(bpy_struct)

  Polygon in a Mesh data-block

  `area`

    Read only area of this polygon

    Type: | float in [0, inf], default 0.0, (readonly)

  `center`

    Center of this polygon

    Type: | float array of 3 items in [-inf, inf], default (0.0, 0.0, 0.0), (readonly)

  `hide`

    Type: | boolean, default False

  `index`

    Index of this polygon

    Type: | int in [0, inf], default 0, (readonly)

  `loop_start`

    Index of the first loop of this polygon

    Type: | int in [0, inf], default 0

  `loop_total`

    Number of loops used by this polygon

    Type: | int in [0, inf], default 0

  `material_index`

    Type: | int in [0, 32767], default 0

  `normal`

    Local space unit length normal vector for this polygon

    Type: | float array of 3 items in [-1, 1], default (0.0, 0.0, 0.0), (readonly)

  `select`

    Type: | boolean, default False

  `use_freestyle_mark`

    Face mark for Freestyle line rendering

    Type: | boolean, default False

  `use_smooth`

    Type: | boolean, default False

  `vertices`

    Vertex indices

    Type: | int array of 3 items in [0, inf], default (0, 0, 0)

  `edge_keys`

    (readonly)

  `loop_indices`

    (readonly)

  `flip`()

    Invert winding of this polygon (flip its normal)

  classmethod `bl_rna_get_subclass`(id, default=None)

    Parameters: | id (string) – The RNA type identifier.
    Returns: | The RNA type or default when not found.
    Return type: | `bpy.types.Struct` subclass

  classmethod `bl_rna_get_subclass_py`(id, default=None)

    Parameters: | id (string) – The RNA type identifier.
    Returns: | The class or default when not found.
    Return type: | type

Inherited Properties

`bpy_struct.id_data` |

Inherited Functions

`bpy_struct.as_pointer` `bpy_struct.driver_add` `bpy_struct.driver_remove` `bpy_struct.get` `bpy_struct.is_property_hidden` `bpy_struct.is_property_overridable_library` `bpy_struct.is_property_readonly` `bpy_struct.is_property_set` `bpy_struct.items` `bpy_struct.keyframe_delete` | `bpy_struct.keyframe_insert` `bpy_struct.keys` `bpy_struct.path_from_id` `bpy_struct.path_resolve` `bpy_struct.pop` `bpy_struct.property_overridable_library_set` `bpy_struct.property_unset` `bpy_struct.type_recast` `bpy_struct.values`

References

`Mesh.polygons` |