EzMesh Plugin: Convert Mesh into SpecialMesh

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#1

Hello made my first plugin. Converts your mesh to special mesh. Mostly for vfx artists to save a couple clicks. Looking for critique in my code and additive features I could add.

Currently takes all selected mesh and converts the properties. Had trouble with change-history service. Undo worked, but didn’t revert back to the original mesh instance, just deleted it.

plugin: https://create.roblox.com/store/asset/17597221422/EzMesh

Source code:

local Selection = game:GetService('Selection')
local ChangeHistoryService = game:GetService('ChangeHistoryService')

local toolBar = plugin:CreateToolbar('EzMesh') :: {PluginToolbarButton}
local button = toolBar:CreateButton('Create', 'Convert mesh into special mesh', '') :: {PluginToolbarButton}

button.Click:Connect(function()
	local IsRecordingInProgress = ChangeHistoryService:IsRecordingInProgress() :: {ChangeHistoryService}
	if IsRecordingInProgress then
		return
	end
	
	local selected = Selection:Get()
	
	for i, mesh in selected do
		if mesh:IsA('MeshPart') then
			local meshName = mesh.Name
			local meshSize = mesh.Size
			local meshPosition = mesh.Position
			local meshId = mesh.MeshId
			
			local part = Instance.new('Part', workspace)
			local specialMesh = Instance.new('SpecialMesh', part)
			
			part.Name = mesh.Name
			part.Position = meshPosition
			part.Size = meshSize
			
			specialMesh.MeshId = meshId
			mesh:Destroy()
		end
	end
	
	local recording = ChangeHistoryService:TryBeginRecording('SpecialMesh created')
	if not recording then
		warn('Error. Could not make changes. Please try again.')
		ChangeHistoryService:FinishRecording(recording, Enum.FinishRecordingOperation.Cancel)
		return
	end
	
	ChangeHistoryService:FinishRecording(recording, Enum.FinishRecordingOperation.Commit)
end)
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#2

updated the code. no longer using 2nd parameter for instance.new for performance and undo wasnt working because i was deleting the part. now caching the part in serverstorage for undo

#3

Can you make special mesh to mesh too?, and viceversa

#4

ye i could might do this plus add gui when i update

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