Merge pull request #6511 from tibotiber/docs/shallow-bounding

Add note on shallow bounding of getBoundingInfo

dist/preview release/what's new.md

@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@
 - Added `ShaderMaterial.setColor4Array` ([JonathanTron](https://github.com/JonathanTron/))
 - Added `ShaderMaterial.setArray4` ([JonathanTron](https://github.com/JonathanTron/))
 
+### Documentation
+- Added a note on shallow bounding of getBoundingInfo ([tibotiber](https://github.com/tibotiber))
+
 ## Bug fixes
 - Added support for `AnimationGroup` serialization ([Drigax](https://github.com/drigax/))
 - Removing assetContainer from scene will also remove gui layers ([TrevorDev](https://github.com/TrevorDev))

src/Meshes/abstractMesh.ts

@@ -958,7 +958,9 @@ export class AbstractMesh extends TransformNode implements IDisposable, ICullabl
     }
 
     /**
-     * Returns the mesh BoundingInfo object or creates a new one and returns if it was undefined
+     * Returns the mesh BoundingInfo object or creates a new one and returns if it was undefined.
+     * Note that it returns a shallow bounding of the mesh (i.e. it does not include children).
+     * To get the full bounding of all children, call `getHierarchyBoundingVectors` instead.
      * @returns a BoundingInfo
      */
     public getBoundingInfo(): BoundingInfo {