Script to create a mesh cube using Modo TD SDK

cube.py

# python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

import modo

def create():
    """ Modo TD SDK example of creating a cube item, 

    Not recommended but one can run this as a fire-and-forget like..

        @cube.py

    in modo command prompt.

    Or one can import it and run like..

    >>> import cube
    >>> cube.create()

    ASCII Figure, Cube vertex positions and coordinate
    directions.

              +Y
       -X
               4    -Z
        5.    ´|`~.
        |`~.   |    `6
        |    `7|´   ´|
        |   .~|0     |
        1´    | `~.  |
         `~.  |    .`2
       +Z    `3´    
                    +X
             -Y

    """

    mesh = modo.Scene().addItem('mesh', name="Cube")

    vertices = [ # List of vertex positions for a cube,
        (-0.5, -0.5, -0.5), # 0 <- indices,
        (-0.5, -0.5,  0.5), # 1
        ( 0.5, -0.5, -0.5), # 2
        ( 0.5, -0.5,  0.5), # 3
        (-0.5,  0.5, -0.5), # 4
        (-0.5,  0.5,  0.5), # 5
        ( 0.5,  0.5, -0.5), # 6
        ( 0.5,  0.5,  0.5), # 7
    ]

    polygons = [ # Polygons takes a list of vert indices,
        (0, 2, 3, 1), # -Y
        (4, 5, 7, 6), # +Y
        (2, 6, 7, 3), # +X
        (0, 1, 5, 4), # -X
        (1, 3, 7, 5), # +Z
        (0, 4, 6, 2)  # -Z
    ] # index order is important to make the polygon face
      # the right direction.

    # enter the context so it's safe to edit meshes,
    with mesh.geometry as geo:
        for vertex in vertices:
            geo.vertices.new(vertex)

        for polygon in polygons:
            geo.polygons.new(polygon)

    return mesh

if __name__ == '__main__':
    create()