Model I/O

1. 3D Asset Basics

   Covers MDLAsset, MDLObject, MDLTransform, MDLMesh.

2. Managing Mesh Data

   Covers MDLMeshBuffer, MDLMeshBufferAllocator, MDLMeshBufferData, MDLMeshBufferDataAllocator.

3. Materials

   Covers MDLMaterial, MDLMaterialProperty, MDLMaterialPropertyConnection, MDLMaterialPropertyGraph.

4. Textures

   Covers MDLTexture, MDLCheckerboardTexture, MDLColorSwatchTexture, MDLNoiseTexture.

5. Lights

   Covers MDLLight, MDLAreaLight, MDLLightProbe, MDLLightProbeIrradianceDataSource.

6. Cameras

   Covers MDLCamera, MDLStereoscopicCamera.

7. Extensible Asset Format Support

   Covers MDLComponent, MDLObjectContainer, MDLObjectContainerComponent, MDLTransformComponent.

8. Volumetric Representations

   Covers MDLVoxelArray.

9. Reference

   Covers Model I/O Data Types, Model I/O Structures, Model I/O Enumerations, Model I/O Constants.

10. Classes

    Covers MDLAnimatedMatrix4x4, MDLAnimatedQuaternion, MDLAnimatedQuaternionArray, MDLAnimatedScalar.

11. Protocols

    Covers MDLAssetResolver, MDLJointAnimation, MDLTransformOp.

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