diff --git a/src/Engine/Network/NetworkManager.cpp b/src/Engine/Network/NetworkManager.cpp
index 5ce9d7c..8e41ecb 100644
--- a/src/Engine/Network/NetworkManager.cpp
+++ b/src/Engine/Network/NetworkManager.cpp
@@ -49,21 +49,31 @@ void enzo::nt::NetworkManager::setDisplayOp(OpId opId)
     std::vector<enzo::nt::OpId> dependencyGraph = getDependencyGraph(opId);
     enzo::geo::Geometry prevGeometry;
 
+    // ----
+    // create geometry start
+    // ----
     std::shared_ptr<ga::Attribute> PAttr = prevGeometry.getAttribByName(ga::AttrOwner::POINT, "P");
-    ga::AttributeHandleVector3 PAttrHandle = ga::AttributeHandleVector3(PAttr);
-    PAttrHandle.addValue(bt::Vector3(1.0f, -1.0f, 0.0f));
-    PAttrHandle.addValue(bt::Vector3(-1.0f, -1.0f, 0.0f));
-    PAttrHandle.addValue(bt::Vector3(-1.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f));
-    PAttrHandle.addValue(bt::Vector3(0.0f, 2.0f, 0.0f));
-    PAttrHandle.addValue(bt::Vector3(1.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f));
+    ga::AttributeHandleVector3 PAttrHandle(PAttr);
+    std::vector<bt::Vector3> pts={
+        {-1,-1,-1},{1,-1,-1},{1,-1,1},{-1,-1,1},
+        {-1,1,-1},{1,1,-1},{1,1,1},{-1,1,1},
+        {0,2,-1},{0,2,1}
+    };
+    for(auto& p:pts) PAttrHandle.addValue(p);
 
     std::shared_ptr<ga::Attribute> pointAttr = prevGeometry.getAttribByName(ga::AttrOwner::VERTEX, "point");
-    ga::AttributeHandleInt pointAttrHandle = ga::AttributeHandleInt(pointAttr);
-    pointAttrHandle.addValue(0);
-    pointAttrHandle.addValue(1);
-    pointAttrHandle.addValue(2);
-    pointAttrHandle.addValue(3);
-    pointAttrHandle.addValue(4);
+    ga::AttributeHandleInt pointAttrHandle(pointAttr);
+    std::vector<std::vector<int>> faces={
+        {3,2,6,9,7},{0,1,5,8,4},{0,3,7,4},{1,2,6,5},
+        {0,1,2,3},{4,7,9},{4,9,8},{5,6,9},{5,9,8}
+    };
+    for(auto& f:faces) for(int i:f) pointAttrHandle.addValue(i);
+
+    std::shared_ptr<ga::Attribute> vertexCountAttr = prevGeometry.getAttribByName(ga::AttrOwner::PRIMITIVE, "vertexCount");
+    ga::AttributeHandleInt vertexCountHandle(vertexCountAttr);
+    for(auto& f:faces) vertexCountHandle.addValue(f.size());
+
+    // --------
 
     for(enzo::nt::OpId opId : dependencyGraph)
     {
@@ -76,7 +86,9 @@ enzo::geo::Geometry enzo::nt::NetworkManager::cookOp(enzo::nt::OpId opId, enzo::
 {
     std::shared_ptr<ga::Attribute> PAttr = inputGeometry.getAttribByName(ga::AttrOwner::POINT, "P");
     ga::AttributeHandleVector3 PAttrHandle = ga::AttributeHandleVector3(PAttr);
-    for(int i=0; i<5; ++i)
+    
+
+    for(int i=0; i<PAttrHandle.getAllValues().size(); ++i)
     {
         enzo::bt::Vector3 vector = PAttrHandle.getValue(i);
         vector.y()+=1;
diff --git a/src/Engine/Operator/AttributeHandle.h b/src/Engine/Operator/AttributeHandle.h
index 302dca4..d8f4c54 100644
--- a/src/Engine/Operator/AttributeHandle.h
+++ b/src/Engine/Operator/AttributeHandle.h
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ public:
         data_->push_back(value);
     }
 
-    std::vector<T> getData() const
+    std::vector<T> getAllValues() const
     {
         return *data_;
     }
diff --git a/src/Engine/Operator/Geometry.cpp b/src/Engine/Operator/Geometry.cpp
index 97ccc4a..589153e 100644
--- a/src/Engine/Operator/Geometry.cpp
+++ b/src/Engine/Operator/Geometry.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ geo::Geometry::Geometry()
 {
     addVector3Attribute(ga::AttrOwner::POINT, "P");
     addIntAttribute(ga::AttrOwner::VERTEX, "point");
+    addIntAttribute(ga::AttrOwner::PRIMITIVE, "vertexCount");
 }
 
 ga::AttributeHandle<int> geo::Geometry::addIntAttribute(ga::AttributeOwner owner, std::string name)
diff --git a/src/gui/viewport/GLMesh.cpp b/src/gui/viewport/GLMesh.cpp
index ee9ee3c..d519427 100644
--- a/src/gui/viewport/GLMesh.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/viewport/GLMesh.cpp
@@ -61,18 +61,33 @@ void GLMesh::setPosBuffer(std::vector<enzo::bt::Vector3> data)
     unbind();
 }
 
-void GLMesh::setIndexBuffer(std::vector<int> data)
+void GLMesh::setIndexBuffer(std::vector<int> pointIndices, std::vector<int> primVertexCounts)
 {
     bind();
     glBindBuffer(GL_ELEMENT_ARRAY_BUFFER, indexBuffer);
     indexData.clear();
-    std::cout << "index data\n-------\n";
-    for(int i=1;i+1<data.size();++i)
+    std::cout << "index pointIndices\n-------\n";
+    size_t startIndex = 1;
+
+    // create triangle fan from potentially ngon inputs
+    std::cout << "size: " << primVertexCounts.size() << "\n";
+    for(size_t primNum=0; primNum<primVertexCounts.size(); ++primNum)
     {
-        indexData.push_back(data.at(0));
-        indexData.push_back(data.at(i));
-        indexData.push_back(data.at(i+1));
-        std::cout << data.at(0) << " " << data.at(i) << " " << data.at(i+1) << "\n";
+        int primVertexCount = primVertexCounts[primNum];
+
+        std::cout << "startIndex: " << startIndex << "\n";
+        std::cout << "prim vertex count: " << primVertexCount << "\n";
+
+        for(size_t pointIndex=startIndex; pointIndex+2<startIndex+primVertexCount; ++pointIndex)
+        {
+            indexData.push_back(pointIndices.at(startIndex-1));
+            indexData.push_back(pointIndices.at(pointIndex));
+            indexData.push_back(pointIndices.at(pointIndex+1));
+
+            std::cout << pointIndices.at(0) << " " << pointIndices.at(pointIndex) << " " << pointIndices.at(pointIndex+1) << "\n";
+        }
+
+        startIndex += primVertexCount;
     }
 
     glBufferData(GL_ELEMENT_ARRAY_BUFFER, indexData.size()*sizeof(GLint), indexData.data(), GL_STATIC_DRAW);
diff --git a/src/gui/viewport/GLMesh.h b/src/gui/viewport/GLMesh.h
index fe4dde2..e3dd8b8 100644
--- a/src/gui/viewport/GLMesh.h
+++ b/src/gui/viewport/GLMesh.h
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ public:
     void init();
     void initBuffers();
     void setPosBuffer(std::vector<enzo::bt::Vector3> data);
-    void setIndexBuffer(std::vector<int> data);
+    void setIndexBuffer(std::vector<int> pointIndices, std::vector<int> primVertexCounts);
     void bind();
     void unbind();
     void draw();
diff --git a/src/gui/viewport/ViewportGLWidget.cpp b/src/gui/viewport/ViewportGLWidget.cpp
index bb44624..13ac2d5 100644
--- a/src/gui/viewport/ViewportGLWidget.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/viewport/ViewportGLWidget.cpp
@@ -156,7 +156,8 @@ std::unique_ptr<GLMesh> ViewportGLWidget::meshFromGeo(enzo::geo::Geometry& geome
     PAttrHandle.addValue(bt::Vector3(0.0f, 2.0f, 0.0f));
     PAttrHandle.addValue(bt::Vector3(1.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f));
 
-    mesh->setPosBuffer(PAttrHandle.getData());
+
+    mesh->setPosBuffer(PAttrHandle.getAllValues());
 
     std::shared_ptr<ga::Attribute> pointAttr = geometry.getAttribByName(ga::AttrOwner::VERTEX, "point");
     ga::AttributeHandleInt pointAttrHandle = ga::AttributeHandleInt(pointAttr);
@@ -165,7 +166,13 @@ std::unique_ptr<GLMesh> ViewportGLWidget::meshFromGeo(enzo::geo::Geometry& geome
     pointAttrHandle.addValue(2);
     pointAttrHandle.addValue(3);
     pointAttrHandle.addValue(4);
-    mesh->setIndexBuffer(pointAttrHandle.getData());
+
+    std::shared_ptr<ga::Attribute> vertexCountAttr = geometry.getAttribByName(ga::AttrOwner::PRIMITIVE, "vertexCount");
+    ga::AttributeHandleInt vertexCountHandle = ga::AttributeHandleInt(vertexCountAttr);
+    vertexCountHandle.addValue(5);
+
+    mesh->setIndexBuffer(pointAttrHandle.getAllValues(), vertexCountHandle.getAllValues());
+
 
 
     return mesh; 
@@ -177,10 +184,13 @@ void ViewportGLWidget::geometryChanged(enzo::geo::Geometry& geometry)
     std::shared_ptr<ga::Attribute> PAttr = geometry.getAttribByName(ga::AttrOwner::POINT, "P");
     ga::AttributeHandleVector3 PAttrHandle = ga::AttributeHandleVector3(PAttr);
 
-    triangleMesh_->setPosBuffer(PAttrHandle.getData());
+    triangleMesh_->setPosBuffer(PAttrHandle.getAllValues());
 
     std::shared_ptr<ga::Attribute> pointAttr = geometry.getAttribByName(ga::AttrOwner::VERTEX, "point");
     ga::AttributeHandleInt pointAttrHandle = ga::AttributeHandleInt(pointAttr);
 
-    triangleMesh_->setIndexBuffer(pointAttrHandle.getData());
+    std::shared_ptr<ga::Attribute> vertexCountAttr = geometry.getAttribByName(ga::AttrOwner::PRIMITIVE, "vertexCount");
+    ga::AttributeHandleInt vertexCountHandle = ga::AttributeHandleInt(vertexCountAttr);
+
+    triangleMesh_->setIndexBuffer(pointAttrHandle.getAllValues(), vertexCountHandle.getAllValues());
 }