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Lightwave and Shockwave 3D

Lightwave and Shockwave 3D

2004-02-27 - By Allen Partridge

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Here's some abbreviated Lightwave to Director advice.

1. Most modelers/animators will want to use skelegons. Tell them
to use regular bones in renderer - not modeler.
2. Tell them to triple all of the geometry. Explain that none of
the polys may have more than 3 points.
3. Have them export tests along the way.
4. Tell them that if they use procedural textures they need to
bake them along the way.
5. All layers MUST be named. (Often LW animators/modelers don't do
this and it will break the geometry on export.)
6. LW export has been known to produce unrep errors, so it doesn't
hurt to try the same export more than twice to be sure.
7. If you plan to meshdeform a model, you'll need to add the
meshdeform modifier in Director. (This is almost always a bad
performance decision.)
8. I'm sure there are more???

--hth,

al

-- --Original Message-- --
From: dir3d-l-bounces@(protected)
[mailto:dir3d-l-bounces@(protected)] On Behalf Of holmberg,
jason
Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 8:44 PM
To: 'dir3d-l@(protected)'
Subject: [Dir3d-l] Lightwave and Shockwave 3D

Hey Everyone,
I'm new to Shockwave 3D and now have my first project. A 3D artist is
building a model of a shark for me in Lightwave, and he is also new to
the concept of exporting the model to Director. Can anyone help me
understand how the division of labor will have to work? I would not only
like to have a zoomable model but to animate it as well (swim, feed,
etc.).
As understand it the 3D artist must:
-build the model in Lightwave
-export W3D file
-create bones
-create animation
On the Director end, I need to:
-apply texturing (i.e. the shark's skin)
-manipulate the camera
Does anyone have a good understanding of how far the model can be
developed in Lightwave before it must be exported to Director for
further work? Will bones be imported along with the W3D model?
Also, can anyone recommend a good 3D, easy-to-learn Xtra to pick up to
make my life easier?
Thanks from a 3D newbie. Any and all advice is welcomed.
Jason

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Here’s some abbreviated Lightwave to
Director advice.<o:p></o:p>

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1.       <![endif]>Most modelers/animators will want to use skelegons. Tell them to
use regular bones in renderer – not modeler.<o:p></o:p>

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2.       <![endif]>Tell them to triple all of the geometry. Explain that none of the
polys may have more than 3 points.<o:p></o:p>

<![if !supportLists]>
3.       <![endif]>Have them export tests along the way.<o:p></o:p>

<![if !supportLists]>
4.       <![endif]>Tell them that if they use procedural textures they need to bake
them along the way.<o:p></o:p>

<![if !supportLists]>
5.       <![endif]>All layers MUST be named. (Often LW animators/modelers don’t
do this and it will break the geometry on export.)<o:p></o:p>

<![if !supportLists]>
6.       <![endif]>LW export has been known to produce unrep errors, so it doesn&#8217
;t
hurt to try the same export more than twice to be sure.<o:p></o:p>

<![if !supportLists]>
7.       <![endif]>If you plan 
to meshdeform a model, you’ll need to add the meshdeform
modifier in Director. (This is almost always a bad performance decision.)<o:p><
/o:p>

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8.       <![endif]>I’m sure there are more??? 
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<![endif]><o:p></o:p>

--hth,<o:p></o:p>

<o:p> </o:p>

al
<o:p></o:p>

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From:
dir3d-l-bounces@(protected) [mailto:dir3d-l-bounces@(protected)
.uga.edu]
On Behalf Of holmberg, jason 
Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004
8:44 PM 
To:
'dir3d-l@(protected)' 
Subject: [Dir3d-l] Lightwave and
Shockwave 3D

<o:p> </o:p>

Hey Everyone,
<o:p></o:p>

I'm new to Shockwave 3D and now have my first
project. A 3D artist is building a model of a shark for me in Lightwave, and he
is also new to the concept of exporting the model to Director. Can anyone help
me understand how the division of labor will have to work? I would not only
like to have a zoomable model but to animate it as well (swim, feed, etc.).<o:p></o:p>

As understand it the 3D artist must:
 
-build
the model in Lightwave 
-export
W3D file 
-create
bones 
-create
animation <o:p></o:p>

On the Director end, I need to: 
-apply
texturing (i.e. the shark's skin) 
-manipulate the camera <o:p></o:p>

Does anyone have a good
understanding of how far the model can be developed in Lightwave before it must
be exported to Director for further work? Will bones be imported along with the
W3D model?<o:p></o:p>

Also, can anyone
recommend a good 3D, easy-to-learn Xtra
to pick up to make my life easier? <o:p></o:p>

Thanks from a 3D newbie. Any and all advice is
welcomed. 
Jason
<o:p></o:p>

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