OgreMax Scene Exporter

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Author: Derek Nedelman
Project: OgreMax Scene Exporter
Type: Plug-in
Supported Versions: 3DS Max 8/9/2008/2009/2010, Maya 2008/2009/2010, XSI 6/7/2010, Ogre 1.6.2/1.7.0
Home Page: www.ogremax.com

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Contents 1 About 2 Documentation 3 Exporter Features 4 Viewer Features

About

The OgreMax Scene Exporter exports scenes to the .scene format. In addition, it includes two viewer applications, scene loading source code, documentation, and sample scenes.

Documentation

• Exporters
  • 3DS Max
  • Maya
  • XSI
• Viewers
  • OgreMax Viewer
  • OgreMax WinViewer

Exporter Features

• Scene Export
  • Nodes
  • Cameras
  • Lights
  • Entities
  • Meshes
  • Custom user data
  • Track/look targets
  • Environment (sky box, sky dome, sky plane, environment range, fog, ambient color, shadow settings)
  • Billboard sets and billboards
  • Planes
  • Externals
  • Terrain (using a scene stand-in)
  • Particle systems (using a scene stand-in)
  • Scene node animation
  • Note tracks
  • Models (describes a collection of objects)
• Mesh Export
  • Pose animation. Supports the Morpher modifier
  • Morph animation. Any type of animation can be exported as a morph
  • Skeleton animation. Supports the Skin and Physique (Character Studio) modifiers
  • Export as triangles, points or lines (visible edges)
  • Vertex colors
  • Normals
  • Texture coordinates
  • Submeshes (for multi-submaterials)
  • Level-of-detail (LOD) generation
  • XML and binary formats
  • Automatic mesh instances
• Material export
  • Custom Ogre material type and a real time material viewer
  • Full Ogre material support when using custom Ogre material type
  • Custom Ogre material integrates with the 3DS Max "render to texture" feature, making it easy to create and use precalculated lighting maps
• Bitmap export
  • Copy/convert scene bitmaps to output directory
• Custom Scene Viewports
  • Preview scene objects and their animations in real-time
  • OgreMax material changes shown instantly within viewports
  • Create as many viewports as you want, either embedded within the standard viewports or free-floating above the main user interface
• Other features
  • Terrain height and color map generation
  • Cube map generation
  • Video-file to image-files conversion
  • Custom helper type

Viewer Features

• Loads .scene and .mesh files
• Allows the user to fly through the scene with any camera
• Option to lock the view camera to a scene camera for automatic flythroughs
• Scriptable control of the scene with a scene specific Lua script. Control mesh animations, object positions, and many other things.
• Supports keyboard, mouse, and Xbox 360 gamepad controls
• Sample scenes