Struct SkinnedMesh 

pub struct SkinnedMesh {

    pub asset_id: AssetId,
    pub source: String,
    pub skin_index: u32,
    pub vertices: Vec<SkinnedVertexData>,
    pub indices: Vec<u16>,
    pub morph_target_names: Vec<String>,
    pub morph_deltas: Vec<MorphDelta>,
    pub material: Option<MaterialHandle>,
    pub texture: Option<TextureHandle>,
    pub position: [f32; 3],
    pub rotation_deg: [f32; 3],
    pub scale: [f32; 3],
    pub lod_levels: u32,
    pub lod_distances: Vec<f32>,
    pub max_instances: u32,
    pub capsule: Option<CharacterCapsule>,
    pub locator: Option<PayloadLocator>,
}

A skeletally animated mesh placed directly in the world.

Unlike a Mesh, a SkinnedMesh carries its own world transform and a skeleton (a joint hierarchy with a bind pose). Each vertex is bound to up to four joints; an Animation targeting this mesh deforms it at runtime. With no animation the mesh renders in its bind pose.

The geometry + skeleton may be authored inline (vertices / indices / skeleton) or imported with source from a glTF (.glb / .gltf) or binary .fbx file. The import fills the mesh, the skeleton bind pose, and (for glTF) any morph targets; animations are imported separately by Animation assets referencing the same file.

The customize_character example ships a neutral unclothed body (base_humanoid.glb, about 21k vertices, A-pose bind) with a 25-joint skeleton (root, hips, spine, chest, upper_chest, neck, head, and clavicle / upper_arm / forearm / hand / thumb / thigh / shin / foot / toe with an _l / _r suffix), the morph targets a CharacterShape slider set names (weight+/-, muscle, shoulders+/-, hips+/-, chest+/-, belly, head+/-, jaw+/-, nose+/-, brow, cheeks+/-, chin+/-, eyes+/-, lips+/-, mouth_width+/-, ears+/-, cheekbones+/-), and a rotation-only idle clip an Animation can import from the same file; a CharacterModel is the usual way to declare it.

The skeleton (joint hierarchy and bind pose) is provided as an arg (authored inline alongside vertices/indices, or filled in from the imported .glb) and is baked into the mesh at build time.

Normals and tangents are computed automatically at build time. Do not supply them.

SkinnedMesh {
    position: [0.0, 1.0, 0.0],
    ..Default::default()
};

Fields

asset_id: AssetId

Asset identity; injected via inject_name. Not part of args.

source: String

Optional path to a .glb / .gltf / .fbx file. When set, the build imports vertices / indices / skeleton from it; an inline-authored mesh leaves this empty.

skin_index: u32

Which skinned mesh of source to import, in file declaration order (default 0). A character split into several meshes bound to one skeleton (body, hair, clothes) needs one SkinnedMesh per part, each naming its own index.

vertices: Vec<SkinnedVertexData>

Skinned vertex list.

indices: Vec<u16>

Triangle index list.

morph_target_names: Vec<String>

Morph-target names, one per target, in target order. Filled from the source file’s target names when importing; empty for a mesh without morph targets.

morph_deltas: Vec<MorphDelta>

Dense morph-target deltas, target-major: entry t * vertex_count + v is target t’s delta for vertex v. Length must be morph_target_names.len() * vertices.len(). An Animation with a morph_track drives the per-target weights at runtime.

material: Option<MaterialHandle>

Material; provides the albedo texture plus lighting parameters.

texture: Option<TextureHandle>

Texture (older path); ignored when material is set.

position: [f32; 3]

World-space position.

rotation_deg: [f32; 3]

World rotation, Euler degrees [pitch, yaw, roll], YXZ order.

scale: [f32; 3]

World scale.

lod_levels: u32

Number of level-of-detail versions to generate, including the original. 1 (the default) generates none; values are clamped to [1, 8].

lod_distances: Vec<f32>

Camera distances at which to switch to each lower-detail version. When non-empty, must have exactly lod_levels - 1 entries; empty lets the build choose defaults.

max_instances: u32

How many runtime copies of this mesh may exist at once beyond the authored one. 0 (the default) means the mesh is not runtime-spawnable. A non-zero value pre-reserves that many extra instance slots at load: the engine appends that many hidden bind-pose copies to the skinned geometry so a runtime spawn can claim one without growing any GPU buffer, and a despawn returns it to the pool. Spawns past the reserve are dropped (a warning is logged). Capped at 4096.

capsule: Option<CharacterCapsule>

Optional character capsule. When set, the mesh collides with the scene as a kinematic character and is moved by the root motion of its Animation clips (those with root_motion set): the capsule slides along obstacles and settles under gravity, and the rendered mesh follows it. The capsule stands on the mesh origin (its feet), centred half_height + radius above it.

locator: Option<PayloadLocator>

Injected at load time from the compiled blob payload.

Trait Implementations

impl Clone for SkinnedMesh

fn clone(&self) -> SkinnedMesh

Returns a duplicate of the value.

fn clone_from(&mut self, source: &Self)

Performs copy-assignment from source.

impl Debug for SkinnedMesh

fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> Result

Formats the value using the given formatter.

impl Default for SkinnedMesh

fn default() -> SkinnedMesh

Returns the “default value” for a type.

impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for SkinnedMesh

where SkinnedMesh: Default,

fn deserialize<__D>(__deserializer: __D) -> Result<Self, __D::Error>

where __D: Deserializer<'de>,

Deserialize this value from the given Serde deserializer.

impl ResourceAsset for SkinnedMesh

impl Serialize for SkinnedMesh

fn serialize<__S>(&self, __serializer: __S) -> Result<__S::Ok, __S::Error>

where __S: Serializer,

Serialize this value into the given Serde serializer.

impl SkinnedMeshGeometry for SkinnedMesh

fn model_matrix(&self) -> [[f32; 4]; 4]

Column-major world matrix built from the mesh’s transform.