The VRML converter cometh (announcement, call for models)

[wesslen]

I am writing a VRML -> static .mesh converter. It should be handy for those who don't have access to 3dsmax and for those of us who do but want our normals exported correctly

The VRML parser used is not complete, and I don't intend to make it understand the entire VRML97 format, so the features that are actually needed have to be identified. Therefore, I need your help.

If you are using a program that can export meshes to VRML, and want to help, then make a simple model (like a cube, but make sure it is triangulated) and send it to me, so that I can use it for testing.

Already known formats: 3dsmax4.0, 3dsmax5.0, Maya 4.5, Milkshape 1.6.6.

[wesslen]

It's so good to know that people are interested

Anyway... the converter is nearly finished. You can download it from here: www.hig.se/~dwn/sd/VRML2mesh-win32.zip

Let me know if you find any bugs.

[Paul]

It's so good to know that people are interested

I am interested, just a bit snowed under at the moment.

[wesslen]

I am interested, just a bit snowed under at the moment.

Don't worry, I'm not upset or anything, just a bit surprised that there were no replies at all.

[Robbob]

Hmmm, all I get is:

The application failed to initialize properly (0xc000001d). Click on OK to terminate the application.

I have no idea what that means. Nice idea though - vrml export seems to be supported in quite a few programs.

[wesslen]

The application failed to initialize properly (0xc000001d). Click on OK to terminate the application.

Oh, sorry about that. I've compiled OgreMain.dll to use SSE2 instructions.

I'll get that fixed as soon as I can recompile OgreMain.

EDIT: Done. Let's hope I didn't miss anything else.

[Subcyde]

Any progress on this VRML2Mesh thingy ?? I'm interested !!!

[johnhpus]

Check out the date. No update from two years ago, it's probably dead.

Hah, it might be funny when the author of this thread gets an email from the Ogre forum. "Ogre? Oh, I remember Ogre ... "

edit:
Interestingly the link to the file is still up. The site that this is hosted on is in Swedish so I can't tell if it lists any newer versions or news about it's fate.

edit2:
Well damnation, you seem to be Swedish yourself! So you tell us =)

[jacmoe]

When I look a my D:\ogrenew\Tools directory, I find a VRMLConverter directory within it.
This means that the VRMLConverter is an official part of Ogre.

[Subcyde]

johnhpus -> where can I find the link ?? [edit] nevermind...found it

jacmoe -> I'm gonna check it out...[edit] I have the OgreSDK release so I would have to get the source code for that...damnation...

Thanks to both for the input !

[DIMEDROLL]

Hello,
Where can I download the binaries for VRML converter?
I'v tried to build it from source on Windows but it gave me a lot of errors(I think it's incompatible with the current version of Ogre3D).
All the links I've found to the binaries do not work giving me an 404 error.

[reptor]

Hello

I do not know anything about this VRML converter. But I will show you how I converted a 3D model from Catia V5 R16 all the way to the Ogre3D mesh format.

This is what I did:

• 1) In Catia V5 R16, save a model as .wrl (VRML 2.0)
  
  2) In AccuTrans 3D, import the model as .wrl (VRML 2.0)
  
  3) In AccuTrans 3D, export the model as .obj (Wavefront)
  
  4) In Blender, import the model as .obj (Wavefront)
  
  5) In Blender, export the model as .mesh.xml (Ogre3D). Use the Blender exporter which comes with Ogre3D. It will produce an XML file. Then you will use the OgreXmlConverter to convert it to the binary Ogre3D .mesh format.

As you can see I used a program called "AccuTrans 3D". It is not freeware but it has a trial version with full functionality.

Its website is: http://www.micromouse.ca/

Blender can be found from http://www.blender.org/

Blender's own VRML importer could not handle the newer VRML file format but this alternative route can be used to go around that problem.

[DIMEDROLL]

Thanks, you helped me.