ModelNode.AddChild

ModelNode AddChild(string name, Matrix localTransform, Mesh mesh, Material material, bool solid)

Adds a Child node below this node, at the end of the child chain!


string name	A text name to identify the node. If null is provided, it will be auto named to “node”+index.
Matrix localTransform	A Matrix describing this node’s transform in local space relative to the currently selected node.
Mesh mesh	The Mesh to attach to this Node’s visual, if this is null, then material must also be null.
Material material	The Material to attach to this Node’s visual, if this is null, then mesh must also be null.
bool solid	A flag that indicates the Mesh for this node will be used in ray intersection tests. This flag is ignored if no Mesh is attached.
RETURNS: ModelNode	This returns the newly added ModelNode, or if there’s an issue with mesh and material being inconsistently null, then this result will also be null.

Examples

Assembling a Model

While normally you’ll load Models from file, you can also assemble them yourself procedurally! This example shows assembling a simple hierarchy of visual and empty nodes.

Model model = new Model();
model
	.AddNode ("Root",    Matrix.S(0.2f), Mesh.Cube, Material.Default)
	.AddChild("Sub",     Matrix.TR (V.XYZ(0.5f, 0, 0), Quat.FromAngles(0, 0, 45)), Mesh.Cube, Material.Default)
	.AddChild("Surface", Matrix.TRS(V.XYZ(0.5f, 0, 0), Quat.LookDir(V.XYZ(1,0,0)), V.XYZ(1,1,1)));

ModelNode surfaceNode = model.FindNode("Surface");

surfaceNode.AddChild("UnitX", Matrix.T(Vec3.UnitX));
surfaceNode.AddChild("UnitY", Matrix.T(Vec3.UnitY));
surfaceNode.AddChild("UnitZ", Matrix.T(Vec3.UnitZ));

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