What are meshes?

A mesh is like a net made out of tiny connected pieces that can move and change shape.

Imagine you're playing with a connect-the-dots picture, each dot is a point, and the lines between them are edges. Now imagine those dots and lines are all flexible and can bend or stretch, like playdough. That’s a mesh!

Think of a T-shirt. It's made up of lots of tiny squares (like a grid), but when you stretch it, the squares become rectangles, they still stay connected, though. A mesh works the same way: it’s made of many small shapes (like triangles or squares) that are all linked together. These little shapes can move and change size, which lets the mesh look smooth or bendy.

If you take apart a puzzle, each piece is like one part of the mesh. When you put it back together, it becomes whole again, just like how a computer uses meshes to draw 3D shapes on your screen!