exporting vertex animation?
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| Dear all, Is there a way to animate the vertecies of a 3d model in a 3d modelling package and export that information into blitz3d? I would like to animate a model at the vertex level, but I can only do this mathematically within blitz and I would really like to do this visually with eg. softselection (in MAX). Is there any visual way to do this? Using 3dsmax I can animate & export scale and movement, but not push and pull individual areas of the model. What I am trying to do is create a realistic heartbeat. cheers, Shawnus |
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| You might be best to export to MD2. This does at least allow vertex animation. If you don't want to do that then your only other option is to export a few keyframes of the animation, import into Blitz, and do it programmatically. Eventually the B3D file format might support vertex animation, but not today. |
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| www.add3d.co.uk There's a nice MD2 exporter for 3dsMax there. MD2 doesn't have a lot going for it, but it's clearly the only format if you really do want vertex animation. |
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| Thanks, I had a look, but I've only got Max v3.0. Oh well... Cheers, Shawnus |
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