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    single: polyAppend
    single: 0x50415050
    single: category; geometry

_default - polyAppend (0x50415050)
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:classification:
    
    
    geometry
    
    

:plugin:
    (built-in)

:id:
    0x50415050


:link:
    visit Autodesk Maya 2026 official reference `a link`_.

.. _a link: https://help.autodesk.com/cloudhelp/2026/ENU/Maya-Tech-Docs/Nodes/polyAppend.html



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                <th class="attr_name">Long name (short name)</th>
                <th class="attr_type">Type</th>
                <th class="attr_default">Value</th>
                <th class="attr_minmax">Min/Max</th>
                <th class="attr_flags">Flags</th>
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            <tr>
                <th colspan="5">channel box</th>
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            <tr class="indent0" data-attr-name="subdivision">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 0ex;"><span class="attr_label">subdivision (s)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">long</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">1</div>
                    
                    
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                <td class="attr_minmax">1/100</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, in, keyable, out, storable</td>
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            <tr class="parent indent0 dotted" data-attr-name="vertices">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 0ex;"><span class="attr_label">vertices (v)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">float3</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">-</div>
                    
                    
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                <td class="attr_minmax">-</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">array, connectable, in, out, storable</td>
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            <tr class="child indent1 dotted" data-attr-name="vtxx">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 4ex;"><span class="attr_label">vtxx (vx)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">floatLinear</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">-</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">-</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, in, keyable, out</td>
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                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 4ex;"><span class="attr_label">vtxy (vy)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">floatLinear</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">-</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">-</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, in, keyable, out</td>
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            <tr class="child indent1 last" data-attr-name="vtxz">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 4ex;"><span class="attr_label">vtxz (vz)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">floatLinear</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">-</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">-</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, in, keyable, out</td>
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                <th colspan="5">external visible attributes</th>
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            <tr class="indent0" data-attr-name="desc">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 0ex;"><span class="attr_label">desc (d)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">long</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">-</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">-</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">array, connectable, in, out, storable</td>
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            <tr class="indent0" data-attr-name="frozen">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 0ex;"><span class="attr_label">frozen (fzn)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">bool</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">-</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">0/1</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, in, out, storable</td>
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            <tr class="indent0" data-attr-name="frozenAffected">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 0ex;"><span class="attr_label">frozenAffected (fza)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">bool</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">-</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">0/1</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, extension, out, storable</td>
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            <tr class="indent0" data-attr-name="inputComponents">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 0ex;"><span class="attr_label">inputComponents (ics)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">-</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">-</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">-</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, in, out, storable</td>
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            <tr class="indent0" data-attr-name="output">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 0ex;"><span class="attr_label">output (out)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">-</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">-</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">-</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, out</td>
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            <tr class="indent0" data-attr-name="texture">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 0ex;"><span class="attr_label">texture (tx)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">enum</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">-</div>
                    
                    <ul class="attr_enum_list">
                    
                        <li class="attr_enum_item">
                            none (0)
                            
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                        <li class="attr_enum_item">
                            normalized (1)
                            
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                        <li class="attr_enum_item">
                            unitized (2)
                            
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                <td class="attr_minmax">0/2</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, in, out, storable</td>
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            <tr class="indent0" data-attr-name="useInputComp">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 0ex;"><span class="attr_label">useInputComp (uic)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">bool</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">1</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">0/1</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, in, out, storable</td>
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                <th colspan="5">external hidden attributes</th>
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            <tr class="indent0" data-attr-name="inMeshCache">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 0ex;"><span class="attr_label">inMeshCache (imc)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">-</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">-</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">-</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">hidden</td>
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            <tr class="indent0" data-attr-name="inputPolymesh">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 0ex;"><span class="attr_label">inputPolymesh (ip)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">-</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">-</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">-</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, hidden, in, out</td>
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            <tr class="indent0" data-attr-name="isHistoricallyInteresting">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 0ex;"><span class="attr_label">isHistoricallyInteresting (ihi)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">byte</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">2</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">0/255</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, hidden, in, out, storable</td>
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                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 0ex;"><span class="attr_label">message (msg)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">message</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">-</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">-</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, hidden, out</td>
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            <tr class="indent0" data-attr-name="test2EdgeLoops">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 0ex;"><span class="attr_label">test2EdgeLoops (tel)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">bool</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">1</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">0/1</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">hidden, storable</td>
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                <th colspan="5">internal attributes</th>
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            <tr class="indent0" data-attr-name="binMembership">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 0ex;"><span class="attr_label">binMembership (bnm)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">-</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">-</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">-</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">hidden, storable</td>
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            <tr class="indent0" data-attr-name="cacheInput">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 0ex;"><span class="attr_label">cacheInput (cin)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">long</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">-</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">-</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">hidden</td>
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            <tr class="indent0" data-attr-name="caching">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 0ex;"><span class="attr_label">caching (cch)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">bool</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">-</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">0/1</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, in, out, storable</td>
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            <tr class="indent0" data-attr-name="edgeIdMap">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 0ex;"><span class="attr_label">edgeIdMap (emap)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">bool</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">-</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">0/1</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">hidden</td>
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            <tr class="indent0" data-attr-name="faceIdMap">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 0ex;"><span class="attr_label">faceIdMap (fmap)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">bool</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">-</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">0/1</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">hidden</td>
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                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 0ex;"><span class="attr_label">nodeState (nds)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">enum</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">-</div>
                    
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                        <li class="attr_enum_item">
                            Normal (0)
                            
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                        <li class="attr_enum_item">
                            HasNoEffect (1)
                            
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                        <li class="attr_enum_item">
                            Blocking (2)
                            
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                        <li class="attr_enum_item">
                            Waiting-Normal (8)
                            
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                        <li class="attr_enum_item">
                            Waiting-HasNoEffect (9)
                            
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                        <li class="attr_enum_item">
                            Waiting-Blocking (10)
                            
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                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">0/10</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, in, out, storable</td>
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            <tr class="indent0" data-attr-name="useOldPolyArchitecture">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 0ex;"><span class="attr_label">useOldPolyArchitecture (uopa)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">bool</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">-</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">0/1</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">hidden, storable</td>
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            <tr class="indent0" data-attr-name="vertexIdMap">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 0ex;"><span class="attr_label">vertexIdMap (vmap)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">bool</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">-</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">0/1</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">hidden</td>
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