Loading .fbx from code-only

[blair-ahlquist]

What is the most direct approach in loading an .fbx file and creating a Entity from code-only? I have tried two approaches:

string inputFile = "C:\\Users\\bahlq\\Documents\\3D Models\\PeterHeadSimpleHairMesh.fbx";
MeshConverter importer = new MeshConverter(null);
EntityInfo info = importer.ExtractEntity(inputFile, extractTextureDependencies:true);
// Create Entity from EntityInfo?

FbxAssetImporter imp = new ();
AssetItem[] assets = imp.Import(new UFile(inputFile), imp.GetDefaultParameters(true)).ToArray();

foreach(var assetItem in assets)
{
    if (assetItem.Asset is ModelAsset modelAsset)
    {
        // Create Model from ModelAsset?
    }
}

I am interested in using the Assimp importer eventually.

[blair-ahlquist]

Bump. I've browsed through the source code looking for a solution...

[Doprez]

if you are already ussing the 3d importer from stride to get the model data then you may want to look at ModelFromFileTemplateGenerator.cs in the Stride.Assets.Presentation project. and get the saved file that should be then able to be created with Content.Load("path"). There was a discussion on how to use that here.

another option is to load from obj which someone already got working here. I havent looked into this much myself as I dont have the need atm, but these are likely starting points for what you need.

[Doprez]

Also adding this as I just found this searching in the discord.