Is it possible to export glTF models with signed short "2 bytes", not float "4 bytes"?

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I had exported a glTF model from blender, when I put .bin file to hex editor, it seems his verices, UVs and normals are in “4 bytes” float, or IEEE 754 floating point, like the example below.
➣ Is it possible to export glTF models with short_signed not float, or “2 bytes” only, not “4 bytes” in the vertices, UVs and normals?

Vertices are in float:
X = 34 80 45 C2 ----short_signed----> xx xx
Y = C1 F9 65 42 ----short_signed----> xx xx
Z = 94 F6 76 41 ----short_signed----> xx xx

UVs are in float:
X = AD 69 0E 3F ----short_signed----> xx xx
Y = 5D FE 63 3F ----short_signed----> xx xx

Normals are in float:
X = 66 96 66 BF ----short_signed----> xx xx
Y = 56 66 DE 3E ----short_signed----> xx xx
Z = 00 00 80 3F ----short_signed----> xx xx

➣ If it is impossible, please give me any method to convert this “4 bytes” float hexadecimal to “2 bytes” only, and make it short? (IEEE 754 floating point --------> signed short)
➣ Or is there another model format with signed short, or “2 bytes” in the vertices, UVs and normals?
Thanks in advance.

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Responded on Stack Overflow: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/61706165/is-it-possible-to-export-gltf-models-vertices-uvs-and-normals-with-signed-short :slight_smile:

You could also do this sort of conversion in a custom script, but it’s more complex that way.