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# USDPlayer.DeformationData

Deformation data for a single deformable mesh.

```
struct DeformationData
```

## Topics

### Structures

[`struct BlendShapeData`](/documentation/USDKit/USDPlayer/DeformationData/BlendShapeData)

Blend shape targets and weights for morph-target deformation.

[`struct RenormalizationData`](/documentation/USDKit/USDPlayer/DeformationData/RenormalizationData)

Triangle adjacency data for post-deformation normal renormalization.

[`struct SkinningData`](/documentation/USDKit/USDPlayer/DeformationData/SkinningData)

Joint deformation data for a skinned mesh.

[`struct Update`](/documentation/USDKit/USDPlayer/DeformationData/Update)

Delta update carrying only the deformation fields that changed since the last frame.

### Instance Properties

[`let blendShapes: USDPlayer.DeformationData.BlendShapeData?`](/documentation/USDKit/USDPlayer/DeformationData/blendShapes)

Blend shape deformation data.

[`let id: USDPlayer.DeformationID`](/documentation/USDKit/USDPlayer/DeformationData/id)

Unique identifier for this deformation resource.

[`let renormalization: USDPlayer.DeformationData.RenormalizationData?`](/documentation/USDKit/USDPlayer/DeformationData/renormalization)

Renormalization data.

[`let skinning: USDPlayer.DeformationData.SkinningData?`](/documentation/USDKit/USDPlayer/DeformationData/skinning)

Skinning deformation data.

## Relationships

### Conforms To

[`SendableMetatype`](/documentation/Swift/SendableMetatype)

[`Sendable`](/documentation/Swift/Sendable)

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