load random mesh (fbx) in script

Unity Engine
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I have a folder of fbx models from a to z, as in a.fbx b.fbx c.fbx, and so on. I want to randomly assign a game object a mesh from this folder, what is the best way to go about this?

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Drag all the Meshes into a public Mesh[ ] AllMeshes; array, then pick randomly from that array.

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Thanks Kurt. Is there a way to automate that? I’m trying to avoid manually dragging etc

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you can move all meshes into the Resources folder and then load and use them however you want https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Resources.LoadAll.html

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Some choices:

  • as @pixaware_pwedrowski notes, use Resources.LoadAll() to live load at runtime whatever is found in a directory you specify (see docs for requirements!)

  • write editor tooling to use AssetDatabase (editor time only) to find meshes you want and inject them into this list, then be sure they get saved.