---
title: count
framework: modelio
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: modelio/mdlasset/count
---

# count

The number of top-level objects in the asset.

## Declaration

```swift
var count: Int { get }
```

## Discussion

Discussion An asset contains one or more top-level objects (instances of the MDLObject class or one of its subclasses, such as MDLMesh), each of which may contain a hierarchy of child objects.

## See Also

### Working with Asset Content

- [object(at:)](modelio/mdlasset/object(at:).md)
- [subscript(_:)](modelio/mdlasset/subscript(_:).md)
- [childObjects(of:)](modelio/mdlasset/childobjects(of:).md)
- [add(_:)](modelio/mdlasset/add(_:).md)
- [remove(_:)](modelio/mdlasset/remove(_:).md)
- [boundingBox](modelio/mdlasset/boundingbox.md)
- [boundingBox(atTime:)](modelio/mdlasset/boundingbox(attime:).md)
- [url](modelio/mdlasset/url.md)
- [bufferAllocator](modelio/mdlasset/bufferallocator.md)
- [vertexDescriptor](modelio/mdlasset/vertexdescriptor.md)
- [masters](modelio/mdlasset/masters.md)