Mesh Class

List of functions:

List of Variables:

MESH_BACK_TO_FRONT
MESH_NUM_WEIGHTS
MESH_VERTEX_CACHE

Mesh class provides an interface for mesh loading, manipulating and saving.

By using this class, you can create a mesh, add geometry to it (e.g. box, plane, capsule or cylinder surface), add animations and bones (if you want to create a skinned mesh) and then use it to create the following objects:

Features of the mesh are listed below:

Each surface of the mesh supports several morph targets.
Each surface has a quaternion-based tangent basis for the better loading speed.
8-bit vertex colors are supported.
Each vertex of a surface has 2 sets of indices: coordinate and triangle indices. It improves the loading speed and reduces data duplicating.
Each vertex of a surface has 2 UV sets.
A bind pose transformation is stored for each mesh (even if there are no animations and animation frames). See also the getBoneTransfroms() function.
Notice
The 1st animation frame should not contain the bind pose.

Vertex Indices

Each vertex stores information about its position, normal, binormal, tangent and texture coordinates in 2 separate buffers: coordinate and triangle buffers.

On the picture below, arrows are used to show triangle vertices:

Surface that contains 2 adjacent triangles. Here C0...C4 are coordinate vertices, T0...T5 are triangle vertices

The coordinate buffer is an array of coordinate vertices. For example, the coordinate buffer for the surface presented on the picture above is the following:

Output

CB = [C0,C1,C2,C3]

Each coordinate vertex contains coordinates ( float[3]) of the vertex.

Notice

The number of vertices and coordinate vertices is equal.

The triangle buffer is an array of triangle vertices. For example, the triangle buffer for the surface presented on the picture above is the following:

Output

TB = [T0,T1,T2,T3,T4,T5]

Each triangle vertex can store:

Normal
Binormal
Tangent
1st UV map texture coordinates
2nd UV map texture coordinates
Color

Notice

The number of vertices and triangle vertices can be different.

The number of triangle vertices depends on the number of triangles, to which the vertex belongs. For example, if 2 triangles have 1 adjacent vertex with different normals for each triangle, 2 triangle vertices will be stored (the 1st and the 3rd vertices on the picture above). However, if the components are the same for all of the adjacent triangles, only 1 triangle vertex will be stored.

Both the coordinate and triangle vertices have indices.

Coordinate Indices

Each coordinate vertex has a coordinate index. The number of coordinate indices is equal to 3*number of triangles. For the given surface the array of the coordinate indices is the following:

Output

CIndices = [Ci0,Ci1,Ci3,Ci1,Ci2,Ci3]

Here:

The first 3 elements are the coordinate indices of the first (bottom) triangle.
The second 3 elements are the coordinate indices of the second (top) triangle.

Triangle Indices

Each triangle vertex has a triangle index. The number of triangle indices is equal to 3*number of triangles. For the given surface the array of the triangle indices is the following:

Output

TIndices = [Ti0,Ti1,Ti5,Ti2,Ti3,Ti4]

Here:

The first 3 elements are the triangle indices of the first (bottom) triangle.
The second 3 elements are the triangle indices of the second (top) triangle.

Notice

The number of the coordinate and triangle indices is equal.

Mesh Class

Members

static Mesh()

Constructor. Creates an empty mesh.

static Mesh(string name)

Constructor. Creates a mesh with the specified name.

Arguments

string name - Mesh name.

void setAnimationBones(int animation, int bones)

Copies bones from the given array to the current array of animation bones.

Arguments

int animation - The animation number.
int bones - Array of bones taking part in the animation to be set.

void getAnimationBones(int animation, int bones)

Adds all bones of the given animation to the given array of bones.

Arguments

int animation - The animation number.
int bones - Array with indices of bones taking part in the animation.

void setAnimationFrame(int animation, int num, int xyz, int rot, int scale, int animation, int num, int id)

Updates the animation frame coordinates, rotation quaternions and scaling vectors.

Arguments

int animation - The animation number.
int num - The frame number in the array of the animation frames.
int xyz - Array with coordinates of the animation frame.
int rot - Array with rotation quaternions of the animation frame.
int scale - Array with scaling vectors of the animation frame.
int animation - The animation number.
int num - The frame number in the array of the animation frames.
int id - Matrix that includes coordinates, rotation quaternions and scaling vectors of the animation frame.

void setAnimationFrame(int animation, int num, int xyz_id, int rot_id, int scale_id, int animation, int num, int id)

Updates the animation frame coordinates, rotation quaternions and scaling vectors.

Arguments

int animation - The animation number.
int num - The frame number in the array of the animation frames.
int xyz_id - Array with coordinates of the animation frame.
int rot_id - Array with rotation quaternions of the animation frame.
int scale_id - Array with scaling vectors of the animation frame.
int animation - The animation number.
int num - The frame number in the array of the animation frames.
int id - Matrix that includes coordinates, rotation quaternions and scaling vectors of the animation frame.

void getAnimationFrame(int animation, int num, int xyz, int rot, int scale, int animation, int num, int id)

Adds the animation frame coordinates, rotation quaternions and scaling vectors to the corresponding arrays passed to the function as arguments.

Notice

The arrays can be set by using the setAnimationFrame() function.

Arguments

int animation - The animation number.
int num - The frame number in the array of the animation frames.
int xyz - Array with coordinates of the animation frame.
int rot - Array with rotation quaternions of the animation frame.
int scale - Array with scaling vectors of the animation frame.
int animation - The animation number.
int num - Number of the frame in the array of the animation frames.
int id - Matrix that includes coordinates, rotation quaternions and scaling vectors of the animation frame.

void setAnimationName(int animation, string name)

Sets a name for the given animation.

Arguments

int animation - The animation number.
string name - The animation name to be set.

string getAnimationName(int animation)

Returns the name of the given animation.

Arguments

int animation - The animation number.

Return value

The animation name.

void setBoneName(int bone, string name)

Sets a name for the given bone.

Arguments

int bone - The bone number.
string name - The bone name to be set.

string getBoneName(int bone)

Returns the name of the given bone.

Arguments

int bone - The bone number.

Return value

The bone name.

void setBoneParent(int bone, int parent)

Sets the parent bone for the given one.

Arguments

int bone - The bone number, for which the parent bone should be set.
int parent - The bone to be set as a parent.

int getBoneParent(int bone)

Returns the number of the parent bone of the given one.

Arguments

int bone - The bone number, for which the parent bone will be returned.

Return value

The parent bone number.

void setBoneTransform(int bone, mat4 transform)

Sets the transformation matrix for the given bone.

Arguments

int bone - The bone number.
mat4 transform - Transformation matrix to be set.

mat4 getBoneTransform(int bone)

Returns the transformation matrix for the given bone.

Arguments

int bone - The bone number.

Return value

Transformation matrix.

int setBoneTransforms(int transforms, int animation = -1, int frame = 0)

Updates the array of the world-space transformation matrices for bones of the given animation frame.

NoticeIf the passed animation number is -1,  the bind pose will be updated to the given array.

Arguments

int transforms - Array of transformation matrices to be set. Its size must be equal to the number of animation bones.
int animation - The animation number. The default value is -1.
int frame - The animation frame number. The default value is 0.

Return value

Returns 1 if the array of bones' transformations is updated successfully; otherwise, 0.

int getBoneTransforms(int transforms, int animation = -1, int frame = 0)

Appends the world-space transformation matrices for bones of the given animation frame to the given array.

NoticeIf the passed animation number is -1, the bind pose will be added to the given array.

The number of array elements must be equal to the number of animation bones.

Arguments

int transforms - Array of transformation matrices.
int animation - The animation number. The default value is -1.
int frame - The animation frame number. The default value is 0.

Return value

Returns 1 if the array of bones' transformations is filled successfully; otherwise, 0.

void setBoundBox(BoundBox bb, int surface)

Sets the bounding box for the given mesh surface.

Arguments

BoundBox bb - Bounding box to be set.
int surface - The mesh surface number.

void setBoundBox(BoundBox bb)

Sets the bounding box for the given mesh surface.

Arguments

BoundBox bb - Bounding box to be set.

BoundBox getBoundBox(int surface)

Returns the bounding box of the current mesh.

Arguments

int surface - The surface number.

Notice

To get the total number of colors, call the getNumColors() function.

Arguments

int num - The vertex color number in the array of vertex colors.
vec4 color - Vertex color to be set.
int surface - The mesh surface number.

vec4 getColor(int num, int surface)

Returns the vertex color.

Notice

To get the total number of colors, call the getNumColors() function.

Arguments

int num - The vertex color number in the vertex color array.
int surface - The mesh surface number.

Return value

Vertex color.

int setGeodeticTransform(Ellipsoid ellipsoid, dvec3 geodetic_coords)

Bends vertices across the reference ellipsoid with given origin.

Source code (UnigineScript)

Mesh mesh = new Mesh("flat_tesselated_plane.mesh");
//create WGS84 reference ellipsoid by default
Ellipsoid geo = new Ellipsoid(); 
dvec3 new_york_origin = dvec3(40.71427,-74.00597,57.0);

//bend the mesh as if it was in the center of the NY
mesh.setGeodeticTransform(geo,new_york_origin);

Arguments

Ellipsoid ellipsoid - Reference ellipsoid.
dvec3 geodetic_coords - The origin point.

Return value

1 if vertices are bent successfully; otherwise, 0.

void setIndex(int num, int index, int surface)

Updates the index with the specified number.

Arguments

int num - The index number in the array of coordinate indices.
int index - The index to be set.
int surface - The mesh surface number.

int getIndex(int num, int surface)

Returns the coordinate index by using the given number if the coordinate index is equal to the triangle index.

Arguments

int num - The index number in the array of coordinate indices.
int surface - The mesh surface number.

Return value

The coordinate index.

int getIntersection(vec3 p0, vec3 p1, vec3 * ret_point, vec3 * ret_normal, int * ret_index, int surface, int target = 0)

Performs the search for the intersection of the given surface target with the given traced line. Mesh local space coordinates are used for this function.

Arguments

vec3 p0 - Start point coordinates.
vec3 p1 - End point coordinates.
vec3 * ret_point - Return array to write the intersection point coordinates into.
vec3 * ret_normal - Return array to write the intersection point normal into.
int * ret_index - Return array to write the intersection point indices into.
int surface - The surface number.
int target - The surface target number.

Return value

Returns 1 if the intersection is found; otherwise, 0.

void * getMesh()

void setNormal(int num, vec3 normal, int surface, int target = 0)

Updates the vertex normal of the given morph target by using the vertex normal number.

Notice

To get the total number of normals for the given surface, call the getNumNormals() function.

NoticeThe normal of the vertex won't be written into the *.mesh file. It will be stored only in memory.

Arguments

int num - The vertex normal number in the array of normals.
vec3 normal - Normal to be set.
int surface - The mesh surface number.
int target - The morph target number.

vec3 getNormal(int num, int surface, int target = 0)

Returns the vertex normal of the given morph target by using the vertex normal number.

Notice

To get the total number of normals, call the getNumNormals() function.

Arguments

int num - The vertex normal number in the array of normals.
int surface - The mesh surface number.
int target - The morph target number.

Return value

Vertex normal.

void setNumAnimationFrames(int animation, int num)

Sets the number of animation frames for the given animation.

Arguments

int animation - The animation number.
int num - Number of the animation frames to be set.

int getNumAnimationFrames(int animation)

Returns the number of animation frames for the given animation.

Arguments

int animation - The animation number.

Return value

Number of the animation frames.

Arguments

int size - Number of indices to be set.
int surface - The mesh surface number.

int getNumIndices(int surface)

Returns the number of coordinate indices of the given surface if the number of the coordinate indices is equal to the number of triangle indices.

Arguments

int surface - The mesh surface number.

Return value

Number of the coordinate indices.

void setNumNormals(int size, int surface, int target = 0)

Sets the number of normals for the given morph target.

Arguments

int size - Number of normals to be set.
int surface - The mesh surface number.
int target - The morph target number.

int getNumNormals(int surface, int target = 0)

Returns the number of normals for the given morph target.

Arguments

int surface - The mesh surface number.
int target - The morph target number.

Arguments

int size - Number of tangents to be set.
int surface - The mesh surface number.
int target - The morph target number.

int getNumTangents(int surface, int tangent = 0)

Returns the number of tangents for the given morph target.

Arguments

int surface - The mesh surface number.
int tangent - The morph target number.

Return value

Number of tangents.

void setNumTexCoords0(int size, int surface)

Sets the number of the first UV map texture coordinates for the given mesh surface.

Arguments

int size - Number of the first UV map texture coordinates to be set.
int surface - The mesh surface number.

int getNumTexCoords0(int surface)

Returns the number of the first UV map texture coordinates for the given mesh surface.

Arguments

int surface - The mesh surface number.

Return value

Number of the first UV map texture coordinates.

void setNumTexCoords1(int size, int surface)

Sets the number of the second UV map texture coordinates for the given mesh surface.

Arguments

int size - Number of the second UV map texture coordinates to be set.
int surface - The mesh surface number.

int getNumTexCoords1(int surface)

Returns the number of the second UV map texture coordinates for the given mesh surface.

Arguments

int surface - The mesh surface number.

Return value

Number of the second UV map texture coordinates.

void setNumTIndices(int size, int surface)

Sets the number of triangle indices for the given surface.

Arguments

int size - Number of triangle indices to be set.
int surface - Number of the mesh surface.

int getNumTIndices(int surface)

Returns the number of triangle indices for the given surface.

Arguments

int surface - The mesh surface number.

Return value

Number of the triangle indices.

int getNumTVertex(int surface)

Returns the number of triangle vertices for the given mesh surface.

Arguments

int surface - The mesh surface number.

Return value

Number of the triangle vertices.

void setNumVertex(int size, int surface, int target = 0)

Updates the number of vertices for the given morph target.

Arguments

int size - Number of the vertices to be set.
int surface - The mesh surface number.
int target - The morph target number.

int getNumVertex(int surface, int target = 0)

Returns the number of vertices for the given morph target.

Arguments

int surface - The mesh surface number.
int target - The morph target number.

Return value

Number of the vertices.

void setNumWeights(int size, int surface)

Sets the number of weights set for vertices of the given surface.

Arguments

int size - Number of weights to be set.
int surface - The mesh surface number.

int getNumWeights(int surface)

Returns the number of weights set for vertices of the given surface.

Arguments

int surface - The mesh surface number.

Return value

Number of the weights.

void setSurfaceName(int surface, string name)

Sets the name for the given mesh surface.

Arguments

int surface - The mesh surface number.
string name - The surface name to be set.

string getSurfaceName(int surface)

Returns the name of the given surface.

Arguments

int surface - The mesh surface number.

Return value

The surface name.

void setSurfaceTargetName(int surface, int target, string name)

Sets the name for the given morph target.

Arguments

int surface - The mesh surface number.
int target - The morph target number.
string name - The morph target name to be set.

string getSurfaceTargetName(int surface, int target)

Returns the name of the given morph target.

Arguments

int surface - The mesh surface number.
int target - The morph target number.

Return value

The morph target name.

int setSurfaceTransform(mat4 transform, int surface = -1, int target = -1)

Sets the transformation matrix for the given morph target.

Arguments

mat4 transform - Transformation matrix to be set.
int surface - The mesh surface number. -1 - apply to all of the mesh surfaces.
Notice
If all surfaces are chosen, bones and animations transformations will also be recalculated.
int target - The morph target number. -1 - apply to all of the morph targets.

Return value

1 if the transformation matrix is set successfully; otherwise, 0.

void setTangent(int num, quat tangent, int surface, int target = 0)

Sets the new tangent for the given vertex of the mesh surface.

Arguments

int num - Number of the vertex in the vertex buffer.
quat tangent - Tangent to be set.
int surface - Number of the mesh surface.
int target - Number of the surface's morph target.

quat getTangent(int num, int surface, int target = 0)

Returns the tangent for the given vertex of the mesh surface.

Arguments

int num - Number of the vertex in the vertex buffer.
int surface - Number of the mesh surface.
int target - Number of the surface's morph target.

Return value

Vertex tangent.

void setTexCoord0(int num, vec2 texcoord, int surface)

Updates the first UV map texture coordinates of the given surface.

Arguments

int num - The number of the texture coordinates in the array of the first UV map texture coordinates.
vec2 texcoord - The first UV map texture coordinates to be set.
int surface - The mesh surface number.

vec2 getTexCoord0(int num, int surface)

Returns the first UV map texture coordinates for the given surface.

Arguments

int num - The number of the texture coordinates in the array of the first UV map texture coordinates.
int surface - The mesh surface number.

Return value

The first UV map texture coordinates.

void setTexCoord1(int num, vec2 texcoord, int surface)

Updates the second UV map texture coordinates of the given surface.

Arguments

int num - The number of the texture coordinates in the array of the second UV map texture coordinates.
vec2 texcoord - The second UV map texture coordinates to be set.
int surface - The mesh surface number.

vec2 getTexCoord1(int num, int surface)

Returns the second UV map texture coordinates for the given surface.

Arguments

int num - The number of the texture coordinates in the array of the second UV map texture coordinates.
int surface - The mesh surface number.

Return value

The second UV map texture coordinates.

void setTIndex(int num, int index, int surface)

Updates the given triangle index of the given surface.

Arguments

int num - The index number in the array of triangle indices.
int index - Index value to be set.
int surface - The mesh surface number.

int getTIndex(int num, int surface)

Returns the triangle index for the given surface by using the index number.

Arguments

int num - The index number in the array of triangle indices.
int surface - The mesh surface number.

Return value

The triangle index.

void setVertex(int num, vec3 vertex, int surface, int target = 0)

Sets the coordinates of the vertex of the given morph target.

Arguments

int num - The vertex number in the vertex buffer.
vec3 vertex - Vertex coordinates to be set.
int surface - The mesh surface number.
int target - The morph target number.

void setWeightBones(int num, ivec4 bones, int surface)

Sets the vector of bone indices that affect the vertex with the given weight.

Arguments

int num - The weight number in the array of vertex weights.
ivec4 bones - Vector of the bone indices to be set.
int surface - The mesh surface number.

ivec4 getWeightBones(int num, int surface)

Returns a vector of bone indices that affect the vertex with the given weight.

NoticeThe vertex weight is characterized by the following values:
						The 4 bone indices;
The 4 bone weights;
Number of the weights.

					

Arguments

int num - The weight number in the array of vertex weights.
int surface - The mesh surface number.

Return value

Vector of the bone indices associated with the given weight.

void setWeightCount(int num, int count, int surface)

Sets the number of weights that affect the vertex with the given weight.

Arguments

int num - The weight number in the array of vertex weights.
int count - Number of weights to be set.
int surface - The mesh surface number.

int getWeightCount(int num, int surface)

Returns the number of weights that affect the vertex with the given weight.

NoticeThe vertex weight is characterized by the following values:
						The 4 bone indices;
The 4 bone weights;
Number of the weights.

					

Arguments

int num - The weight number in the array of vertex weights.
int surface - The mesh surface number.

Return value

Number of weights.

void setWeightWeights(int num, vec4 weights, int surface)

Sets the vector of bone weights that affect the vertex with the given weight.

Arguments

int num - The weight number in the array of vertex weights.
vec4 weights - Vector of bone weights to be set.
int surface - The mesh surface number.

vec4 getWeightWeights(int num, int surface)

Returns a vector of bone weights that affect the vertex with the given weight.

NoticeThe vertex weight is characterized by the following values:
						The 4 bone indices;
The 4 bone weights;
Number of the weights.

					

Arguments

int num - The weight number in the array of vertex weights.
int surface - The mesh surface number.

Return value

Bone weights associated with the given weight.

int addAnimation(string name = 0)

Appends an animation with a given name to the current mesh.

Arguments

string name - Name of the animation. This argument is empty by default.

Return value

Number of mesh animations.

int addBone(string name = 0, int parent = -1)

Appends a new mesh bone.

Arguments

string name - Bone name. This argument is empty by default.
int parent - The parent bone number. -1 means no parent bone.

Return value

Number of mesh bones.

int addBoxSurface(string name, vec3 size)

Appends a box surface to the current mesh.

Usage Example

Source code (UnigineScript)

// create a mesh instance
Mesh mesh = new Mesh();
// add box surface with the name "box_surface" and the size of the surface is Vec3(1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
mesh.addBoxSurface("box_surface", Vec3(1.0f));

// create the ObjectMeshDynamic from the Mesh object
ObjectMeshDynamic dynamicMesh = new ObjectMeshDynamic(mesh);

// add dynamicMesh to the editor as a Node object
engine.editor.addNode(node_remove(dynamicMesh));

// set the position of the mesh
dynamicMesh.setWorldTransform(translate(Vec3(10.0f,10.0f,10.0f)));
// set the material to the mesh
dynamicMesh.setMaterial("mesh_base","*");
// set the property to the mesh
dynamicMesh.setProperty("surface_base","*");
// set the name of the mesh
dynamicMesh.setName("Dynamic Mesh");

After adding to the editor, the mesh will appear.

Arguments

string name - Surface name.
vec3 size - Box size along the X, Y and Z axes.

Return value

The added surface number.

int addCapsuleSurface(string name, float radius, float height, int stacks, int slices)

Appends a capsule surface to the current mesh. The stacks and slices specify the surface's subdivision.

Usage Example

Source code (UnigineScript)

// create a mesh instance
Mesh mesh = new Mesh();
// add capsule surface with the name "capsule_surface".
// the radius of the capsule is 1.0, the height is 2.0,
// stacks and slices are equals to 200 and 100, respectively
mesh.addCapsuleSurface("box_surface", 1.0f, 2.0f, 200, 100);

// create the ObjectMeshDynamic from the Mesh object
ObjectMeshDynamic dynamicMesh = new ObjectMeshDynamic(mesh);

// add dynamicMesh to the editor as a Node object
engine.editor.addNode(node_remove(dynamicMesh));

// set the position of the mesh
dynamicMesh.setWorldTransform(translate(Vec3(10.0f,10.0f,10.0f)));
// set the material to the mesh
dynamicMesh.setMaterial("mesh_base","*");
// set the property to the mesh
dynamicMesh.setProperty("surface_base","*");
// set the name of the mesh
dynamicMesh.setName("Dynamic Mesh");

After adding to the editor, the mesh will appear.

Arguments

string name - Surface name.
float radius - Radius of the capsule.
float height - Height of the capsule.
int stacks - Number of stacks that divide the capsule radially.
int slices - Number of slices that divide the capsule horizontally.

Return value

The added surface number.

void addCIndex(int index, int surface)

Appends a coordinate index to the array of the surface coordinate indices.

Arguments

int index - The index number in the index buffer.
int surface - The surface number.

void addColor(vec4 color, int surface)

Appends the given color to the vertex color array of the given surface.

Arguments

vec4 color - Color to be added.
int surface - The surface number.

int addCylinderSurface(string name, float radius, float height, int stacks, int slices)

Appends a cylinder surface to the current mesh. The stacks and slices specify the surface's subdivision.

Usage Example

Source code (UnigineScript)

// create a mesh instance
Mesh mesh = new Mesh();
// add cylinder surface with the name "cylinder_surface".
// the radius of the cylinder is 1.0, the height is 2.0,
// stacks and slices are equals to 200 and 100, respectively
mesh.addCylinderSurface("cylinder_surface", 1.0f, 2.0f, 200, 100);

// create the ObjectMeshDynamic from the Mesh object
ObjectMeshDynamic dynamicMesh = new ObjectMeshDynamic(mesh);

// add dynamicMesh to the editor as a Node object
engine.editor.addNode(node_remove(dynamicMesh));

// set the position of the mesh
dynamicMesh.setWorldTransform(translate(Vec3(10.0f,10.0f,10.0f)));
// set the material to the mesh
dynamicMesh.setMaterial("mesh_base","*");
// set the property to the mesh
dynamicMesh.setProperty("surface_base","*");
// set the name of the mesh
dynamicMesh.setName("Dynamic Mesh");

After adding to the editor, the mesh will appear.

Arguments

string name - Surface name.
float radius - Radius of the cylinder.
float height - Height of the cylinder.
int stacks - Number of stacks that divide the cylinder radially.
int slices - Number of slices that divide the cylinder horizontally.

Return value

The added surface number.

int addDodecahedronSurface(string name, float radius)

Appends a dodecahedron surface to the current mesh.

Usage Example

Source code (UnigineScript)

// create a mesh instance
Mesh mesh = new Mesh();
// add dodecahedron surface with the name "dodecahedron_surface".
// the radius of the dodecahedron is 1.0
mesh.addDodecahedronSurface("dodecahedron_surface", 1.0f);

// create the ObjectMeshDynamic from the Mesh object
ObjectMeshDynamic dynamicMesh = new ObjectMeshDynamic(mesh);

// add dynamicMesh to the editor as a Node object
engine.editor.addNode(node_remove(dynamicMesh));

// set the position of the mesh
dynamicMesh.setWorldTransform(translate(Vec3(10.0f,10.0f,10.0f)));
// set the material to the mesh
dynamicMesh.setMaterial("mesh_base","*");
// set the property to the mesh
dynamicMesh.setProperty("surface_base","*");
// set the name of the mesh
dynamicMesh.setName("Dynamic Mesh");

After adding to the editor, the mesh will appear.

Arguments

string name - Surface name.
float radius - Radius of the dodecahedron.

Return value

The added surface number.

int addEmptySurface(string name, int num_vertex, int num_indices)

Appends a new empty surface to the current mesh.

NoticeThis function allocates only vertex and index arrays. Texture coordinates, tangent basis, weights and color arrays must be allocated manually.

Arguments

string name - The surface name.
int num_vertex - Number of surface vertices.
int num_indices - Number of surface indices.

Return value

Number of the mesh surfaces.

int addIcosahedronSurface(string name, float radius)

Appends a icosahedron surface to the current mesh.

Usage Example

Source code (UnigineScript)

// create a mesh instance
Mesh mesh = new Mesh();
// add icosahedron surface with the name "icosahedron_surface".
// the radius of the icosahedron is 1.0
mesh.addIcosahedronSurface("icosahedron_surface", 1.0f);

// create the ObjectMeshDynamic from the Mesh object
ObjectMeshDynamic dynamicMesh = new ObjectMeshDynamic(mesh);

// add dynamicMesh to the editor as a Node object
engine.editor.addNode(node_remove(dynamicMesh));

// set the position of the mesh
dynamicMesh.setWorldTransform(translate(Vec3(10.0f,10.0f,10.0f)));
// set the material to the mesh
dynamicMesh.setMaterial("mesh_base","*");
// set the property to the mesh
dynamicMesh.setProperty("surface_base","*");
// set the name of the mesh
dynamicMesh.setName("Dynamic Mesh");

After adding to the editor, the mesh will appear.

Arguments

string name - Surface name.
float radius - Radius of the icosahedron.

Return value

The added surface number.

void addIndex(int index, int surface)

Appends a given index to the arrays of coordinate and triangle indices for the given surface.

Arguments

int index - The index number in the index buffer.
int surface - The surface number.

int addMeshSurface(variable v, Mesh mesh, int surface, int target = -1)

Depending on the first variable passed as an argument, the function appends the source mesh surface to the existing or the new surface of the current mesh, namely, the specified morph targets, all surface weights, bones, texture coordinates and colors.

Usage Example

The following example show how to add a surface from the one mesh object to another.

Source code (UnigineScript)

// create mesh instances
Mesh mesh_1 = new Mesh();
Mesh mesh_2 = new Mesh();

// add Surfaces for the added meshes
mesh_1.addCapsuleSurface("capsule_surface", 1.0f, 2.0f, 200, 100);
mesh_2.addBoxSurface("box_surface", vec3(2.2));

// add the surface from the mesh_2 to the mesh_1 as a new surface
// with the name "new_box_surface"
mesh_1.addMeshSurface("new_box_surface", mesh_2, 0);

// create the ObjectMeshDynamic from the mesh_1 object
ObjectMeshDynamic dynamicMesh = new ObjectMeshDynamic(mesh_1);

// add dynamicMesh to the editor as a Node object
engine.editor.addNode(node_remove(dynamicMesh));

// set the position of the mesh
dynamicMesh.setWorldTransform(translate(Vec3(10.0f,10.0f,10.0f)));
// set the material to the mesh
dynamicMesh.setMaterial("mesh_base","*");
// set the property to the mesh
dynamicMesh.setProperty("surface_base","*");
// set the name of the mesh
dynamicMesh.setName("Dynamic Mesh");

After adding to the editor, the mesh will appear.

Arguments

variable v - Variable used to control to which surface of the current mesh geometry is added:
- int dest_surface - The number of the existing surface of the current mesh, to which the geometry is added.
- string name - The name of the new surface added to the current mesh.
Mesh mesh - Source mesh to copy a surface from.
int surface - The number of the source mesh surface to copy.
int target - The number of the target of the source mesh surface. The default value is -1 (all of the surface targets).

Return value

Depending on the first variable passed as an argument, the function returns the following:

int - Returns the number of the surface to which the geometry has been added.
string - Returns the number of the mesh surfaces.

If the geometry (or the surface) is not added, the function will return -1.

void addNormal(vec3 normal, int surface, int target = 0)

Appends a normal to the array of normals of the given morph target.

Arguments

vec3 normal - Normal to be added.
int surface - The surface number.
int target - The morph target number.

int addPlaneSurface(string name, float width, float height, float step)

Appends a plane surface to the current mesh. The plane is divided into equal squares whose size is defined by the given step.

Usage Example

Source code (UnigineScript)

// create a mesh instance
Mesh mesh = new Mesh();
// add the plane surface with the name "plane_surface".
// the width is 2 and the height is 3
mesh.addPlaneSurface("plane_surface", 2.0f, 3.0f, 1.0f);

// create the ObjectMeshDynamic from the Mesh object
ObjectMeshDynamic dynamicMesh = new ObjectMeshDynamic(mesh);

// add dynamicMesh to the editor as a Node object
engine.editor.addNode(node_remove(dynamicMesh));

// set the position of the mesh
dynamicMesh.setWorldTransform(translate(Vec3(10.0f,10.0f,10.0f)));
// set the material to the mesh
dynamicMesh.setMaterial("mesh_base","*");
// set the property to the mesh
dynamicMesh.setProperty("surface_base","*");
// set the name of the mesh
dynamicMesh.setName("Dynamic Mesh");

After adding to the editor, the mesh will appear. You could see that the plane divided each 1 unit to equal squares.

Arguments

string name - Surface name.
float width - Width of the plane.
float height - Height of the plane.
float step - Step of surface subdivision (vertical and horizontal).

Return value

The added surface number.

int addPrismSurface(string name, float size_0, float size_1, float height, int sides)

Appends a prism surface to the current mesh.

Usage Example

Source code (UnigineScript)

// create a mesh instance
Mesh mesh = new Mesh();
// add the prism surface with the name "prism_surface".
// the radius of the top is 1.0f, of the bottom is 2.0f
// the height of the prism is 3.0f, and it has 4 sides
mesh.addPrismSurface("prism_surface", 1.0f, 2.0f, 3.0f, 4);

// create the ObjectMeshDynamic from the Mesh object
ObjectMeshDynamic dynamicMesh = new ObjectMeshDynamic(mesh);

// add dynamicMesh to the editor as a Node object
engine.editor.addNode(node_remove(dynamicMesh));

// set the position of the mesh
dynamicMesh.setWorldTransform(translate(Vec3(10.0f,10.0f,10.0f)));
// set the material to the mesh
dynamicMesh.setMaterial("mesh_base","*");
// set the property to the mesh
dynamicMesh.setProperty("surface_base","*");
// set the name of the mesh
dynamicMesh.setName("Dynamic Mesh");

After adding to the editor, the mesh will appear.

Arguments

string name - Surface name.
float size_0 - Radius of the circle circumscribed about the top prism base.
float size_1 - Radius of the circle circumscribed about the bottom prism base.
float height - Height of the prism.
int sides - Number of the prism faces.

Return value

The added surface number.

int addSphereSurface(string name, float radius, int stacks, int slices)

Appends a sphere surface to the current mesh. The stacks and slices specify the surface's subdivision.

Usage Example

Source code (UnigineScript)

// create a mesh instance
Mesh mesh = new Mesh();
// add the sphere surface with the name "sphere_surface".
// the radius of the sphere is 1.0f
// and it has 200 stacks and 100 slices
mesh.addSphereSurface("sphere_surface", 1.0f, 200, 100);

// create the ObjectMeshDynamic from the Mesh object
ObjectMeshDynamic dynamicMesh = new ObjectMeshDynamic(mesh);

// add dynamicMesh to the editor as a Node object
engine.editor.addNode(node_remove(dynamicMesh));

// set the position of the mesh
dynamicMesh.setWorldTransform(translate(Vec3(10.0f,10.0f,10.0f)));
// set the material to the mesh
dynamicMesh.setMaterial("mesh_base","*");
// set the property to the mesh
dynamicMesh.setProperty("surface_base","*");
// set the name of the mesh
dynamicMesh.setName("Dynamic Mesh");

After adding to the editor, the mesh will appear.

Arguments

string name - Surface name.
float radius - The sphere radius.
int stacks - Number of stacks that divide the sphere radially.
int slices - Number of slices that divide the sphere horizontally.

Return value

The added surface number.

int addSurface(string name = 0)

Appends a new surface with the given name to the current mesh.

Usage Example

In the following example, we create a new surface and add vertices and indices to create a plane.

Source code (UnigineScript)

// create a mesh instance
Mesh mesh = new Mesh();

// add a new surface
mesh.addSurface("surface_0");
 
// add vertices of the plane
mesh.addVertex(vec3(0.0f,0.0f,0.0f),0);
mesh.addVertex(vec3(0.0f,0.0f,1.0f),0);
mesh.addVertex(vec3(0.0f,1.0f,0.0f),0);
mesh.addVertex(vec3(0.0f,1.0f,1.0f),0);

// add indices 
mesh.addIndex(0,0);
mesh.addIndex(1,0);
mesh.addIndex(2,0);

mesh.addIndex(3,0);
mesh.addIndex(2,0);
mesh.addIndex(1,0);

// create tangents
mesh.createTangents();

// create mesh bounds
mesh.createBounds(0);

// create the ObjectMeshDynamic from the Mesh object
ObjectMeshDynamic dynamicMesh = new ObjectMeshDynamic(mesh);

// add dynamicMesh to the editor as a Node object
engine.editor.addNode(node_remove(dynamicMesh));

// set the position of the mesh
dynamicMesh.setWorldTransform(translate(Vec3(10.0f,10.0f,10.0f)));
// set the material to the mesh
dynamicMesh.setMaterial("mesh_base","*");
// set the property to the mesh
dynamicMesh.setProperty("surface_base","*");
// set the name of the mesh
dynamicMesh.setName("new_mesh");

Arguments

string name - Surface name. This argument is empty by default.

Return value

Number of mesh surfaces.

int addSurfaceTarget(int surface, string name = 0)

Appends a morph target with the given name to the given surface.

Arguments

int surface - The surface number.
string name - Name of the morph target. This argument is empty by default.

Return value

Number of morph targets.

void addTangent(quat tangent, int surface, int target = 0)

Appends the given tangent to the specified surface.

Arguments

quat tangent - Tangent to add.
int surface - Number of the mesh surface.
int target - Number of the surface's morph target.

void addTexCoord0(vec2 texcoord, int surface)

Appends texture coordinates to the array of the first UV map coordinates of the given mesh surface.

Arguments

vec2 texcoord - Coordinates of the first UV map to be added.
int surface - The surface number.

void addTexCoord1(vec2 texcoord, int surface)

Appends texture coordinates to the array of the second UV map coordinates of the given mesh surface.

Arguments

vec2 texcoord - Coordinates of the second UV map to be added.
int surface - The surface number.

void addTIndex(int index, int surface)

Appends a triangle index to the given mesh surface.

Arguments

int index - The index number in the index buffer.
int surface - The number of the surface to which the triangle index is added.

void addVertex(vec3 vertex, int surface, int target = 0)

Appends a new vertex with the given coordinates to the morph target of the mesh surface.

Usage Example

In the following example, we create a new surface and add 4 vertices to it. We use local coordinates to define a vertex and specify the surface. After that we specify 6 indices to create a plane by using defined vertices.

Source code (UnigineScript)

// create a mesh instance
Mesh mesh = new Mesh();

// add a new surface
mesh.addSurface("surface_0");
 
// add vertices of the plane
mesh.addVertex(vec3(0.0f,0.0f,0.0f),0);
mesh.addVertex(vec3(0.0f,0.0f,1.0f),0);
mesh.addVertex(vec3(0.0f,1.0f,0.0f),0);
mesh.addVertex(vec3(0.0f,1.0f,1.0f),0);

// add indices 
mesh.addIndex(0,0);
mesh.addIndex(1,0);
mesh.addIndex(2,0);

mesh.addIndex(3,0);
mesh.addIndex(2,0);
mesh.addIndex(1,0);

// create tangents
mesh.createTangents();

// create mesh bounds
mesh.createBounds(0);

// create the ObjectMeshDynamic from the Mesh object
ObjectMeshDynamic dynamicMesh = new ObjectMeshDynamic(mesh);

// add dynamicMesh to the editor as a Node object
engine.editor.addNode(node_remove(dynamicMesh));

// set the position of the mesh
dynamicMesh.setWorldTransform(translate(Vec3(10.0f,10.0f,10.0f)));
// set the material to the mesh
dynamicMesh.setMaterial("mesh_base","*");
// set the property to the mesh
dynamicMesh.setProperty("surface_base","*");
// set the name of the mesh
dynamicMesh.setName("new_mesh");

Arguments

vec3 vertex - Coordinates of the vertex to be added.
int surface - The mesh surface number.
int target - The morph target number.

void clear()

Clears the mesh including bones, animation, surfaces, bounding boxes and spheres.

int createBounds(int surface = -1)

Creates bounds (a bounding box and a bounding sphere) for the given surface. If the default value is used as an argument, the bounds will be created for all of the mesh surfaces.

Arguments

int surface - The mesh surface number. -1 means all of the mesh surfaces.

Return value

1 if bounds are created successfully; otherwise, 0.

int createIndices(int surface = -1)

Creates indices for the given surface. If the default value is used as an argument, the indices will be created for all of the mesh surfaces.

Arguments

int surface - Number of the mesh surface. -1 means all of the mesh surfaces.

Return value

1 if indices are created successfully; otherwise, 0.

int createIntersection(int surface = -1)

Calculates a potentially visible set for the given surface. This function prepares the mesh for working with getIntersection() function.

Arguments

int surface - The surface number. The default value is -1 (all of the mesh surfaces).

Return value

Returns 1 if the potentially visible set is calculated successfully; otherwise, 0.

int createTangents(int surface = -1, int target = -1)

Creates tangents for the given surface target.

Arguments

int surface - Mesh surface number. -1 means all of the mesh surfaces.
int target - Morph target number. -1 means all of the morph targets.

Return value

1 if the tangents are created successfully; otherwise, 0.

int findAnimation(string name)

Searches for the animation by the name and returns its number.

Arguments

string name - Name of the animation.

Return value

Animation number, if found; otherwise, -1.

int findBone(string name)

Searches for a bone with a given name and returns its number.

Arguments

string name - Name of the bone.

Return value

Bone number.

int findSurface(string name)

Searches for the surface number by its name.

Arguments

string name - Mesh surface name.

Return value

Mesh surface number, if it is found; otherwise, -1.

int findSurfaceTarget(int surface, string name)

Searches for the surface target number by the morph target name.

Arguments

int surface - Surface number.
string name - Morph target name.

Return value

Target number, if exists; otherwise, -1.

int flipTangent(int surface = -1)

Flips the sign of the binormal component of the surface tangent space.

Arguments

int surface - Mesh surface number.

Return value

1 if the sign of the binormal component is flipped successfully; otherwise, 0.

int flipYZ(int surface = -1)

Flips the Y and Z axes for the given surface:

Y axis becomes equal to -Z
Z axis becomes equal to Y

Arguments

int surface - Mesh surface number.

Return value

1 if the axes are flipped successfully; otherwise, 0.

int info(string name)

Returns an information about the given mesh or animation.

Arguments

string name - The mesh or animation name.

Return value

1 if the information returned successfully; otherwise, 0.

int load(string name)

Loads the mesh with the given name for the current mesh.

Arguments

string name - Mesh name.

Return value

1 if the mesh is loaded successfully; otherwise, 0.

int optimizeIndices(int flags, int surface = -1)

Optimizes indices of the given mesh surface. As polygons are added to a surface, vertices of the adjacent polygons are duplicated (you can get the number of such the vertices by using the getNumTVertex()), because normals, texture coordinates and tangents of such the vertices differ depending on the polygons, to which this vertices belongs. The optimizeIndices() function serves to decrease number of such the vertices and create indices for them that will be store the corresponding normals, tangents and texture coordinates.

Arguments

int flags - One of the flags used for indices' optimization: MESH_BACK_TO_FRONT or MESH_VERTEX_CACHE.
int surface - Mesh surface number.

Return value

1 if the indices are optimized successfully; otherwise, 0.

int remapCVertex(int surface)

Sets the size of the array of coordinate indices to be equal to the size of the array of triangle indices and increases the size of the vertex buffer to the size of the array of triangle vertices by using the coordinate vertex duplicating.

Arguments

int surface - Mesh surface number.

Return value

1 if indices are copied successfully; otherwise, 0.

int removeIndices(int surface = -1)

Clears the coordinate and triangle indices of the given surface.

Arguments

int surface - The mesh surface number. -1 means all of the mesh surfaces.

Return value

1 if the indices were cleared successfully; otherwise, 0.

int save(string name)

Saves the given mesh.

Arguments

string name - Mesh name.

Return value

1 if the mesh is saved successfully; otherwise, 0.

void sortAnimations()

Sort all animations by their names.

void sortSurfaces()

Sort all surfaces by their names.

int MESH_BACK_TO_FRONT

Description

Flag, which is used for mesh indices optimization. If this flag is set, polygons will be rendered in back-to-front order (from the exterior polygons to the central polygons of the mesh).

int MESH_NUM_WEIGHTS

Description

Number of vertices weights.

int MESH_VERTEX_CACHE

Description

Vertex cache optimization flag.

Last update: 2017-07-03

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Mesh Class

List of functions:

List of Variables:

Vertex Indices

Coordinate Indices

Triangle Indices

See Also

Mesh Class

Members

static Mesh()

static Mesh(string name)

Arguments

void setAnimationBones(int animation, int bones)

Arguments

void getAnimationBones(int animation, int bones)

Arguments

void setAnimationFrame(int animation, int num, int xyz, int rot, int scale, int animation, int num, int id)

Arguments

void setAnimationFrame(int animation, int num, int xyz_id, int rot_id, int scale_id, int animation, int num, int id)

Arguments

void getAnimationFrame(int animation, int num, int xyz, int rot, int scale, int animation, int num, int id)

Arguments

void setAnimationName(int animation, string name)

Arguments

string getAnimationName(int animation)

Arguments

Return value

void setBoneName(int bone, string name)

Arguments

string getBoneName(int bone)

Arguments

Return value

void setBoneParent(int bone, int parent)

Arguments

int getBoneParent(int bone)

Arguments

Return value

void setBoneTransform(int bone, mat4 transform)

Arguments

mat4 getBoneTransform(int bone)

Arguments

Return value

int setBoneTransforms(int transforms, int animation = -1, int frame = 0)

Arguments

Return value

int getBoneTransforms(int transforms, int animation = -1, int frame = 0)

Arguments

Return value

void setBoundBox(BoundBox bb, int surface)

Arguments

void setBoundBox(BoundBox bb)

Arguments

BoundBox getBoundBox(int surface)

Arguments

Return value

BoundBox getBoundBox()

Return value

void setBoundSphere(BoundSphere bs)

Arguments

void setBoundSphere(BoundSphere bs, int surface)

Arguments

BoundSphere getBoundSphere()

Return value

BoundSphere getBoundSphere(int surface)

Arguments

Return value

void setCIndex(int num, int index, int surface)

Arguments

int getCIndex(int num, int surface)

Arguments

Return value

void setColor(int num, vec4 color, int surface)

Arguments

vec4 getColor(int num, int surface)

Arguments

Return value

int setGeodeticTransform(Ellipsoid ellipsoid, dvec3 geodetic_coords)

Arguments

Return value

void setIndex(int num, int index, int surface)