init(mesh:device:)

Declaration

init(mesh: MDLMesh, device: any MTLDevice) throws

Parameters

• mesh:

  The source Model I/O mesh from which to create this MetalKit mesh.

• device:

  The Metal device on which to create MetalKit mesh resources.

Return Value

A new MetalKit mesh object, or nil if an error occured.

Discussion

This initializer does not initialize any children meshes of the Model I/O mesh.

All vertex buffers in the source Model I/O mesh and the index buffer of each of its submeshes must have been created with a MTKMeshBufferAllocator object.

A Model I/O submesh may have its index type and/or geometric primitive type converted to a corresponding Metal type as listed in the tables below. If the geometric primitive type cannot be converted, an error is returned through error.