Exporting Skinned Meshes

Tutorial Author:Clifton Poli

Required Programs
Steps

This quick guide will show you how to get meshes skinned with 3ds max's 'Skin' modifier into RealityBuilder. If you're using the 'Physique' modifier in 3ds max, you can just follow the procedure detailed at SkinnedCharacters.

Required Programs

DirectX 9 SDK (June 05) (see MayaPlugin and MayaExportingGuide for info on install and use in maya)
3ds max 6 or 7
Maya 6.5

Steps

3dsmax -> Maya -> X -> Reality Builder

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1. Export mesh (without animations) from 3ds Max in the .FBX format:

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2. Export animations from 3ds Max as .X, and in-game (with an AnimatedModel or MModel.LoadAnimation) be sure and set the FlipYZAxes property to true for the animations to be oriented correctly.

3. Import .FBX mesh into Maya (from this point on, you can also follow the MayaExportingGuide):

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After importing, be sure to select "Capture Skin" in the "DirectX" menu:

4. Then export mesh from Maya in .X format:

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5. Import mesh into RB as .X:

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Attachment	Action	Size	Date	Who	Comment
CharacterExportTestAnimated.max	manage	456.5 K	19 Jul 2005 - 02:08	Main.guest	Test Mesh
skinmeshtutp1.jpg	manage	104.6 K	19 Jul 2005 - 02:15	Main.guest
skinmeshtutp2.jpg	manage	119.2 K	19 Jul 2005 - 02:15	Main.guest
skinmeshtutp3.jpg	manage	43.5 K	19 Jul 2005 - 02:15	Main.guest
skinmeshtutp4.jpg	manage	49.2 K	19 Jul 2005 - 02:16	Main.guest
skinmeshtutp5.jpg	manage	43.3 K	19 Jul 2005 - 02:16	Main.guest
skinmeshtutp6.jpg	manage	86.2 K	19 Jul 2005 - 02:16	Main.guest
skinmeshtutp3.png	manage	6.0 K	19 Jul 2005 - 22:49	Main.guest
skinmeshtutp4.png	manage	7.5 K	19 Jul 2005 - 22:49	Main.guest
skinmeshtutp5.png	manage	9.9 K	19 Jul 2005 - 22:49	Main.guest

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