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Babylon.js built-in primitives (BABYLON.MeshBuilder.*)

1. Solid / volumetric meshes​

  • Box – CreateBox
  • Sphere / Ellipsoid – CreateSphere
  • Ico-sphere – CreateIcoSphere
  • Capsule – CreateCapsule
  • Cylinder / Cone – CreateCylinder
  • Torus – CreateTorus
  • Torus Knot – CreateTorusKnot
  • Disc – CreateDisc
  • Polyhedron family (15 presets + custom) – CreatePolyhedron
  • Plane – CreatePlane
  • Ground – CreateGround
  • Tiled Ground – CreateTiledGround
  • Ground from Height-Map – CreateGroundFromHeightMap

(All share the same "updatable" option and return a standard Mesh)

2. Surface / parametric meshes​

  • Ribbon – CreateRibbon
  • Tube – CreateTube
  • Lathe – CreateLathe
  • Extrude Shape – ExtrudeShape / ExtrudeShapeCustom
  • Extrude Polygon – ExtrudePolygon
  • Polygon / irregular polygon – CreatePolygon
  • 3-D Text (extruded glyphs) – CreateText (needs Earcut + font JSON)

3. Line-based meshes​

  • Lines – CreateLines
  • Dashed Lines – CreateDashedLines
  • Line System – CreateLineSystem

Usage pattern​

const mesh = BABYLON.MeshBuilder.CreateBox("box", { size: 2, updatable: true }, scene);

(Replace CreateBox with any function above; options vary per primitive.)

Heads-up​

  • Lathe and CreatePolygon can't be updated in-place; rebuild instead.
  • CreatePolygon, ExtrudePolygon, and CreateText rely on the Earcut triangulation library.
  • Older BABYLON.Mesh.Create* helpers still exist for backward compatibility but lack the richer option objects.

That's the complete list of primitives available in Babylon.js 8.x.