apply renderingGroupId to all meshes

[²Digitalgames]

Hello, 

 

i need to apply renderingGroupId= 1 ; to all meshes loaded in one babylon scene. 

BABYLON.SceneLoader.ImportMesh("", "scenes/", "InterfaceObjects.babylon", scene, function (newMeshes) {            var InterfaceMeshes = newMeshes            InterfaceMeshes.renderingGroupId = 1;});

I want to avoid calling newMeshes[0] ,newMeshes[1] ...and so on and apply to the whole array of meshes. Is that possible ?

 

[RaananW]

well, iterate

newMeshes.forEach(function(mesh) {    mesh.renderingGroupId = 1;});

[²Digitalgames]

I would not have found this by myself and its working ! Great , thank you.

 

But i would be interested how arrays are used or can be used in Babylon.js. I am using arrays alot in another scripting language. 

What i found was smart array , but it can´t see a connection to regular uses of arrays. 

[RaananW]

Most of the arrays used in BabylonJS are the regular JavaScript arrays.

I find Mozilla's pages very helpful - https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Array

 

The SmartArray (implemented in Babylon.js) is seldom used. You can find the API here - http://doc.babylonjs.com/classes/2.2/SmartArray

It is a wrapper around the regular JS Array to add a bit more functionality. 

[GameMonetize]

The SmartArray is here for only one reason: the garbage collector.

 

SmartArray has a way to clear its content without stressing the GC which is really important internally