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Loading Mesh assets for MeshFilter assignment

Discussion in 'Editor & General Support' started by jc_crash, Feb 2, 2020.

  1. jc_crash

    jc_crash

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    Hi all,

    I am having trouble using "AssetDatabase.LoadAssetAtPath" and even using "Resources.Load" to load a .mesh file in the editor hierarchy and assign it to a prefab's MeshFilter.

    I am doing this as an editor function, not application runtime. I am trying to use the following code:

    Code (CSharp):
    1. Mesh referenceMesh = (Mesh)AssetDatabase.LoadAssetAtPath(newMeshRefPath, typeof(Mesh)) as Mesh;
    The path is correct, I have triple checked it in debug and it is returning null. Can .mesh files be loaded like this? Does anyone have an alternative if not?

    Thanks!
     
    jc_crash, Feb 2, 2020
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  2. jc_crash

    jc_crash

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    For anybody else that might be having this trouble...

    I was perusing the Unity documentation for other reasons a few days ago and noticed a mention of Unity's 'supported file extensions' and it got me to thinking. I believe .mesh is not actually a supported extension in Unity.

    If you are saving meshes that you want to assign later, rather than '.mesh', use '.asset' and it will solve the issues I describe above.
     
    jc_crash, Feb 23, 2020
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