From 6aa1460068047369ce789a74f866c2dca3f76d89 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel <danwip@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2023 14:46:06 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] added sample for a mesh class used for rendering an object
 (maybe more like a mesh component?)

---
 src/Engine/Engine.vcxproj         |  1 +
 src/Engine/Engine.vcxproj.filters |  3 +++
 src/Engine/main.cpp               |  4 +++-
 src/Engine/mesh/mesh.h            | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 src/Engine/mesh/mesh.h

diff --git a/src/Engine/Engine.vcxproj b/src/Engine/Engine.vcxproj
index 5f15786..139897c 100644
--- a/src/Engine/Engine.vcxproj
+++ b/src/Engine/Engine.vcxproj
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@
     <ClInclude Include="Exceptions\IOException.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="Exceptions\Shaders\CreateProgramException.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="Exceptions\Shaders\ShaderCompileException.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="mesh\mesh.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="Shaders\Enums.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="Shaders\Shader.h" />
   </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/Engine/Engine.vcxproj.filters b/src/Engine/Engine.vcxproj.filters
index dda6039..96dc523 100644
--- a/src/Engine/Engine.vcxproj.filters
+++ b/src/Engine/Engine.vcxproj.filters
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@
     <ClInclude Include="Exceptions\Shaders\CreateProgramException.h">
       <Filter>Header Files</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
+    <ClInclude Include="mesh\mesh.h">
+      <Filter>Header Files</Filter>
+    </ClInclude>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <CopyFileToFolders Include="Shaders\default\default.frag" />
diff --git a/src/Engine/main.cpp b/src/Engine/main.cpp
index 69f6161..4b5d823 100644
--- a/src/Engine/main.cpp
+++ b/src/Engine/main.cpp
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 #include "shaders/Shader.h"
 
-// Continue: https://learnopengl.com/Getting-started/Shaders
+// Continue: https://learnopengl.com/Getting-started/Textures
 // Chapter: Not yet started
 //
 
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ int main()
 		1, 2, 3
 	};
 
+	// VBO == all verticies; EBO == connection of vertices (faces) and is optional although it is a bit more efficient than using VBOs; 
+	// VAO == collection of VBOs/EBOs used for rendering
 	GLuint vertexBufferObject, elementBufferObject, vertexArrayObject;
 	glGenVertexArrays(1, &vertexArrayObject);
 	glGenBuffers(1, &vertexBufferObject);
diff --git a/src/Engine/mesh/mesh.h b/src/Engine/mesh/mesh.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a11b15b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Engine/mesh/mesh.h
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#pragma once
+#include <vector>
+#include "../shaders/Shader.h"
+
+namespace Nebulix {
+	class Mesh
+	{
+	public:
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Creates a new mesh using the default shader
+		/// </summary>
+		/// <param name="vertices">The list of vertices of this mesh</param>
+		/// <param name="faces">A list of faces, where each face contains the 3 indices of the given vertices used for constructing a triangle</param>
+		Mesh(const std::vector<GLfloat> &vertices, const std::vector<GLfloat[3]> &faces);
+		Mesh(const std::vector<GLfloat> &vertices, const std::vector<GLfloat[3]> &faces, Shader shader);
+		~Mesh();
+
+	private:
+
+	};
+}