Index: trunk/src/formats/assimp_loader.cc
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--- trunk/src/formats/assimp_loader.cc	(revision 294)
+++ trunk/src/formats/assimp_loader.cc	(revision 302)
@@ -317,5 +317,4 @@
 			{
 				mesh_raw_channel* channel = meshes[m].get_raw_channels()[0];
-				NV_ASSERT( !channel->is_index(), "index channel in release_merged!" );
 				assimp_skinned_vtx* va = (assimp_skinned_vtx*)channel->data;
 				for ( unsigned v = 0; v < channel->count; ++v )