FBX Export Issues / Unreal UDK

[jadkins]

New to CityEngine and having fun! I have selected several buildings, and am exporting them to fbx with a 'write t3d' python script on the back end. The t3d script creates a name for each building (actor). The fbx exporter creates a seperate name for each fbx model. Therefore the models referenced in the t3d dont match.

Help!

[matthiasbuehler]

Hi Jonah,

are you writing that python script yourself or did you find the old one we provided 1.5 years ago on the old procedural forum ?

[jadkins]

Hi Jonah,

are you writing that python script yourself or did you find the old one we provided 1.5 years ago on the old procedural forum ?

I am editing the old script "write_instances_t3d.py" I was able to successfully edit the script to match the names assigned by the fbx exporter. It seems there should be a way to change the naming convention that is assigned by the fbx exporter.

Haven't figured out how to get the textures to come into the UDK on the fbx models..??

[matthiasbuehler]

I am not really familiar with the script, but what I'd recommend is you adapt the fbx exporter settings to change the behavior ..


sorry to ask, but did you check the CE Help (F1) Python Scripting > Commands by Category > FBXExportModelSettings
?

class FBXExportModelSettings :
setGeneralName()



to also get the textures and copy them to the output dir, I'd use :
getMaterialsCollectTextures()




does this what you need ?

[jadkins]

I ended up modifying the script to change the name of the paths in the t3d script to match the auto-naming of the fbx exporter.....i like your suggestion about the fbx name call, i will have to look into that...

[matthiasbuehler]

ok, cool !

let me know how it works !