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# Normals/main.cxx

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    //
    // The example illustrates how to:
    //        1) get normals of mesh.
    //        2) get smoothing info of mesh.
    //        3) compute smoothing info from normals.
    //        4) convert hard/soft edges info to smoothing group info.
    //
    //Background knowledge:
    //There are two kinds of smoothing info:
    //1. Smoothing groups info which is saved by polygon. It usually come from 3ds Max, because 3ds Max can set smoothing groups for polygon.
    //2. Hard/soft edges info which is saved by edge. It usually come from Maya, because Maya can set hard/soft edges.
    //
    //steps:
    // 1. initialize FBX sdk object.
    // 2. load fbx scene form the specified file.
    // 3. Get root node of the scene.
    // 4. Recursively traverse each node in the scene.
    // 5. Get normals of mesh, according to different mapping mode and reference mode.
    // 6. Recursively traverse each node in the scene.
    // 7. Computing smoothing info from normals or convert smoothing info
    // 8. Get smoothing info of mesh, according to different mapping mode and reference mode.
    // 9. Destroy all objects.
    //

    #include <fbxsdk.h>

    #include "../Common/Common.h"

    #define SAMPLE_FILENAME "Normals.fbx"

    //set pCompute true to compute smoothing from normals by default
    //set pConvertToSmoothingGroup true to convert hard/soft edge info to smoothing group info by default
    void GetSmoothing(FbxManager* pSdkManager, FbxNode* pNode, bool pCompute = false, bool pConvertToSmoothingGroup = false);

    //get mesh normals info
    void GetNormals(FbxNode* pNode);

    int main(int argc, char** argv)
    {
        FbxManager* lSdkManager = NULL;
        FbxScene* lScene = NULL;
        bool lResult;

        // Prepare the FBX SDK.
        InitializeSdkObjects(lSdkManager, lScene);

        // Load the scene.
        // The example can take a FBX file as an argument.
        if(argc > 1)
        {
            FBXSDK_printf("\n\nFile: %s\n\n", argv[1]);
            lResult = LoadScene(lSdkManager, lScene, argv[1]);
        }
        else
        {
            FBXSDK_printf("\n\nFile: %s\n\n", SAMPLE_FILENAME);
            lResult = LoadScene(lSdkManager, lScene, SAMPLE_FILENAME);
        }

        if(lResult == false)
        {
            FBXSDK_printf("\n\nAn error occurred while loading the scene...");
        }
        else
        {
            if(!lScene)
            {
                FBX_ASSERT_NOW("null scene");
            }

            //get root node of the fbx scene
            FbxNode* lRootNode = lScene->GetRootNode();

            //get normals info, if there're mesh in the scene
            GetNormals(lRootNode);

            //set me true to compute smoothing info from normals
            bool lComputeFromNormals = false;
            //set me true to convert hard/soft edges info to smoothing groups info
            bool lConvertToSmoothingGroup = false;
            //get smoothing info, if there're mesh in the scene
            GetSmoothing(lSdkManager, lRootNode, lComputeFromNormals, lConvertToSmoothingGroup);
        }

        //Destroy all objects created by the FBX SDK.
        DestroySdkObjects(lSdkManager);
        return 0;
    }

    //get mesh smoothing info
    //set pCompute true to compute smoothing from normals by default
    //set pConvertToSmoothingGroup true to convert hard/soft edge info to smoothing group info by default
    void GetSmoothing(FbxManager* pSdkManager, FbxNode* pNode, bool pCompute, bool pConvertToSmoothingGroup)
    {
        if(!pNode || !pSdkManager)
            return;

        //get mesh
        FbxMesh* lMesh = pNode->GetMesh();
        if(lMesh)
        {
            //print mesh node name
            FBXSDK_printf("current mesh node: %s\n", pNode->GetName());

            //if there's no smoothing info in fbx file, but you still want to get smoothing info.
            //please compute smoothing info from normals.
            //Another case to recompute smoothing info from normals is:
            //If users edit normals manually in 3ds Max or Maya and export the scene to FBX with smoothing info,
            //The smoothing info may NOT match with normals.
            //the mesh called "fbx_customNormals" in Normals.fbx is the case. All edges are hard, but normals actually represent the "soft" looking.
            //Generally, the normals in fbx file holds the smoothing result you'd like to get.
            //If you want to get correct smoothing info(smoothing group or hard/soft edges) which match with normals,
            //please drop the original smoothing info of fbx file, and recompute smoothing info from normals.
            //if you want to get soft/hard edge info, please call FbxGeometryConverter::ComputeEdgeSmoothingFromNormals().
            //if you want to get smoothing group info, please get soft/hard edge info first by ComputeEdgeSmoothingFromNormals()
            //And then call FbxGeometryConverter::ComputePolygonSmoothingFromEdgeSmoothing().
            if(pCompute)
            {
                FbxGeometryConverter lGeometryConverter(pSdkManager);
                lGeometryConverter.ComputeEdgeSmoothingFromNormals(lMesh);
                //convert soft/hard edge info to smoothing group info
                if(pConvertToSmoothingGroup)
                    lGeometryConverter.ComputePolygonSmoothingFromEdgeSmoothing(lMesh);
            }

            //if there is smoothing groups info in your fbx file, but you want to get hard/soft edges info
            //please use following code:
            //FbxGeometryConverter lGeometryConverter(lSdkManager);
            //lGeometryConverter.ComputeEdgeSmoothingFromPolygonSmoothing(lMesh);

            //get smoothing info
            FbxGeometryElementSmoothing* lSmoothingElement = lMesh->GetElementSmoothing();
            if(lSmoothingElement)
            {
                //mapping mode is by edge. The mesh usually come from Maya, because Maya can set hard/soft edges.
                //we can get smoothing info(which edges are soft, which edges are hard) by retrieving each edge.
                if( lSmoothingElement->GetMappingMode() == FbxGeometryElement::eByEdge )
                {
                    //Let's get smoothing of each edge, since the mapping mode of smoothing element is by edge
                    for(int lEdgeIndex = 0; lEdgeIndex < lMesh->GetMeshEdgeCount(); lEdgeIndex++)
                    {
                        int lSmoothingIndex = 0;
                        //reference mode is direct, the smoothing index is same as edge index.
                        //get smoothing by the index of edge
                        if( lSmoothingElement->GetReferenceMode() == FbxGeometryElement::eDirect )
                            lSmoothingIndex = lEdgeIndex;

                        //reference mode is index-to-direct, get smoothing by the index-to-direct
                        if(lSmoothingElement->GetReferenceMode() == FbxGeometryElement::eIndexToDirect)
                            lSmoothingIndex = lSmoothingElement->GetIndexArray().GetAt(lEdgeIndex);

                        //Got smoothing of each vertex.
                        int lSmoothingFlag = lSmoothingElement->GetDirectArray().GetAt(lSmoothingIndex);
                        FBXSDK_printf("hard/soft value for edge[%d]: %d \n", lEdgeIndex, lSmoothingFlag);
                        //add your custom code here, to output smoothing or get them into a list, such as KArrayTemplate<int>
                        //. . .
                    }//end for lEdgeIndex
                }//end eByEdge
                //mapping mode is by polygon. The mesh usually come from 3ds Max, because 3ds Max can set smoothing groups for polygon.
                //we can get smoothing info(smoothing group ID for each polygon) by retrieving each polygon.
                else if(lSmoothingElement->GetMappingMode() == FbxGeometryElement::eByPolygon)
                {
                    //Let's get smoothing of each polygon, since the mapping mode of smoothing element is by polygon.
                    for(int lPolygonIndex = 0; lPolygonIndex < lMesh->GetPolygonCount(); lPolygonIndex++)
                    {
                        int lSmoothingIndex = 0;
                        //reference mode is direct, the smoothing index is same as polygon index.
                        if( lSmoothingElement->GetReferenceMode() == FbxGeometryElement::eDirect )
                            lSmoothingIndex = lPolygonIndex;

                        //reference mode is index-to-direct, get smoothing by the index-to-direct
                        if(lSmoothingElement->GetReferenceMode() == FbxGeometryElement::eIndexToDirect)
                            lSmoothingIndex = lSmoothingElement->GetIndexArray().GetAt(lPolygonIndex);

                        //Got smoothing of each polygon.
                        int lSmoothingFlag = lSmoothingElement->GetDirectArray().GetAt(lSmoothingIndex);
                        FBXSDK_printf("smoothing group ID for polygon[%d]: %d \n", lPolygonIndex, lSmoothingFlag);
                        //add your custom code here, to output normals or get them into a list, such as KArrayTemplate<int>
                        //. . .

                    }//end for lPolygonIndex //PolygonCount

                }//end eByPolygonVertex
            }//end if lSmoothingElement
        }//end if lMesh

        //recursively traverse each node in the scene
        int i, lCount = pNode->GetChildCount();
        for (i = 0; i < lCount; i++)
        {
            GetSmoothing(pSdkManager, pNode->GetChild(i), pCompute, pConvertToSmoothingGroup);
        }
    }

    //get mesh normals info
    void GetNormals(FbxNode* pNode)
    {
        if(!pNode)
            return;

        //get mesh
        FbxMesh* lMesh = pNode->GetMesh();
        if(lMesh)
        {
            //print mesh node name
            FBXSDK_printf("current mesh node: %s\n", pNode->GetName());

            //get the normal element
            FbxGeometryElementNormal* lNormalElement = lMesh->GetElementNormal();
            if(lNormalElement)
            {
                //mapping mode is by control points. The mesh should be smooth and soft.
                //we can get normals by retrieving each control point
                if( lNormalElement->GetMappingMode() == FbxGeometryElement::eByControlPoint )
                {
                    //Let's get normals of each vertex, since the mapping mode of normal element is by control point
                    for(int lVertexIndex = 0; lVertexIndex < lMesh->GetControlPointsCount(); lVertexIndex++)
                    {
                        int lNormalIndex = 0;
                        //reference mode is direct, the normal index is same as vertex index.
                        //get normals by the index of control vertex
                        if( lNormalElement->GetReferenceMode() == FbxGeometryElement::eDirect )
                            lNormalIndex = lVertexIndex;

                        //reference mode is index-to-direct, get normals by the index-to-direct
                        if(lNormalElement->GetReferenceMode() == FbxGeometryElement::eIndexToDirect)
                            lNormalIndex = lNormalElement->GetIndexArray().GetAt(lVertexIndex);

                        //Got normals of each vertex.
                        FbxVector4 lNormal = lNormalElement->GetDirectArray().GetAt(lNormalIndex);
                        FBXSDK_printf("normals for vertex[%d]: %f %f %f %f \n", lVertexIndex, lNormal[0], lNormal[1], lNormal[2], lNormal[3]);
                        //add your custom code here, to output normals or get them into a list, such as KArrayTemplate<FbxVector4>
                        //. . .
                    }//end for lVertexIndex
                }//end eByControlPoint
                //mapping mode is by polygon-vertex.
                //we can get normals by retrieving polygon-vertex.
                else if(lNormalElement->GetMappingMode() == FbxGeometryElement::eByPolygonVertex)
                {
                    int lIndexByPolygonVertex = 0;
                    //Let's get normals of each polygon, since the mapping mode of normal element is by polygon-vertex.
                    for(int lPolygonIndex = 0; lPolygonIndex < lMesh->GetPolygonCount(); lPolygonIndex++)
                    {
                        //get polygon size, you know how many vertices in current polygon.
                        int lPolygonSize = lMesh->GetPolygonSize(lPolygonIndex);
                        //retrieve each vertex of current polygon.
                        for(int i = 0; i < lPolygonSize; i++)
                        {
                            int lNormalIndex = 0;
                            //reference mode is direct, the normal index is same as lIndexByPolygonVertex.
                            if( lNormalElement->GetReferenceMode() == FbxGeometryElement::eDirect )
                                lNormalIndex = lIndexByPolygonVertex;

                            //reference mode is index-to-direct, get normals by the index-to-direct
                            if(lNormalElement->GetReferenceMode() == FbxGeometryElement::eIndexToDirect)
                                lNormalIndex = lNormalElement->GetIndexArray().GetAt(lIndexByPolygonVertex);

                            //Got normals of each polygon-vertex.
                            FbxVector4 lNormal = lNormalElement->GetDirectArray().GetAt(lNormalIndex);
                            FBXSDK_printf("normals for polygon[%d]vertex[%d]: %f %f %f %f \n",
                                lPolygonIndex, i, lNormal[0], lNormal[1], lNormal[2], lNormal[3]);
                            //add your custom code here, to output normals or get them into a list, such as KArrayTemplate<FbxVector4>
                            //. . .

                            lIndexByPolygonVertex++;
                        }//end for i //lPolygonSize
                    }//end for lPolygonIndex //PolygonCount

                }//end eByPolygonVertex
            }//end if lNormalElement

        }//end if lMesh

        //recursively traverse each node in the scene
        int i, lCount = pNode->GetChildCount();
        for (i = 0; i < lCount; i++)
        {
            GetNormals(pNode->GetChild(i));
        }
    }