Hi,

I create a simple box in blender, export as fbx, 3ds, obj. (trying many fileformats)
Open them up in 3DXchange v7.3, all looks good, export the 3 different files as iProp.
Neither of them behaves well when adding a material to them, standard or pbr, either of the files,
just get a strange color or the mesh/model/box gets all semi transparant.
If I adjust the material setting in any way, not much happens.

Am I missing something really obvious here?

I also created a floor and a wall with a rectangular cutout in Blender, 3DS was the only format that
showed two different objects in 3DXchange v7.3 (floor & wall).
Exported as iProp,
mesh looked good in iClone. Two separate objects in materials (floor &wall).
Then I tried to add materials, it made the mesh transparant sometimes and sometimes nothing happened at all.

I am thankful for any suggestions or tips!

/Mike

Most likely a normals or face issue -- try flipping them (you can do that in XChange) and see if it makes any difference (you can also try adding 2-sided materials to them -- or both).

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Thanks for your reply!

I will try that later today.


/Mike

Are the cubes uv mapped? If not, they can't be textured . Only the base colour can be changed.



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Hi Kelleytoons,

I created a new box in blender, saved as fbx. Opened it in 3DXchange v7.3.
I used the flip button and then exported as iProp.
In iClone I could add some simple materials and a few PBR materials, but most
of the PBR materials just made the whole box invert and the faces to offset from eachother.


Then I went back to 3DXchange v7., and started to play with Flip Face Mode, but I couldn't
really see what was happening and I couldn't see the normals even though I tried adjusting Normal length.

And the version of 3DXchange v7.3 is a trial version so I know only have 7 exports left

Since iClone isn't a 3D modeling software I really would wan't to use Blender for modeling simple props and more
advanced interiors/exteriors  and export to iClone via 3DXchange v7.3.
In iClone I really do want too use all the PBR materials i bought.

Hmm I must be missing something here, in this case it is a simple box, how hard can it be?

Thanks again for your reply, do you have any other ideas or suggestions?

/Mike

Hi TheOldBuffer,

Yes they are UV mapped, and after the  flip function in 3DXchange v7.3 some
materials worked, and even a few PBR ones, very few.


Thanks for your reply!
/Mike

As a rule XChange works far better with OBJs from Blender than FBX.  Try that and see.

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