How to detect BodyInstance without mesh

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On some occasions, we hit a 3D model with missing meshes. So we keep hitting crashes when trying to instance or simply when trying to get a bounding box. I was wondering if there’s was an easy check we could try on node IDs to test whether they are faulty or not.

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Same model with getNodeRealBounding()

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Hello @guillaume.robichaud,

So there is not a function that directly confirms if a given meshData object is valid (contains geometry).

You can try using a .catch():

hwv.model.getNodeMeshData(nodeId)
    .then(meshData => {
        console.log('Mesh Data:', meshData);
        // Process the meshData
    })
    .catch(error => {
        console.error('Error fetching node mesh data:', error);
    });

Thanks,
Tino

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The documentation for getNodeMeshData says it returns a MeshDataCopy which is

A self-contained copy of the data of a single mesh

It feels really inefficient to copy all valid meshes, just to find the faulty ones, especially when the intent is to instance an already loaded part.

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Indeed, it can be an expensive operation. I’ll see about creating a feature request to address this.

Thanks,
Tino

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