Speedtree For 3Ds Max How To Properly Use

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I did want it to be dark so that the beams of light coming in would really stand out but maybe I can add those reflecting sky spheres to lighten up a little 2 Share Report Save level 2 1 year ago I think making it a bit lighter as you just mentioned here would help the scene a lot, as the darkness right now makes the scene look a bit too dirty in my opinion 1 Share Report Save level 1 1 year ago only 6 hours 1 Share Report Save level 1 1 year ago Only 6 hours Unbelievable.

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When enabled, an Edit normals modifier will be added to the imported mesh object.

SpeedTree ships with two MaxScripts, SpeedTree FBX Importers and SpeedTree Mesh Utilities, which aids in the process of creating custom mesh assets in 3ds Max for use in the SpeedTree Modeler.

Speedtree For 3Ds Max How To Properly Use

This help page explains how to properly use this set of utilities.

The SpeedTree Mesh Utilities were written in in the MaxScript language and must be loaded in the same manner as any other MaxScript.

The launcher script is located here SpeedTree Modeler Install DirScripts3ds MaxSpeedTree Utility Launcher 6.0.ms.

Run the script in 3ds Max by selecting the menu item MaxScript Run Script and browsing to the location described above.

Use the SpeedTree Mesh Utilities to export geometry for use within the SpeedTree Modeler as Mesh Assets.

The first selected object will be listed in the utility panel (Box001 in the image to the right).

The triangle count and dimensions for the selected object appear below the objects name.

At least one object must be selected before exporting is enabled.

If your object has been moved away from the scene origin, this offset will carry over to the Modeler.

When this option is checked, the object will be oriented around its local pivot point instead.

This option is useful if your 3ds Max scene contains more than one objects, and their positions in the scene are arbitrary.

A save dialog will appear allowing the user to specify a filename for the exported geometry, keying off of the Model format property.

Additionally, textures applied to leaf meshes should not tile, so adjust your applied 3ds Max materials accordingly (disable both U and V tiling) and ensure that all texture coordinates are in the 0.0 1.0 range.

Tiling textures will not render correctly once compiled into a shared atlas.

As the description states, this option will export one mesh per material in your current selection.

The green mesh will contain parts of both Object 1 and Object 2, since both had green assigned to some of their faces.

This is a convenient way to divide up geometry for use in the SpeedTree Modeler, since in the Modeler any one mesh can only ever have a single material assigned to it.

The STM Mesh Import group is used to import mesh assets ONLY in STM format.

STM formatted meshes are distributed with the SpeedTree Model Library, or can be exported from the Mesh Asset bar from embedded mesh assets.

Full 3D tree models need to be imported and processed via the SpeedTree FBX Processor utility.

Please refer to that section of this help page for more info.

When enabled, imported STM files are welded, meaning faces with smoothed normals and contiguous texture coordinates are combined into shared elements.

Heavier meshes will load, but may take a long time to do so, due to the added complexity of sorting and welding the mesh together.