Node information in meshes

[adam23]

I think it would be really nice if we could retrieve node positions in a mesh. For example an artist could place a few dummy objects that are exported with the mesh and I could do something like this.

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Ogre::Vector3 frontRight = mMesh->getNodeOffset( "front_right" );
Ogre::Vector3 frontLeft = mMesh->getNodeOffset( "front_left" );

This would return the offset of the node from the center of the mesh. Another useful function would be getNodePosition, which would return the world position of the node.

[xavier]

I believe that's what the "TagPoint" is for. Doubt that any exporters export them, however.

[nullsquared]

I believe that's what the "TagPoint" is for. Doubt that any exporters export them, however.

Tagpoints are created when you attach an object to a bone, AFAIK. Either way, they need a skeleton.

@ OP: This is what I mentioned about the bones. The best idea would be to make a skeleton for the mesh, with bones position/orientated wherever you want the "dummies".