Class ModelManager

Create a clone of an existing model.
Only the geometry (meshes, transform nodes) gets cloned, as materials are typically shared across the whole scene.

Returns

asset container for further processing of the clone

Removes all cloned models from the scene and the internal model storage

Removes a cloned model from the scene and from the internal model storage.
Also removes parameter entries from all nodes of the model.
Deleted clones can not be shown again.

Loads and returns the asset container of a certain model.
This can be used to access the models content without having to add it to the scene.
A typical use case is to clone or instantiate a node from a "library" model.

Returns the decals configuration of a certain model.
The model will be loaded before being able to access this configuration.
Decals are already converted to "normal" meshes when loading a model, still the original decals configuration can be useful e.g. for alterning decals.

Loads the model and all it's assigned materials.
This function should be used for "eager loading" of models, so that model switching will be instant in the process.
If you don't plan to do this, just use setModelVisibility as this function will load the model under the hood the first time the model gets visible.

Register models for 3d viewer, this is required for each model before it can be loaded/shown.
The "viewer control" inside the Combeenation framework calls this function automatically with all assigned 3d assets.

Enables/disables multiple one or multiple models simultaniously.
All required models are loaded before adjusting the visibility to avoid flashing in the 3d scene.

Returns

Array of changed visibility status, combined with the corresponding model name