Assimp: aiMesh Struct Reference

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A mesh represents a geometry or model with a single material. More...

Public Member Functions

 aiMesh ()
 Default constructor. Initializes all members to 0. More...
 
unsigned int GetNumColorChannels () const
 Get the number of vertex color channels the mesh contains. More...
 
unsigned int GetNumUVChannels () const
 Get the number of UV channels the mesh contains. More...
 
bool HasBones () const
 Check whether the mesh contains bones. More...
 
bool HasFaces () const
 Check whether the mesh contains faces. More...
 
bool HasNormals () const
 Check whether the mesh contains normal vectors. More...
 
bool HasPositions () const
 Check whether the mesh contains positions. More...
 
bool HasTangentsAndBitangents () const
 Check whether the mesh contains tangent and bitangent vectors It is not possible that it contains tangents and no bitangents (or the other way round). More...
 
bool HasTextureCoords (unsigned int pIndex) const
 Check whether the mesh contains a texture coordinate set. More...
 
bool HasVertexColors (unsigned int pIndex) const
 Check whether the mesh contains a vertex color set. More...
 
 ~aiMesh ()
 Deletes all storage allocated for the mesh. More...
 

Public Attributes

aiAnimMesh ** mAnimMeshes
 NOT CURRENTLY IN USE. More...
 
aiVector3DmBitangents
 Vertex bitangents. More...
 
aiBone ** mBones
 The bones of this mesh. More...
 
aiColor4DmColors [AI_MAX_NUMBER_OF_COLOR_SETS]
 Vertex color sets. More...
 
aiFacemFaces
 The faces the mesh is constructed from. More...
 
unsigned int mMaterialIndex
 The material used by this mesh. More...
 
aiString mName
 Name of the mesh. More...
 
aiVector3DmNormals
 Vertex normals. More...
 
unsigned int mNumAnimMeshes
 NOT CURRENTLY IN USE. More...
 
unsigned int mNumBones
 The number of bones this mesh contains. More...
 
unsigned int mNumFaces
 The number of primitives (triangles, polygons, lines) in this mesh. More...
 
unsigned int mNumUVComponents [AI_MAX_NUMBER_OF_TEXTURECOORDS]
 Specifies the number of components for a given UV channel. More...
 
unsigned int mNumVertices
 The number of vertices in this mesh. More...
 
unsigned int mPrimitiveTypes
 Bitwise combination of the members of the aiPrimitiveType enum. More...
 
aiVector3DmTangents
 Vertex tangents. More...
 
aiVector3DmTextureCoords [AI_MAX_NUMBER_OF_TEXTURECOORDS]
 Vertex texture coords, also known as UV channels. More...
 
aiVector3DmVertices
 Vertex positions. More...
 

Detailed Description

A mesh represents a geometry or model with a single material.

It usually consists of a number of vertices and a series of primitives/faces referencing the vertices. In addition there might be a series of bones, each of them addressing a number of vertices with a certain weight. Vertex data is presented in channels with each channel containing a single per-vertex information such as a set of texture coords or a normal vector. If a data pointer is non-null, the corresponding data stream is present. From C++-programs you can also use the comfort functions Has*() to test for the presence of various data streams.

A Mesh uses only a single material which is referenced by a material ID.

Note
The mPositions member is usually not optional. However, vertex positions could be missing if the AI_SCENE_FLAGS_INCOMPLETE flag is set in

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

aiMesh::aiMesh ( )
inline

Default constructor. Initializes all members to 0.

aiMesh::~aiMesh ( )
inline

Deletes all storage allocated for the mesh.

Member Function Documentation

unsigned int aiMesh::GetNumColorChannels ( ) const
inline

Get the number of vertex color channels the mesh contains.

unsigned int aiMesh::GetNumUVChannels ( ) const
inline

Get the number of UV channels the mesh contains.

bool aiMesh::HasBones ( ) const
inline

Check whether the mesh contains bones.

bool aiMesh::HasFaces ( ) const
inline

Check whether the mesh contains faces.

If no special scene flags are set this should always return true

bool aiMesh::HasNormals ( ) const
inline

Check whether the mesh contains normal vectors.

bool aiMesh::HasPositions ( ) const
inline

Check whether the mesh contains positions.

Provided no special scene flags are set, this will always be true

bool aiMesh::HasTangentsAndBitangents ( ) const
inline

Check whether the mesh contains tangent and bitangent vectors It is not possible that it contains tangents and no bitangents (or the other way round).

The existence of one of them implies that the second is there, too.

bool aiMesh::HasTextureCoords ( unsigned int  pIndex) const
inline

Check whether the mesh contains a texture coordinate set.

Parameters
pIndexIndex of the texture coordinates set
bool aiMesh::HasVertexColors ( unsigned int  pIndex) const
inline

Check whether the mesh contains a vertex color set.

Parameters
pIndexIndex of the vertex color set

Member Data Documentation

aiAnimMesh** aiMesh::mAnimMeshes

NOT CURRENTLY IN USE.

Attachment meshes for this mesh, for vertex-based animation. Attachment meshes carry replacement data for some of the mesh'es vertex components (usually positions, normals).

aiVector3D* aiMesh::mBitangents

Vertex bitangents.

The bitangent of a vertex points in the direction of the positive Y texture axis. The array contains normalized vectors, NULL if not present. The array is mNumVertices in size.

Note
If the mesh contains tangents, it automatically also contains bitangents.
aiBone** aiMesh::mBones

The bones of this mesh.

A bone consists of a name by which it can be found in the frame hierarchy and a set of vertex weights.

Vertex color sets.

A mesh may contain 0 to AI_MAX_NUMBER_OF_COLOR_SETS vertex colors per vertex. NULL if not present. Each array is mNumVertices in size if present.

aiFace* aiMesh::mFaces

The faces the mesh is constructed from.

Each face refers to a number of vertices by their indices. This array is always present in a mesh, its size is given in mNumFaces. If the AI_SCENE_FLAGS_NON_VERBOSE_FORMAT is NOT set each face references an unique set of vertices.

unsigned int aiMesh::mMaterialIndex

The material used by this mesh.

A mesh uses only a single material. If an imported model uses multiple materials, the import splits up the mesh. Use this value as index into the scene's material list.

aiString aiMesh::mName

Name of the mesh.

Meshes can be named, but this is not a requirement and leaving this field empty is totally fine. There are mainly three uses for mesh names:

  • some formats name nodes and meshes independently.
  • importers tend to split meshes up to meet the one-material-per-mesh requirement. Assigning the same (dummy) name to each of the result meshes aids the caller at recovering the original mesh partitioning.
  • Vertex animations refer to meshes by their names.
aiVector3D* aiMesh::mNormals

Vertex normals.

The array contains normalized vectors, NULL if not present. The array is mNumVertices in size. Normals are undefined for point and line primitives. A mesh consisting of points and lines only may not have normal vectors. Meshes with mixed primitive types (i.e. lines and triangles) may have normals, but the normals for vertices that are only referenced by point or line primitives are undefined and set to QNaN (WARN: qNaN compares to inequal to everything, even to qNaN itself. Using code like this to check whether a field is qnan is:

#define IS_QNAN(f) (f != f)

still dangerous because even 1.f == 1.f could evaluate to false! ( remember the subtleties of IEEE754 artithmetics). Use stuff like fpclassify instead.

Note
Normal vectors computed by Assimp are always unit-length. However, this needn't apply for normals that have been taken directly from the model file.
unsigned int aiMesh::mNumAnimMeshes

NOT CURRENTLY IN USE.

The number of attachment meshes

unsigned int aiMesh::mNumBones

The number of bones this mesh contains.

Can be 0, in which case the mBones array is NULL.

unsigned int aiMesh::mNumFaces

The number of primitives (triangles, polygons, lines) in this mesh.

This is also the size of the mFaces array. The maximum value for this member is AI_MAX_FACES.

unsigned int aiMesh::mNumUVComponents[AI_MAX_NUMBER_OF_TEXTURECOORDS]

Specifies the number of components for a given UV channel.

Up to three channels are supported (UVW, for accessing volume or cube maps). If the value is 2 for a given channel n, the component p.z of mTextureCoords[n][p] is set to 0.0f. If the value is 1 for a given channel, p.y is set to 0.0f, too.

Note
4D coords are not supported
unsigned int aiMesh::mNumVertices

The number of vertices in this mesh.

This is also the size of all of the per-vertex data arrays. The maximum value for this member is AI_MAX_VERTICES.

unsigned int aiMesh::mPrimitiveTypes

Bitwise combination of the members of the aiPrimitiveType enum.

This specifies which types of primitives are present in the mesh. The "SortByPrimitiveType"-Step can be used to make sure the output meshes consist of one primitive type each.

aiVector3D* aiMesh::mTangents

Vertex tangents.

The tangent of a vertex points in the direction of the positive X texture axis. The array contains normalized vectors, NULL if not present. The array is mNumVertices in size. A mesh consisting of points and lines only may not have normal vectors. Meshes with mixed primitive types (i.e. lines and triangles) may have normals, but the normals for vertices that are only referenced by point or line primitives are undefined and set to qNaN. See the mNormals member for a detailled discussion of qNaNs.

Note
If the mesh contains tangents, it automatically also contains bitangents.
aiVector3D* aiMesh::mTextureCoords[AI_MAX_NUMBER_OF_TEXTURECOORDS]

Vertex texture coords, also known as UV channels.

A mesh may contain 0 to AI_MAX_NUMBER_OF_TEXTURECOORDS per vertex. NULL if not present. The array is mNumVertices in size.

aiVector3D* aiMesh::mVertices

Vertex positions.

This array is always present in a mesh. The array is mNumVertices in size.

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