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28th June 2009, 07:05 PM | #1 |
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Collada
Is anyone working on a pluggin to import/export the Collada file format which is now considered an industry standard format.
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29th June 2009, 06:07 AM | #2 |
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Re: Collada
This is already in the latest version, without animation, as AC3D doesn't have this feature.
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29th June 2009, 08:29 AM | #3 |
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Re: Collada
Thanks Mossie,
I did not see Collada listed on the features page which lists the other import/export files. http://www.inivis.com/features.html |
12th July 2009, 01:23 AM | #4 |
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Re: Collada
I did test it with the "Blue Mars" project that uses Collada, but sadly AC3D failed the test, so it needs fixing/updating.
However, Unwrap3d Pro did pass the Collada test. Tested Milkshape3D's Collada and it passed compatibility... For your information here's link address to Blue Mars project: http://www.bluemarsonline.com/ Last edited by Gus; 12th July 2009 at 02:32 AM. |
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Re: Collada
So which part of the test did it fail?
Any indications would be useful for Andy to fix, if it is not to do with animation.
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12th July 2009, 03:25 AM | #6 |
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Re: Collada
Failed to import; mesh cannot be found.......
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<bmImportCmd> log start, file"C:\Blue Mars Tools\Developer\Game\Objects\MyData\ac3dcrate\ac3dcrate.log" bmImportCmd v3.6.0 : 19 June 2009 Command line: bmImportCmd.exe -log -autoProxy -useFauxMap -fauxMapFilePath textures/ar/Common/ar_solid_255_255_255_diffuse.dds -mtl -texturePath objects/mydata/ac3dcrate/ C:\Blue Mars Tools\Developer\Game\Objects\MyData\ac3dcrate\ac3dcrate.dae C:\Blue Mars Tools\Developer\Game\Objects\MyData\ac3dcrate\ac3dcrate.cgf Progress: --> Executing name fix pass. --> Executing triangulator. --> Executing check pass. ERROR : checkPassFn() : No valid mesh geometry found, ..\ColladaCry\check.cpp ERROR : processSceneGraph() : Process function failed, ..\ColladaCry\process.cpp ERROR : main() : Data check failed, .\main.cpp --> Aborting. <bmImportCmd> log ends Last edited by Gus; 16th July 2009 at 05:34 PM. |
3rd October 2009, 03:07 PM | #7 |
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Re: Collada
I have used Blender successfully to convert Collada to AC3D
http://www.blender.org/features-gallery/features/ |
5th October 2009, 07:03 AM | #8 |
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Re: Collada
Don't assume that it's AC3D's Collada output at fault here - it could be the way it's being interpreted by your loader.
I'm not saying that there may not be a problem in AC3D's output - bugs happen. It worked with the loaders we tested. If you can send me a simple file e.g. a plain triangle that does load in, we can check it against the AC3D output of a similar model. Better still, ask the developers of the loader what they think is wrong with AC3D generated Collada and report that. Once we have this info., I'm sure we can fix it. |
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Re: Collada
I did more tests, this time tested Bonzai3d and Sketchup and they both worked with Blue Mars development SDK......
For you reference and testing here's a simple cylinder exported from Sketchup as .DAE and imported into Blue Mars item editor....... http://wildwestgames.org/cylinder.dae Preview inside Blue Mars Item Editor Quote:
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6th October 2009, 11:36 AM | #10 |
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Re: Collada
I've been working with the Collada format lately, and thought I'd take a swing at this one.
I compared a cylinder exported in AC3D against the exported cylinder provided in the above link. The fundamental difference is that the cylinder in the link above uses <triangles> to describe geometry, while AC3D uses <polylist>. Both formats look syntactically correct, however, and I can find no problems in the AC3D export --- I was also unable to get any other Collada importer to break when loading an AC3D Collada file. I've attached a cylinder exported from LightWave -> Collada - can you see if that one imports? ( NOTE: I had to rename it to cyl_lw.dae.txt - you can rename it to cyl_lw.dae ) If the attached file imports, then we can more easily compare the AC3D and LightWave files, since they both use the same geometry descriptors. |
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