Export Vrml With Textures

[donnya]

I am trying to export objects (eyeball with muscles) to VRML, so that it can be played on a web VR player.

I can not get the textures to appear. there is a .rgb file exported with the .wrl file. they are kept in the same directory. the materials are basic, except for a ramp gradient.

I am also trying a trial version of AXEL, that should import the VRML export from Maya. It requires chaning the file type from .rgb to .bmp (I used ImageMagick) and editing the .wrl file to change the texture reference to include the newly changed image file name. AXEL just crashes, even though I seem to be following their instructions.

I'd be happy with just get the texture file out of Maya with the VRML exporter. any hep?

[user_deleted]

Indeed, the Maya vrml exporter is not producing valid Vrml files !
If you don't want to use a commercial converter (DeepExploration is good), you can always open the rgb image with fcheck, save as jpg and correct the vrml code with your corrected image name.
You may have to remove the line giving values to the diffuse channel, as some vrml browsers don't accept to have both a difuse value and an image texture.

Nevertheless, I would recommend you to invest in a converter as the vrml code produced by Maya is far from being optimised (multiple "Shape" nodes, stupid hierarchy --> material, then object, then texture, then ... which object has which material which itself has which texture ).

And if you think about writing your own exporter, first have a look to the original Maya script, you gonna laugh, then run to buy a converter .....

Guyb.

[donnya]

QUOTE(guy_iti @ 10/19/05, 11:19 PM)
Indeed, the Maya vrml exporter is not producing valid Vrml files !
If you don't want to use a commercial converter (DeepExploration is good), you can always open the rgb image with fcheck, save as jpg and correct the vrml code with your corrected image name.
You may have to remove the line giving values to the diffuse channel, as some vrml browsers don't accept to have both a difuse value and an image texture.

Nevertheless, I would recommend you to invest in a converter as the vrml code produced by Maya is far from being optimised (multiple "Shape" nodes, stupid hierarchy --> material, then object, then texture, then ... which object has which material which itself has which texture    ).

thanks for the hep!

can you suggest a converter, or editor for the mac? Chisel? this is my first project using vrml.

I have a copy of VPC, so I could just get VRMLpad and DE