XFile vertex format

#1

hi

i’m new to programming with Xfile format, but is there a programmatic way to find out the vertex format of the vertices in an Xfile exported from Maya?

I know of a Mesh.VertexFormat available from direct3d, but it gives 274, meaning {none, texture1, normal} and i assumed it to be CustomVertex.PositionNormalVertex.

However, a part of the XFile shows is as follows

Frame Wall_Front {

FrameTransformMatrix {
25.000000,0.000000,0.000000,0.000000,0.000000,10.000000,0.000000,0.000000,0.000000,0.000000,1.000000,0.000000,0.000000,5.000000,-12.000000,1.000000;;
}

Mesh Wall_FrontShape {
24;
-0.500000;-0.500000;0.500000;,
0.500000;-0.500000;0.500000;,
-0.500000;0.500000;0.500000;,
0.500000;0.500000;0.500000;,
-0.500000;0.500000;-0.500000;,
0.500000;0.500000;-0.500000;,
-0.500000;-0.500000;-0.500000;,
0.500000;-0.500000;-0.500000;,
-0.500000;0.500000;0.500000;,
0.500000;0.500000;0.500000;,
-0.500000;0.500000;-0.500000;,
0.500000;0.500000;-0.500000;,
-0.500000;-0.500000;-0.500000;,
0.500000;-0.500000;-0.500000;,
0.500000;-0.500000;0.500000;,
-0.500000;-0.500000;0.500000;,
0.500000;-0.500000;0.500000;,
0.500000;-0.500000;-0.500000;,
0.500000;0.500000;-0.500000;,
0.500000;0.500000;0.500000;,
-0.500000;-0.500000;-0.500000;,
-0.500000;-0.500000;0.500000;,
-0.500000;0.500000;0.500000;,
-0.500000;0.500000;-0.500000;;
6;
4;2,3,1,0;,
4;4,5,9,8;,
4;6,7,11,10;,
4;15,14,13,12;,
4;19,18,17,16;,
4;23,22,21,20;;

MeshNormals {
 6;
 -1.000000;0.000000;0.000000;,
 0.000000;-1.000000;0.000000;,
 0.000000;0.000000;-1.000000;,
 0.000000;0.000000;1.000000;,
 0.000000;1.000000;0.000000;,
 1.000000;0.000000;0.000000;;
 6;
 4;3,3,3,3;,
 4;4,4,4,4;,
 4;2,2,2,2;,
 4;1,1,1,1;,
 4;5,5,5,5;,
 4;0,0,0,0;;
}

MeshTextureCoords {
 24;
 1.000000;1.000000;,
 0.000000;1.000000;,
 1.000000;0.000000;,
 0.000000;0.000000;,
 1.000000;-1.000000;,
 0.000000;-1.000000;,
 1.000000;-2.000000;,
 0.000000;-2.000000;,
 1.000000;0.000000;,
 0.000000;0.000000;,
 1.000000;-1.000000;,
 0.000000;-1.000000;,
 1.000000;-2.000000;,
 0.000000;-2.000000;,
 0.000000;-3.000000;,
 1.000000;-3.000000;,
 0.000000;1.000000;,
 -1.000000;1.000000;,
 -1.000000;0.000000;,
 0.000000;0.000000;,
 2.000000;1.000000;,
 1.000000;1.000000;,
 1.000000;0.000000;,
 2.000000;0.000000;;
}

MeshMaterialList {
 1;
 6;
 0,
 0,
 0,
 0,
 0,
 0;

 Material lambert3SG {
  0.800000;0.800000;0.800000;1.000000;;
  0.000000;
  0.000000;0.000000;0.000000;;
  0.000000;0.000000;0.000000;;

  TextureFilename {
   "Concrete.bmp";
  }
 }
}

VertexDuplicationIndices {
 24;
 8;
 0,
 1,
 2,
 3,
 4,
 5,
 6,
 7,
 2,
 3,
 4,
 5,
 6,
 7,
 1,
 0,
 1,
 7,
 5,
 3,
 6,
 0,
 2,
 4;
}

}
}

it contains a section called, “FrameTransformMatrix”, does this mean it’s a Transformed vertex format?

thanks a lot!

#2

i’ve figured it out after reading online.

turns out that TransformedVertex is very different and I have yet to see it.

my code listing shows exactly PositionNormalTextured vertices. the FrameTransformMatrix is used to transform the mesh from local to world coordinates.

#3

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