Embedded Files
The OpenSceneGraph format is Vizard's native format and your best choice for exporting models from 3ds Max to Vizible. This page covers the basics of the OSG Max exporter and recommended default settings for Vizible users. Download the OSG exporter for Max from the WorldViz downloads page.
The OpenSceneGraph format is Vizard's native format and your best choice for exporting models from 3ds Max to Vizible. This page covers the basics of the OSG Max exporter and recommended default settings for Vizible users. Download the OSG exporter for Max from the WorldViz downloads page.
Recommended Export Settings
Recommended Export Settings
The OSG exporter has many options, however in most cases Vizible users can follow the recommended defaults. The easiest way to do this is to download the WorldViz OSG Default Settings file and load it from the exporter dialog. See the Storing and Loading your Export Settings article for mode information.
The OSG exporter has many options, however in most cases Vizible users can follow the recommended defaults. The easiest way to do this is to download the WorldViz OSG Default Settings file and load it from the exporter dialog. See the Storing and Loading your Export Settings article for mode information.
Export
Export
Choose Export from the File menu and select OpenSceneGraph Exporter. By default, the exported file will be saved to the binary OSGB format. OSGB loads faster than the other OSG options and allows for embedding textures.
Choose Export from the File menu and select OpenSceneGraph Exporter. By default, the exported file will be saved to the binary OSGB format. OSGB loads faster than the other OSG options and allows for embedding textures.
Preview
Preview
Add buttons to the main toolbar to quickly preview your scene in Vizible's Inspector and change exporter options. Right click a blank area in the main toolbar to open the Customize Display menu and select the Customize... option. From the Toolbars tab, select OpenSceneGraph Exporter from the Category drop down menu:
Add buttons to the main toolbar to quickly preview your scene in Vizible's Inspector and change exporter options. Right click a blank area in the main toolbar to open the Customize Display menu and select the Customize... option. From the Toolbars tab, select OpenSceneGraph Exporter from the Category drop down menu:
Drag actions (e.g. Preview Scene with OSG Exporter) into the toolbar to add new toolbar buttons:
Drag actions (e.g. Preview Scene with OSG Exporter) into the toolbar to add new toolbar buttons:
Open the Export Options dialog and set Inspector as the preview application:
Open the Export Options dialog and set Inspector as the preview application:
Finally, click one of the preview buttons to see how your scene or selected object(s) will appear when loaded in Vizible.
Finally, click one of the preview buttons to see how your scene or selected object(s) will appear when loaded in Vizible.
Exporter Options
Exporter Options
The following images show the recommended default settings for Vizible users.
The following images show the recommended default settings for Vizible users.
During development it can be useful to enable quick view and set Inspector as the preview application.
During development it can be useful to enable quick view and set Inspector as the preview application.
Export Objects
Export Objects
Geometry State
Geometry State
Turn off Lighting: Disables real-time lighting and instead displays textures exactly as-is.
Maps
Maps
Material State
Material State
Export Material Description: This must be enabled when exporting maps for shader effects.
Texture State
Texture State
Texture Compression: Enabling texture compression can save GPU memory. However, the compression is lossy, so it will introduce some compression artifacts. When compression is enabled and images are being embedded within binary files, the exporter will pre-compress the image and save the compressed data within the file. This will reduce the exported file size and speed up load time of the texture.
Optimize
Optimize
Optimization features: Leave off until needed. Many of these change pivots, hierarchy, and various other attributes of the model in ways that can interfere with programming, textures, and animation.
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
Convert units to: [Meters]: Set to Meters when exporting for Vizard. This ensures the model will display at the correct scale.
Export animations over individual time range: Allows object animation to loop over the first and last keys of the individual object, instead of the global time range.
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