[Help] Understanding SMD files?

[martinx09]

Hi guys, I have a couple questions regarding SMD files, what some things do and such, I have some theories, but I thought I would ask too, 'cause maybe I'm all wrong here.

So for example, this is Rune Blade:

version 1
nodes
0 "Box02" -1
1 "Bone02" 0
end
skeleton
time 0
0 15.888655 0.000000 -3.940662 1.570796 0.000000 0.000000
1 -15.888647 6.951506 160.123444 -1.570796 0.942000 -1.570796
end

For what I understand in the skeleton part, every time.. so time 0, time 1, etc are the frames of the animation, so in this case as there's only 1 frame it means the Rune Blade has no animation, which seems right, as weapons don't really move.

Then on each line in that specific time frame, so in this case just 2 (0 and 1), are those position coordinates?
So like:

0 15.888655 0.000000 -3.940662 1.570796 0.000000 0.000000

Are those 15.8, 0, -3.9, 1.5, 0, 0 positions? Or what do those values mean?

Also, last question, in the first part, the bones, what does the last digit mean?

0 "Box02" -1

That -1 for example?

 

[mesosa]

Hi. Here is Valve website to understand SMD files.

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About "time" label. Inside each frame, you have the position and rotation of each node.

The last digit on Node list means it's parent. If a node has -1, it means it has no parent. It it has other value, it is the ID of the parent.