SceneKit

• we are using SceneKit to render the 3D models that we are adding to the app.

art.scnassets

• you can find this in the project navigator

• this use to store 3D models, their textures, animations

• scene editor can be found when you expand the art.scnassets.

Components of the scene editor

• viewport - the middle part of the editor that contain the editor
• manipulator - if you select the model you can see the manipulator. its the coordinate system that represent the x and y axis that you can rotate your object
• **viewport Controls" -
• **Scene graph view" -

Inspectors

• its right panel that side beside the viewport. its separated into multiple tabs.
  • File inspector
  • Quick help inspector
  • Node inspector
  • Attributes inspector
  • Material Inspector
  • Physics Inspector
  • Scene Inspector

most of the time we use only node, attributes and material inspectors

Node Inspector

• node inspector have transform property. its involve in the change of the node such as position, rotation and scale all together.
• position
  • the position is the where i place my model. it composed of 3D coordinates of x,y and z.
• Euler angles
  • Euler angel enable to rotate model in pitch.
• scale
  • scale allow us to size up and size down
• Bounding box
  • bounding box is the dimensions of our asset in meters.

Materials

• Diffuse - its the skin that wraps the object. in staring example of Xcode underneath the ship asset their is a texture.png this refer as a diffuse.
  • before and after diffuse to an object