refactor: move primitives into lua & streamline mesh creation

8 files changed, 365 insertions, 145 deletions

diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7a4db6c..dc5807a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ set(SOURCE_FILES
   src/input.c
   src/honey_lua.c
   src/mesh.c
-  src/primitives.c
   src/shader.c
   src/texture.c
   src/window.c)
diff --git a/demo/Primitives.lua b/demo/Primitives.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..09142a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/demo/Primitives.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+local Primitives = {}
+
+function Primitives.plane(width, height)
+   return honey.buildMesh{ position = { 0, 0, 0,
+					width, 0, 0,
+					0, height, 0,
+					width, height, 0 },
+			   normal = { 0, 0, 1,
+				      0, 0, 1,
+				      0, 0, 1,
+				      0, 0, 1 },
+			   uv = { 0, 0,
+				  1, 0,
+				  0, 1,
+				  1, 1 },
+			   faces = { 1, 2, 3,
+				     4, 2, 1 } }
+end
+
+return Primitives
diff --git a/demo/SpatialShader.lua b/demo/SpatialShader.lua
index 0c65176..b15859f 100644
--- a/demo/SpatialShader.lua
+++ b/demo/SpatialShader.lua
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ local VertexCode = [[
 
 layout(location = 0) in vec3 position;
 layout(location = 1) in vec3 normal;
-layout(location = 2) in vec2 uv;
+layout(location = 4) in vec2 uv;
 
 uniform mat4 model;
 uniform mat4 view;
diff --git a/demo/main.lua b/demo/main.lua
index 8e8d3d3..6aa5775 100644
--- a/demo/main.lua
+++ b/demo/main.lua
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 local Node = require('Node')
 local FPSCamera = require('FPSCamera')
 local SpatialShader = require('SpatialShader')
-local ScreenQuad = require('ScreenQuad')
+local Primitives = require('Primitives')
+-- local ScreenQuad = require('ScreenQuad')
 local MeshInstance = require('MeshInstance')
 FPSCamera.movement_speed = 5
 
@@ -20,25 +21,26 @@ local lightDirection = honey.glm.vec3{1,1,1}
 lightDirection:normalize()
 shader:setVec3('directional_lights[0].direction', lightDirection)
 shader:setVec3('directional_lights[0].color', honey.glm.vec3{0,1,0})
-local meshes = honey.mesh('Suzanne.obj')
+local meshes = honey.loadMesh('Suzanne.obj')
 local suzanne = MeshInstance.new(sceneRoot,
                                  honey.glm.vec3{0,0,3},
                                  honey.glm.vec3{0,math.pi,0},
                                  honey.glm.vec3{0.5,1,0.5},
                                  meshes[1],
                                  shader)
+print(suzanne.mesh)
 local plane = MeshInstance.new(suzanne,
                                honey.glm.vec3{1,0,0},
                                honey.glm.vec3{0,0,0},
                                honey.glm.vec3{1,1,1},
-                               honey.primitives.plane(4,4),
+                               Primitives.plane(4,4),
                                shader)
-local plane2 = MeshInstance.new(suzanne,
-                                honey.glm.vec3{5,0,0},
-                                honey.glm.vec3{0,math.pi,0},
-                                honey.glm.vec3{1,1,1},
-                                honey.primitives.plane(4,4),
-                                shader)
+-- local plane2 = MeshInstance.new(suzanne,
+--                                 honey.glm.vec3{5,0,0},
+--                                 honey.glm.vec3{0,math.pi,0},
+--                                 honey.glm.vec3{1,1,1},
+--                                 honey.primitives.plane(4,4),
+--                                 shader)
 
 suzanne.update = function(self, dt)
    self:rotate('y', dt)
diff --git a/src/honey.c b/src/honey.c
index dc716a4..fef75d7 100644
--- a/src/honey.c
+++ b/src/honey.c
@@ -127,8 +127,6 @@ bool honey_setup(lua_State** L)
 
     honey_setup_mesh(*L);
 
-    honey_setup_primitives(*L);
-
     honey_setup_texture(*L);
 
     lua_pushcfunction(*L, honey_exit);
diff --git a/src/honey.h b/src/honey.h
index 66a61a4..38a2562 100644
--- a/src/honey.h
+++ b/src/honey.h
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 #include "glm_bindings.h"
 #include "input.h"
 #include "mesh.h"
-#include "primitives.h"
 #include "shader.h"
 #include "texture.h"
 #include "window.h"
diff --git a/src/mesh.c b/src/mesh.c
index 85364a8..5536640 100644
--- a/src/mesh.c
+++ b/src/mesh.c
@@ -2,6 +2,27 @@
 
 int honey_mesh_mt_ref = LUA_NOREF;
 
+struct vertex {
+    float position[3];
+    float normal[3];
+    float tangent[3];
+    float bitangent[3];
+    float uv[2];
+    float color[4];
+
+    unsigned int bones[4];
+    float weights[4];
+};
+
+struct mesh {
+    unsigned int n_vertices;
+    struct vertex* vertices;
+    unsigned int n_indices;
+    unsigned int* indices;
+};
+
+/* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ */
+
 static int honey_mesh_lua_draw(lua_State* L)
 {
     honey_mesh* mesh;
@@ -21,6 +42,150 @@ static int honey_mesh_lua_delete(lua_State* L)
     return 0;
 }
 
+static float get_number(lua_State* L, const char* field, int index)
+{
+    lua_rawgeti(L, -1, index);
+    if (!lua_isnumber(L, -1))
+	    honey_lua_throw_error(L, "all elements of '%s' must be numbers; got %s at %d instead",
+				  field, lua_typename(L, lua_type(L, -1)), index);
+
+    float number = lua_tonumber(L, -1);
+    lua_pop(L, 1);
+    return number;
+}
+
+static bool load_field(lua_State* L, const char* field, int length, int fields)
+{
+    lua_getfield(L, 1, field);
+    if (lua_isnil(L, -1)) {
+	return false;
+    }
+    if (!lua_istable(L, -1))
+	honey_lua_throw_error(L, "expected '%s' to be a table; got %s instead",
+			      field,
+			      lua_typename(L, lua_type(L, -1)));
+
+    int table_len = lua_objlen(L, -1);
+    if (table_len != fields*length)
+	honey_lua_throw_error(L, "expected field '%s' to contain %d elements; got %d instead",
+			      field, table_len, fields*length);
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+static int honey_mesh_lua_build(lua_State* L)
+{
+    honey_lua_parse_arguments(L, 1, 1, HONEY_TABLE, NULL);
+
+    lua_getfield(L, 1, "position");
+    if (lua_isnil(L, -1))
+	honey_lua_throw_error(L, "a 'position' table is required but was not found");
+    int n_vertices = lua_objlen(L, -1)/3;
+    lua_pop(L, 1);
+    
+    lua_getfield(L, 1, "faces");
+    if (lua_isnil(L, -1))
+	honey_lua_throw_error(L, "a 'faces' table is required but was not found");
+    int n_indices = lua_objlen(L, -1);
+    lua_pop(L, 1);
+
+    
+    struct mesh m;
+    m.n_vertices = n_vertices;
+    m.n_indices = n_indices;
+    m.vertices = malloc(sizeof(struct vertex) * m.n_vertices);
+    m.indices = malloc(sizeof(unsigned int) * m.n_indices);
+    
+    load_field(L, "position", m.n_vertices, 3);
+    for (int i=0; i<m.n_vertices; i++) {
+	m.vertices[i].position[0] = get_number(L, "position", 3*i+1);
+	m.vertices[i].position[1] = get_number(L, "position", 3*i+2);
+	m.vertices[i].position[2] = get_number(L, "position", 3*i+3);
+    }
+    lua_pop(L, 1);
+
+    load_field(L, "faces", m.n_indices, 1);
+    for (int i=0; i<m.n_indices; i++) {
+	m.indices[i] = get_number(L, "faces", i+1);
+    }
+    lua_pop(L, 1);
+    
+    if (load_field(L, "normal", m.n_vertices, 3)) {
+	for (int i=0; i<m.n_vertices; i++) {
+	    m.vertices[i].normal[0] = get_number(L, "normal", 3*i+1);
+	    m.vertices[i].normal[1] = get_number(L, "normal", 3*i+2);
+	    m.vertices[i].normal[2] = get_number(L, "normal", 3*i+3);
+	}
+    }
+    lua_pop(L, 1);
+
+    if (load_field(L, "tangent", m.n_vertices, 3)) {
+	for (int i=0; i<m.n_vertices; i++) {
+	    m.vertices[i].tangent[0] = get_number(L, "tangent", 3*i+1);
+	    m.vertices[i].tangent[1] = get_number(L, "tangent", 3*i+2);
+	    m.vertices[i].tangent[2] = get_number(L, "tangent", 3*i+3);
+	}
+    }
+    lua_pop(L, 1);
+
+    if (load_field(L, "bitangent", m.n_vertices, 3)) {
+	for (int i=0; i<m.n_vertices; i++) {
+	    m.vertices[i].bitangent[0] = get_number(L, "bitangent", 3*i+1);
+	    m.vertices[i].bitangent[1] = get_number(L, "bitangent", 3*i+2);
+	    m.vertices[i].bitangent[2] = get_number(L, "bitangent", 3*i+3);
+	}
+    }
+    lua_pop(L, 1);
+
+    if (load_field(L, "uv", m.n_vertices, 2)) {
+	for (int i=0; i<m.n_vertices; i++) {
+	    m.vertices[i].uv[0] = get_number(L, "uv", 2*i+1);
+	    m.vertices[i].uv[1] = get_number(L, "uv", 2*i+2);
+	}
+    }
+    lua_pop(L, 1);
+
+    if (load_field(L, "color", m.n_vertices, 4)) {
+	for (int i=0; i<4 * m.n_vertices; i++) {
+	    m.vertices[i].color[0] = get_number(L, "color", 4*i+1);
+	    m.vertices[i].color[1] = get_number(L, "color", 4*i+2);
+	    m.vertices[i].color[2] = get_number(L, "color", 4*i+3);
+	    m.vertices[i].color[3] = get_number(L, "color", 4*i+4);
+	}
+    }
+    lua_pop(L, 1);
+
+    if (load_field(L, "bones", m.n_vertices, 4)) {
+	for (int i=0; i<4 * m.n_vertices; i++) {
+	    m.vertices[i].bones[0] = get_number(L, "bones", 4*i+1);
+	    m.vertices[i].bones[1] = get_number(L, "bones", 4*i+2);
+	    m.vertices[i].bones[2] = get_number(L, "bones", 4*i+3);
+	    m.vertices[i].bones[3] = get_number(L, "bones", 4*i+4);
+	}
+    }
+    lua_pop(L, 1);
+
+    if (load_field(L, "weights", m.n_vertices, 4)) {
+	for (int i=0; i<4 * m.n_vertices; i++) {
+	    m.vertices[i].weights[0] = get_number(L, "weights", 4*i+1);
+	    m.vertices[i].weights[1] = get_number(L, "weights", 4*i+2);
+	    m.vertices[i].weights[2] = get_number(L, "weights", 4*i+3);
+	    m.vertices[i].weights[3] = get_number(L, "weights", 4*i+4);
+	}
+    }
+    lua_pop(L, 1);
+    
+    honey_mesh* mesh = lua_newuserdata(L, sizeof(honey_mesh));
+    honey_result result = honey_mesh_new(mesh, m);
+    lua_rawgeti(L, LUA_REGISTRYINDEX, honey_mesh_mt_ref);
+    lua_setmetatable(L, -2);
+
+    free(m.vertices);
+    free(m.indices);
+
+    return 1;
+}
+
 void honey_setup_mesh(lua_State* L)
 {
     honey_lua_create_table
@@ -32,98 +197,110 @@ void honey_setup_mesh(lua_State* L)
     honey_mesh_mt_ref = luaL_ref(L, LUA_REGISTRYINDEX);
 
     lua_pushcfunction(L, honey_mesh_load);
-    lua_setfield(L, -2, "mesh");
+    lua_setfield(L, -2, "loadMesh");
+
+    lua_pushcfunction(L, honey_mesh_lua_build);
+    lua_setfield(L, -2, "buildMesh");
 }
 
 /* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ */
 
-static honey_mesh assimp_to_honey_mesh(struct aiMesh* mesh,
+static honey_mesh assimp_to_honey_mesh(struct aiMesh* ai_mesh,
                                        struct aiScene* scene)
 {
-  unsigned int vertex_step = 6;
-  bool mesh_has_uvs = false;
-  unsigned int n_vertices = mesh->mNumVertices;
-  
-  if (mesh->mTextureCoords[0]) {
-    mesh_has_uvs = true;
-    vertex_step = 8;
-  }
-
-  float* vertices = malloc(sizeof(float) * vertex_step * n_vertices);
-  for (int i=0; i<n_vertices; i++) {
-    int j = i*vertex_step;
-    /* positions */
-    vertices[j+0] = mesh->mVertices[i].x;
-    vertices[j+1] = mesh->mVertices[i].y;
-    vertices[j+2] = mesh->mVertices[i].z;
-
-    /* normals */
-    vertices[j+3] = mesh->mNormals[i].x;
-    vertices[j+4] = mesh->mNormals[i].y;
-    vertices[j+5] = mesh->mNormals[i].z;
-
-    /* uvs? */
-    if (mesh_has_uvs) {
-      vertices[j+6] = mesh->mTextureCoords[0][i].x;
-      vertices[j+7] = mesh->mTextureCoords[0][i].y;
-    }
-  }
-
-  unsigned int n_indices = mesh->mNumFaces*3;
-  unsigned int* indices = malloc(sizeof(unsigned int) * n_indices);
-  for (int i=0; i<mesh->mNumFaces; i++) {
-    int j = 3*i;
-    struct aiFace face = mesh->mFaces[i];
-    indices[j+0] = face.mIndices[0];
-    indices[j+1] = face.mIndices[1];
-    indices[j+2] = face.mIndices[2];
-  }
-
-  honey_mesh result;
-
-  if (mesh_has_uvs) {
-    unsigned int n_attributes = 3;
-    unsigned int attribute_sizes[] = { 3, 3, 2 };
-    honey_mesh_new(&result,
-                   vertices, n_vertices,
-                   n_attributes, attribute_sizes,
-                   indices, n_indices);
-  }
-  else {
-    unsigned int n_attributes = 2;
-    unsigned int attribute_sizes[] = { 3, 3 };
-    honey_mesh_new(&result,
-                   vertices, n_vertices,
-                   n_attributes, attribute_sizes,
-                   indices, n_indices);
-  }
-
-  free(vertices);
-  free(indices);
-
-  return result;
+    struct mesh m;
+    bool has_normals = ai_mesh->mNormals != NULL;
+    bool has_tangents = ai_mesh->mTangents != NULL;
+    bool has_uvs = ai_mesh->mTextureCoords != NULL;
+    bool has_colors = ai_mesh->mColors != NULL;
+
+    m.n_vertices = ai_mesh->mNumVertices;
+    
+    m.vertices = malloc(m.n_vertices * sizeof(struct vertex));
+    for (int i=0; i<m.n_vertices; i++) {
+	m.vertices[i].position[0] = ai_mesh->mVertices[i].x;
+	m.vertices[i].position[1] = ai_mesh->mVertices[i].y;
+	m.vertices[i].position[2] = ai_mesh->mVertices[i].z;
+
+	if (has_normals) {
+	    m.vertices[i].normal[0] = ai_mesh->mNormals[i].x;
+	    m.vertices[i].normal[1] = ai_mesh->mNormals[i].y;
+	    m.vertices[i].normal[2] = ai_mesh->mNormals[i].z;
+	}
+	else {
+	    m.vertices[i].normal[0] = 0;
+	    m.vertices[i].normal[1] = 0;
+	    m.vertices[i].normal[2] = 0;
+	}
+
+	if (has_tangents) {
+	    m.vertices[i].tangent[0] = ai_mesh->mTangents[i].x;
+	    m.vertices[i].tangent[1] = ai_mesh->mTangents[i].y;
+	    m.vertices[i].tangent[2] = ai_mesh->mTangents[i].z;
+
+	    m.vertices[i].bitangent[0] = ai_mesh->mBitangents[i].x;
+	    m.vertices[i].bitangent[1] = ai_mesh->mBitangents[i].y;
+	    m.vertices[i].bitangent[2] = ai_mesh->mBitangents[i].z;
+	}
+	else {
+	    m.vertices[i].tangent[0] = 0;
+	    m.vertices[i].tangent[1] = 0;
+	    m.vertices[i].tangent[2] = 0;
+
+	    m.vertices[i].bitangent[0] = 0;
+	    m.vertices[i].bitangent[1] = 0;
+	    m.vertices[i].bitangent[2] = 0;
+	}
+	
+	if (has_uvs) {
+	    m.vertices[i].uv[0] = ai_mesh->mTextureCoords[0][i].x;
+	    m.vertices[i].uv[1] = ai_mesh->mTextureCoords[0][i].y;
+	}
+	else {
+	    m.vertices[i].uv[0] = 0;
+	    m.vertices[i].uv[1] = 0;
+	}
+    }
+
+    m.n_indices = ai_mesh->mNumFaces*3;
+    m.indices = malloc(sizeof(unsigned int) * m.n_indices);
+    for (int i=0; i<ai_mesh->mNumFaces; i++) {
+	int j = 3*i;
+	struct aiFace face = ai_mesh->mFaces[i];
+	m.indices[j+0] = face.mIndices[0];
+	m.indices[j+1] = face.mIndices[1];
+	m.indices[j+2] = face.mIndices[2];
+    }
+
+    honey_mesh result;
+    honey_mesh_new(&result, m);
+
+    free(m.vertices);
+    free(m.indices);
+
+    return result;
 }
 
 /* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ */
 
 static void process_nodes_recursively(lua_State* L,
-                                      struct aiScene* scene,
-                                      struct aiNode* node,
-                                      int* n_meshes)
+				      struct aiScene* scene,
+				      struct aiNode* node,
+				      int* n_meshes)
 {
     for (int i=0; i<node->mNumMeshes; i++) {
-        honey_mesh* mesh = lua_newuserdata(L, sizeof(honey_mesh));
+	honey_mesh* mesh = lua_newuserdata(L, sizeof(honey_mesh));
 	lua_rawgeti(L, LUA_REGISTRYINDEX, honey_mesh_mt_ref);
 	lua_setmetatable(L, -2);
 	
-        struct aiMesh* assimp_mesh = scene->mMeshes[node->mMeshes[i]];
-        *mesh = assimp_to_honey_mesh(assimp_mesh, scene);
-        lua_rawseti(L, -2, *n_meshes);
-        (*n_meshes)++;
+	struct aiMesh* assimp_mesh = scene->mMeshes[node->mMeshes[i]];
+	*mesh = assimp_to_honey_mesh(assimp_mesh, scene);
+	lua_rawseti(L, -2, *n_meshes);
+	(*n_meshes)++;
     }
 
     for (int i=0; i<node->mNumChildren; i++) {
-        process_nodes_recursively(L, scene, node->mChildren[i], n_meshes);
+	process_nodes_recursively(L, scene, node->mChildren[i], n_meshes);
     }
 }
 
@@ -137,23 +314,23 @@ int honey_mesh_load(lua_State* L)
     int n_meshes = 1;
 
     struct aiScene* scene = aiImportFile(filename,
-                                         aiProcess_Triangulate |
-                                         aiProcess_FlipUVs);
+					 aiProcess_Triangulate |
+					 aiProcess_FlipUVs);
     if (scene == NULL) {
-        char* error;
-        honey_format_string(&error, "could not open file '%s'", filename);
-        lua_pushstring(L, error);
-        free(error);
-        lua_error(L);
+	char* error;
+	honey_format_string(&error, "could not open file '%s'", filename);
+	lua_pushstring(L, error);
+	free(error);
+	lua_error(L);
     }
 
     if (scene->mFlags & AI_SCENE_FLAGS_INCOMPLETE ||
-        scene->mRootNode == NULL) {
-        char* error;
-        honey_format_string(&error, "could not read mesh(es) in '%s'", filename);
-        lua_pushstring(L, error);
-        free(error);
-        lua_error(L);
+	scene->mRootNode == NULL) {
+	char* error;
+	honey_format_string(&error, "could not read mesh(es) in '%s'", filename);
+	lua_pushstring(L, error);
+	free(error);
+	lua_error(L);
     }
 
     lua_createtable(L, 0, 0);
@@ -166,56 +343,84 @@ int honey_mesh_load(lua_State* L)
 /* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ */
 
 honey_result honey_mesh_new(honey_mesh* mesh,
-                            float* vertices,
-                            unsigned int n_vertices,
-                            unsigned int n_attributes,
-                            unsigned int* attribute_sizes,
-                            unsigned int* indices,
-                            unsigned int n_indices) {
-    if (vertices == NULL || n_vertices == 0) {
-        return HONEY_MESH_BAD_VERTEX_DATA;
-    }
-    if (indices == NULL || n_indices == 0) {
-        return HONEY_MESH_BAD_INDEX_DATA;
+			    struct mesh m)
+{
+    if (m.vertices == NULL || m.n_vertices == 0) {
+	return HONEY_MESH_BAD_VERTEX_DATA;
     }
-
-    unsigned int vertex_size = 0;
-    for (int i=0; i<n_attributes; i++) {
-        vertex_size += attribute_sizes[i];
+    if (m.indices == NULL || m.n_indices == 0) {
+	return HONEY_MESH_BAD_INDEX_DATA;
     }
 
-    (*mesh).n_vertices = n_vertices;
-    (*mesh).n_indices  = n_indices;
+    mesh->n_vertices = m.n_vertices;
+    mesh->n_indices  = m.n_indices;
 
-    glGenVertexArrays(1, &((*mesh).vertex_array));
-    glGenBuffers(1, &((*mesh).vertex_buffer));
-    glGenBuffers(1, &((*mesh).element_buffer));
+    glGenVertexArrays(1, &(mesh->vertex_array));
+    glGenBuffers(1, &(mesh->vertex_buffer));
+    glGenBuffers(1, &(mesh->element_buffer));
 
-    glBindVertexArray((*mesh).vertex_array);
+    glBindVertexArray(mesh->vertex_array);
 
-    glBindBuffer(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, (*mesh).vertex_buffer);
+    glBindBuffer(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, mesh->vertex_buffer);
     glBufferData(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER,
-                 vertex_size * n_vertices * sizeof(float),
-                 vertices, GL_STATIC_DRAW);
+		 m.n_vertices * sizeof(struct vertex),
+		 m.vertices, GL_STATIC_DRAW);
 
-    glBindBuffer(GL_ELEMENT_ARRAY_BUFFER, (*mesh).element_buffer);
+    glBindBuffer(GL_ELEMENT_ARRAY_BUFFER, mesh->element_buffer);
     glBufferData(GL_ELEMENT_ARRAY_BUFFER,
-                 n_indices * sizeof(unsigned int),
-                 indices, GL_STATIC_DRAW);
+		 m.n_indices * sizeof(unsigned int),
+		 m.indices, GL_STATIC_DRAW);
 
     /* set up vertex attributes */
-    unsigned int offset = 0;
-    for (int i=0; i<n_attributes; i++) {
-        glEnableVertexAttribArray(i);
-        glVertexAttribPointer(i,
-                              attribute_sizes[i],
-                              GL_FLOAT,
-                              GL_FALSE,
-                              vertex_size*sizeof(float),
-                              (void*) (offset*sizeof(float)));
-        offset += attribute_sizes[i];
-    }
-  
+    size_t offset = 0;
+    /* position */
+    glEnableVertexAttribArray(0);
+    glVertexAttribPointer(0, 3, GL_FLOAT, GL_FALSE,
+			  sizeof(struct vertex), offset);
+    offset += 3*sizeof(float);
+
+    /* normal */
+    glEnableVertexAttribArray(1);
+    glVertexAttribPointer(1, 3, GL_FLOAT, GL_FALSE,
+			  sizeof(struct vertex), offset);
+    offset += 3*sizeof(float);
+
+    /* tangent */
+    glEnableVertexAttribArray(2);
+    glVertexAttribPointer(2, 3, GL_FLOAT, GL_FALSE,
+			  sizeof(struct vertex), offset);
+    offset += 3*sizeof(float);
+
+    /* bitangent */
+    glEnableVertexAttribArray(3);
+    glVertexAttribPointer(3, 3, GL_FLOAT, GL_FALSE,
+			  sizeof(struct vertex), offset);
+    offset += 3*sizeof(float);
+
+    /* UV */
+    glEnableVertexAttribArray(4);
+    glVertexAttribPointer(4, 2, GL_FLOAT, GL_FALSE,
+			  sizeof(struct vertex), offset);
+    offset += 2*sizeof(float);
+
+    /* color */
+    glEnableVertexAttribArray(5);
+    glVertexAttribPointer(5, 4, GL_FLOAT, GL_FALSE,
+			  sizeof(struct vertex), offset);
+    offset += 4*sizeof(float);
+
+    /* bone indices */
+    glEnableVertexAttribArray(6);
+    glVertexAttribPointer(6, 4, GL_UNSIGNED_INT, GL_FALSE,
+			  sizeof(struct vertex), offset);
+    offset += 4*sizeof(unsigned int);
+
+    /* bone weights */
+    glEnableVertexAttribArray(7);
+    glVertexAttribPointer(7, 4, GL_FLOAT, GL_FALSE,
+			  sizeof(struct vertex), offset);
+
+    /* done */
     glBindVertexArray(0);
 
     return HONEY_OK;
diff --git a/src/mesh.h b/src/mesh.h
index c97e3cb..f3e742e 100644
--- a/src/mesh.h
+++ b/src/mesh.h
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ void honey_setup_mesh(lua_State* L);
  */
 int honey_mesh_load(lua_State* L);
 
+struct mesh;
+
 /** @brief Create a new mesh from vertex and index arrays.
  *
  * Note that this function creates copies of the vertex and index arrays, 
@@ -40,12 +42,7 @@ int honey_mesh_load(lua_State* L);
  * @param[in] n_indices The number of elements in the index array
  */
 honey_result honey_mesh_new(honey_mesh* mesh,
-                            float* vertices,
-                            unsigned int n_vertices,
-                            unsigned int n_attributes,
-                            unsigned int* attribute_sizes,
-                            unsigned int* indices,
-                            unsigned int n_indices);
+			    struct mesh m);
 
 /** @brief Draw a mesh on screen.
  *