Ease Production PCB to Ogre mesh/skeleton files.

[ElricDog]

Ease Production PCB file format has the best exporter for 3dsmax i had seen. (waiting for Lioric exporter ). So i dicided to do a pcb 2 ogre converter.

The mesh file was trivial, but i have problems with skeleton file.
I searched in the forums the explanation of what means the data in skeleton file, but i have no luck.

I have a lot of questions, after a lot of tests :
- In section <bones>:
These are the initial transform of the bones?
- In section <bones> and in the keyframes of every bone:
Are the values in world or mesh space?
With pivot premultiplied?
With parent transformation applied?

I can send the code if someone would help to finish the converter.
thx who can help.

As always, sorry for my english.

[genva]

- In section <bones>:
These are the initial transform of the bones?

It's the initial transform of the bone in the parent bone space. Relational expression is

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bone_initial_world_transform = parent_bone_initial_world_transform * bone_initial_transform

bone_initial_transform is the value store in file.

- In section <bones> and in the keyframes of every bone:
Are the values in world or mesh space?

The keyframes transform is in the bone initial transform space. Relational expression is

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bone_world_transform_for_keyframe = bone_initial_world_transform * keyframe_transform

keyframe_transform is the value store in file.

[ElricDog]

Thx genva. Your help makes now working ok.

Maybe can release in a few days this converter featuring:
-meshes.
-skeletons.
-materials.
-scene.
after i clean the code and make more friendly.