Using preset cross sections for meshes

[Paauw_Design (Patrick Paauw)]

Hi! I want to create a whole library of objects, each of which has a editable length but a preset cross section (like stock materials). I could import each unique cross section as an .fbx-file and constrain scaling so only the length can be scaled, but that seems an awful way to go about it.

For example, if I want to create two tubes with the same outer diameter, but with different wall thicknesses, do I have to create two separate .fbx-files? Or is there a way to set the wall thickness as a property or parameter of the tube object and edit it in-game?

[Kehel18]

I think that it can be done at least with three methods:

• Morphers. Unfortunately I am not familiar with them too much but here is doc FBX Morph Target Pipeline | Unreal Engine Documentation

• Skeletal meshes and Skeletons. Skeletons can contain special bones, with this bones you can scale related vertices…

• Also you can take a look at special BSP assets and maybe create your own based on them (UDK | UsingBspBrushes)