How to use Viewmesh - Revision history

Talad at 19:06, 21 September 2014

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	'''Second''' install and run viewmesh, on windows you launch it with viewmesh.bat. At the moment the application does not have any model, so you will not be able to load anything. Just verify you can move with the arrows keys and you see the 3d room.		'''Second''' install and run viewmesh, on windows you launch it with viewmesh.bat. At the moment the application does not have any model, so you will not be able to load anything. Just verify you can move with the arrows keys and you see the 3d room.

	'''Third''' get the sample stonebreaker model from [http://www.planeshift.it/download/prospects/viewmesh_stonebm.zip here]. Unzip it into the /data/models directory found in your viewmesh installation. If you want you can create another directory there like /data/models/stonebm or you can just unzip into the /data/models dir, as you prefer. If it's a model taken from planeshift, the model is not ready to go because it uses the planeshift paths, which you have to remove. Open stonebm.cal3d in a text editor, then do a find and replace, replace ALL occurrences of /planeshift/models/stonebm with nothing (so deleting all those). Then delete the line . Now the model is ready for viewmesh usage.		'''Third''' get the sample stonebreaker model from [http://www.planeshift.it/public/download/prospects/viewmesh_stonebm.zip here]. Unzip it into the /data/models directory found in your viewmesh installation. If you want you can create another directory there like /data/models/stonebm or you can just unzip into the /data/models dir, as you prefer. If it's a model taken from planeshift, the model is not ready to go because it uses the planeshift paths, which you have to remove. Open stonebm.cal3d in a text editor, then do a find and replace, replace ALL occurrences of /planeshift/models/stonebm with nothing (so deleting all those). Then delete the line . Now the model is ready for viewmesh usage.

	'''Forth''' load viewmesh and follow the steps below to view your model.		'''Forth''' load viewmesh and follow the steps below to view your model.

Talad at 19:04, 21 September 2014

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	Click on load.		Click on load.

	http://www.planeshift.it/download/prospects/viewmesh0000.jpg		http://www.planeshift.it/public/download/prospects/viewmesh0000.jpg


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	http://www.planeshift.it/download/prospects/viewmesh0001.jpg		http://www.planeshift.it/public/download/prospects/viewmesh0001.jpg

	http://www.planeshift.it/download/prospects/viewmesh0002.jpg		http://www.planeshift.it/public/download/prospects/viewmesh0002.jpg


	Then select your model. If it's a character pick the .cal3d file. If it's an item, click the .spr file. In our example you will select the stonebm.cal3d file. Then you click on OK.		Then select your model. If it's a character pick the .cal3d file. If it's an item, click the .spr file. In our example you will select the stonebm.cal3d file. Then you click on OK.

	http://www.planeshift.it/download/prospects/viewmesh0003.jpg		http://www.planeshift.it/public/download/prospects/viewmesh0003.jpg

	You can move the view just by clicking on the 3d window and dragging your mouse. Try all 3 mouse buttons, they move the view in different directions.		You can move the view just by clicking on the 3d window and dragging your mouse. Try all 3 mouse buttons, they move the view in different directions.
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	'''Fifth''' try to see how the model looks when animated. Click on the "Ani" tab		'''Fifth''' try to see how the model looks when animated. Click on the "Ani" tab

	http://www.planeshift.it/download/prospects/viewmesh0004.jpg		http://www.planeshift.it/public/download/prospects/viewmesh0004.jpg

	Then select "stand" from the list and click on "Set". You will see your char stand for a few seconds.		Then select "stand" from the list and click on "Set". You will see your char stand for a few seconds.
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	'''Sixth''' Now let's familiarize with how textures are declared and loaded. From windows explorer (or Mac folders) open the folder data/models (or data/models/stonebm).		'''Sixth''' Now let's familiarize with how textures are declared and loaded. From windows explorer (or Mac folders) open the folder data/models (or data/models/stonebm).

	http://www.planeshift.it/download/prospects/viewmesh0005.jpg		http://www.planeshift.it/public/download/prospects/viewmesh0005.jpg


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	'''Seventh''' Now that you changed the texture, you can click on Reload to see the difference in the viewer. You can click on reload also if you just edited the image, to have a quick preview.		'''Seventh''' Now that you changed the texture, you can click on Reload to see the difference in the viewer. You can click on reload also if you just edited the image, to have a quick preview.

	http://www.planeshift.it/download/prospects/viewmesh0006.jpg		http://www.planeshift.it/public/download/prospects/viewmesh0006.jpg

Talad at 14:40, 22 February 2012

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	The new texture should be placed in the same location of the cal3d file.		The new texture should be placed in the same location of the cal3d file.

	'''Seventh''' Now that you changed the texture, you can click on Reload to see the difference in the viewer. You can click on reload also if you just edited the image, to have a quick preview.		'''Seventh''' Now that you changed the texture, you can click on Reload to see the difference in the viewer. You can click on reload also if you just edited the image, to have a quick preview.

	http://www.planeshift.it/download/prospects/viewmesh0006.jpg		http://www.planeshift.it/download/prospects/viewmesh0006.jpg

Talad: Created page with ''''First''' you need some tools: (Required) Viewmesh is an application which is able to load and view PlaneShift models, including items and characters. To download it, refer to …'

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'''First''' you need some tools:
(Required) Viewmesh is an application which is able to load and view PlaneShift models, including items and characters. To download it, refer to the main page in the Tools section.

(Optional) If you are using Photoshop to edit the files, it can be handy for you to get the DDS tools. DDS is a graphic file format used by videogames, which stores the image in a way to be easy for the videocard to load.

'''Second''' install and run viewmesh, on windows you launch it with viewmesh.bat. At the moment the application does not have any model, so you will not be able to load anything. Just verify you can move with the arrows keys and you see the 3d room.

'''Third''' get the sample stonebreaker model from [http://www.planeshift.it/download/prospects/viewmesh_stonebm.zip here]. Unzip it into the /data/models directory found in your viewmesh installation. If you want you can create another directory there like /data/models/stonebm or you can just unzip into the /data/models dir, as you prefer. If it's a model taken from planeshift, the model is not ready to go because it uses the planeshift paths, which you have to remove. Open stonebm.cal3d in a text editor, then do a find and replace, replace ALL occurrences of /planeshift/models/stonebm with nothing (so deleting all those). Then delete the line . Now the model is ready for viewmesh usage.

'''Forth''' load viewmesh and follow the steps below to view your model.

Click on load.

http://www.planeshift.it/download/prospects/viewmesh0000.jpg

Then click on data and on models.

http://www.planeshift.it/download/prospects/viewmesh0001.jpg

http://www.planeshift.it/download/prospects/viewmesh0002.jpg

Then select your model. If it's a character pick the .cal3d file. If it's an item, click the .spr file. In our example you will select the stonebm.cal3d file. Then you click on OK.

http://www.planeshift.it/download/prospects/viewmesh0003.jpg

You can move the view just by clicking on the 3d window and dragging your mouse. Try all 3 mouse buttons, they move the view in different directions.

You may want to use the arrows key for more precise movement, in this case be sure to select either: "Normal Movement", "Look to origin" or "Rotate". Those 3 settings affect how the arrow keys move the view.

If the model is too small or you just want to see some detail, you can increase the scale, example from 1.00 to 2.00.

If you want to change the lighting, just use the settings "Three point lighting", "Front, Back and Top" or "Unlit"

'''Fifth''' try to see how the model looks when animated. Click on the "Ani" tab

http://www.planeshift.it/download/prospects/viewmesh0004.jpg

Then select "stand" from the list and click on "Set". You will see your char stand for a few seconds.

'''Sixth''' Now let's familiarize with how textures are declared and loaded. From windows explorer (or Mac folders) open the folder data/models (or data/models/stonebm).

http://www.planeshift.it/download/prospects/viewmesh0005.jpg

You will see there a number of files, including textures (all .dds files) and a .cal3d file called stonebm.cal3d. This file is the one which controls which textures are used for which body part. It also controls the body parts to load. Open the stonebm.cal3d file with a text editor.

Locate the section:

Locate the <textures> section:

<textures>
<texture name="stonebm_hair_text"><file>stonebm_hair.dds</file></texture>
<texture name="stonebm_torso_texture"><file>stonebm_torso_plate.png</file></texture>
<texture name="stonebm_head_texture"><file>stonebm_head.dds</file></texture>
<texture name="stonebm_foot_texture"><file>stonebm_foot.dds</file></texture>

You can change the head texture for example to use another file:

<texture name="stonebm_head_texture"><file>stonebm_head2.png</file></texture>

In this case we use stonebm_head2.png instead of stonebm_head.dds

The new texture should be placed in the same location of the cal3d file.

The new texture should be placed in the same location of the cal3d file.
'''Seventh''' Now that you changed the texture, you can click on Reload to see the difference in the viewer. You can click on reload also if you just edited the image, to have a quick preview.

http://www.planeshift.it/download/prospects/viewmesh0006.jpg