how to output custom model to .mesh file

[az_anne]

Hi，
When create the model at first time, there are several steps.
Step 1: Get vertex information(position, normal, uv...) by reading obj file.
Step 2：Create Mesh object and set the HardwareVertexBuffer（vertexdata，indexdata）
Step 3：Load mesh
……
When the model has a lot of vertex information, the creation will take a lot of time.
So, I want to save the mesh to .mesh file. When I create the model again, can skip the above steps.

Has somebody an idea?
Thanks in advance.

[paroj]

see OgreXmlConverter source code.

[az_anne]

Thank you for your answer. I know the OgreXmlConverter can converts between the binary and XML formats for .mesh and .skeleton. But I created a custom mesh model in running time. How can I save the running time mesh model to .mesh file in disk？Look forward to your reply.

[hedphelym]

You need the 'Ogre::MeshSerializer' for this, if you search the forum you will find a lot of information about it and how you could use it.