Class Mesh

Represents a 3D mesh with vertex and index data, supporting rendering and triangle iteration.


						
				class Mesh
  : dlib.core.ownership.Owner
  , Drawable
  , TriangleSet;

The Mesh class stores vertex positions, normals, texture coordinates, and triangle indices. It supports bounding box calculation, normal generation, OpenGL VAO/VBO management, and implements the Drawable and TriangleSet interfaces.

Constructors

Name	Description
`this` (owner)	Constructs a mesh with the given owner.

Fields

Name	Type	Description
`boundingBox`	`dlib.geometry.aabb.AABB`	Axis-aligned bounding box for the mesh.
`canRender`	`bool`	True if OpenGL buffers are prepared and mesh can be rendered.
`dataReady`	`bool`	True if mesh data is ready for rendering.
`eao`	`uint`	OpenGL element array object for indices.
`indices`	`uint[3][]`	Array of triangle indices (each element is a uint[3]).
`nbo`	`uint`	OpenGL vertex buffer object for normals.
`normals`	`dlib.math.vector.Vector!(float,3)[]`	Array of vertex normals.
`tbo`	`uint`	OpenGL vertex buffer object for texture coordinates.
`texcoords`	`dlib.math.vector.Vector!(float,2)[]`	Array of texture coordinates.
`vao`	`uint`	OpenGL vertex array object.
`vbo`	`uint`	OpenGL vertex buffer object for positions.
`vertices`	`dlib.math.vector.Vector!(float,3)[]`	Array of vertex positions.

Methods

Name	Description
`calcBoundingBox` ()	Calculates the axis-aligned bounding box for the mesh.
`generateNormals` ()	Generates smooth vertex normals for the mesh based on triangle geometry. Overwrites the `normals` array with computed normals.
`getTriangle` (faceIndex)	Returns the triangle at the specified face index.
`opApply` (dg)	Iterates over all triangles in the mesh.
`prepareVAO` ()	Prepares OpenGL VAO and VBOs for rendering the mesh. Uploads vertex, normal, texcoord, and index data to the GPU. Sets up attribute pointers and enables rendering.
`render` (state)	Renders the mesh using the provided graphics pipeline state.