struct AEMesh
(
	vertices,
	indices,
	animations,
	animationStrings,
	maxMesh,
	bones,
	skinMod,
	fn GenSkin = 
	(
			mods = maxMesh.modifiers
		
		-- look for the skin modifier
		
		for i=1 to mods.count do
		(
			-- if the mesh has a skin modifier
			if(classof mods as string == "Skin") then
			(
				skinMod = mods
				modPanel.setCurrentObject maxMesh.modifiers			-- Set the modify stack to the current object and the skin modifier
				exit
			)
									
		)
		
		if(classof skinMod as string != "Skin") then
			return undefined											-- Return if there is no skin modifier.
		
	),
	fn GenerateBones =
	(
		-- Set up and link the bones
		if skinMod == 0 then
			return undefined
		boneCount = skinops.getNumberBones skinMod						-- Get the number of bones from the skin modifier
		for i=1 to boneCount do
		(
			boneName = skinops.GetBoneName skinMod i 1					-- Returns the name of the bone which is stored in the listbox
			bone = AEBone name:boneName
			
			boneObjName = skinops.GetBoneName skinMod i 0 				-- Returns the actual name of the bone
			boneNode = getNodeByName boneObjName						-- Get the bone object in the scene based off of the name in the skin modifier
			bone.boneObj = boneNode
			if(boneNode.parent != undefined) then bone.parent = boneNode.parent
			append bones bone	
		)
	),
	fn LinkBones =
	(
		for i = 1 to bones.count do
		(
			if bones.parent != undefined then
			(
				for j = 1 to bones.count do
				(
					if bones.parentBone == bones[j].boneObj then
						bones.parent = bones[j]
				)
				if bones.parentBone == undefined then
					bones.parent = undefined
			)
		)
	)
)
-- A struct to hold the data needed for animations
struct AEAnimation
(
	name,
	begin,
	end,
	frames = AEFrame #(),
	fn GenerateAnimation bones =
	(
		frames = #()
		frameCount = end-begin+1
		for i = 1 to framecount do
		(
			set time (begin+i-1)
			frame = AEFrame #()
			for b in bones do
			(
				if b.parent != undefined then
				(
					trans = copy b.parentBone.transforms
					if export.coordinateSystem then
						trans = (rightHanded trans)
					trans = inverse trans
				)
				else
					trans = matrix3 1
				trans = b.boneObj.transform * trans
				--trans = b.boneObj.transform
				if export.coordinateSystem == 2 then
					trans = (rightHanded trans)
				-- Append the calculated transforms to the transform array
				append frame.transforms trans
			)
			append frames frame
		)
	)
)