Possible to add a plane using vertices via Python?

Question

I've successfully created a plane mesh in Blender by first specifying the coordinates of the four vertices in a .obj file and then importing this file into Blender.

Is directly adding a plane using vertex coordinates via Python possible?

Python function bpy.ops.mesh.primitive_plane_add allows users to add a plane, but it takes in radius, location, rotation, etc. instead. I don't see a quick and easy way of converting four vertex coordinates into these parameters.

Answer 1

With this code you can set the vertex location manually:

import bpy

def create_custom_mesh(objname, px, py, pz):
 
    # Define arrays for holding data    
    myvertex = []
    myfaces = []

    # Create all Vertices

    # vertex 0
    mypoint = [(-1.0, -1.0, 0.0)]
    myvertex.extend(mypoint)

    # vertex 1
    mypoint = [(1.0, -1.0, 0.0)]
    myvertex.extend(mypoint)

    # vertex 2
    mypoint = [(-1.0, 1.0, 0.0)]
    myvertex.extend(mypoint)

    # vertex 3
    mypoint = [(1.0, 1.0, 0.0)]
    myvertex.extend(mypoint)

    # -------------------------------------
    # Create all Faces
    # -------------------------------------
    myface = [(0, 1, 3, 2)]
    myfaces.extend(myface)

    
    mymesh = bpy.data.meshes.new(objname)

    myobject = bpy.data.objects.new(objname, mymesh)

    bpy.context.scene.collection.objects.link(myobject)
    
    # Generate mesh data
    mymesh.from_pydata(myvertex, [], myfaces)
    # Calculate the edges
    mymesh.update(calc_edges=True)

    # Set Location
    myobject.location.x = px
    myobject.location.y = py
    myobject.location.z = pz

    return myobject

curloc = bpy.context.scene.cursor.location

create_custom_mesh("Awesome_object", curloc[0], curloc[1], 0)

I hope this helps!