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public var boneWeights: BoneWeight[];
public BoneWeight[] boneWeights;

Description

The bone weights of each vertex.

The size of the array is either the same as vertexCount or empty.

Each vertex can be affected by up to 4 different bones. All 4 bone weights should sum up to 1.

function Start () {
	gameObject.AddComponent.<Animation>();
	gameObject.AddComponent.<SkinnedMeshRenderer>();
	var rend: SkinnedMeshRenderer = GetComponent.<SkinnedMeshRenderer>();
	var anim: Animation = GetComponent.<Animation>();
	
	// Build basic mesh
	var mesh : Mesh = new Mesh ();
	mesh.vertices = [Vector3(-1, 0, 0), Vector3(1, 0, 0), Vector3(-1, 5, 0),
					 Vector3(1, 5, 0)];
	mesh.uv = [Vector2(0, 0), Vector2(1, 0), Vector2(0, 1), Vector2(1, 1)];
	mesh.triangles = [0, 1, 2, 1, 3, 2];
	mesh.RecalculateNormals();

// Assign mesh to mesh filter & renderer rend.material = new Material (Shader.Find("Diffuse"));

// Assign bone weights to mesh // We use 2 bones. One for the lower vertices, one for the upper vertices. var weights : BoneWeight[] = new BoneWeight[4];

weights[0].boneIndex0 = 0; weights[0].weight0 = 1;

weights[1].boneIndex0 = 0; weights[1].weight0 = 1;

weights[2].boneIndex0 = 1; weights[2].weight0 = 1;

weights[3].boneIndex0 = 1; weights[3].weight0 = 1;

mesh.boneWeights = weights;

// Create Bone Transforms and Bind poses // One bone at the bottom and one at the top var bones : Transform[] = new Transform[2]; var bindPoses : Matrix4x4[] = new Matrix4x4[2];

bones[0] = new GameObject ("Lower").transform; bones[0].parent = transform; // Set the position relative to the parent bones[0].localRotation = Quaternion.identity; bones[0].localPosition = Vector3.zero; // The bind pose is bone's inverse transformation matrix // In this case the matrix we also make this matrix relative to the root // So that we can move the root game object around freely bindPoses[0] = bones[0].worldToLocalMatrix * transform.localToWorldMatrix;

bones[1] = new GameObject ("Upper").transform; bones[1].parent = transform; // Set the position relative to the parent bones[1].localRotation = Quaternion.identity; bones[1].localPosition = Vector3 (0, 5, 0); // The bind pose is bone's inverse transformation matrix // In this case the matrix we also make this matrix relative to the root // So that we can move the root game object around freely bindPoses[1] = bones[1].worldToLocalMatrix * transform.localToWorldMatrix;

mesh.bindposes = bindPoses;

// Assign bones and bind poses rend.bones = bones; rend.sharedMesh = mesh;

// Assign a simple waving animation to the bottom bone var curve : AnimationCurve = new AnimationCurve(); curve.keys = [ new Keyframe (0, 0, 0, 0), new Keyframe (1, 3, 0, 0), new Keyframe (2, 0.0, 0, 0) ];

// Create the clip with the curve var clip : AnimationClip = new AnimationClip(); clip.SetCurve("Lower", Transform, "m_LocalPosition.z", curve);

// Add and play the clip anim.AddClip(clip, "test"); anim.Play("test"); }
using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class ExampleClass : MonoBehaviour { void Start() { gameObject.AddComponent<Animation>(); gameObject.AddComponent<SkinnedMeshRenderer>(); SkinnedMeshRenderer rend = GetComponent<SkinnedMeshRenderer>(); Animation anim = GetComponent<Animation>(); Mesh mesh = new Mesh(); mesh.vertices = new Vector3[] {new Vector3(-1, 0, 0), new Vector3(1, 0, 0), new Vector3(-1, 5, 0), new Vector3(1, 5, 0)}; mesh.uv = new Vector2[] {new Vector2(0, 0), new Vector2(1, 0), new Vector2(0, 1), new Vector2(1, 1)}; mesh.triangles = new int[] {0, 1, 2, 1, 3, 2}; mesh.RecalculateNormals(); rend.material = new Material(Shader.Find("Diffuse")); BoneWeight[] weights = new BoneWeight[4]; weights[0].boneIndex0 = 0; weights[0].weight0 = 1; weights[1].boneIndex0 = 0; weights[1].weight0 = 1; weights[2].boneIndex0 = 1; weights[2].weight0 = 1; weights[3].boneIndex0 = 1; weights[3].weight0 = 1; mesh.boneWeights = weights; Transform[] bones = new Transform[2]; Matrix4x4[] bindPoses = new Matrix4x4[2]; bones[0] = new GameObject("Lower").transform; bones[0].parent = transform; bones[0].localRotation = Quaternion.identity; bones[0].localPosition = Vector3.zero; bindPoses[0] = bones[0].worldToLocalMatrix * transform.localToWorldMatrix; bones[1] = new GameObject("Upper").transform; bones[1].parent = transform; bones[1].localRotation = Quaternion.identity; bones[1].localPosition = new Vector3(0, 5, 0); bindPoses[1] = bones[1].worldToLocalMatrix * transform.localToWorldMatrix; mesh.bindposes = bindPoses; rend.bones = bones; rend.sharedMesh = mesh; AnimationCurve curve = new AnimationCurve(); curve.keys = new Keyframe[] {new Keyframe(0, 0, 0, 0), new Keyframe(1, 3, 0, 0), new Keyframe(2, 0.0F, 0, 0)}; AnimationClip clip = new AnimationClip(); clip.SetCurve("Lower", typeof(Transform), "m_LocalPosition.z", curve); anim.AddClip(clip, "test"); anim.Play("test"); } }