'Exporting Animated Models with Biped from 3ds Max to XNA'

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'Exporting Animated Models with Biped from 3ds Max to XNA'
by Edivar - Jazz Criações

Email:  edivar@jazzcriacoes.com.br

Downloading and Installing Necessary Plug-ins: The first thing you need to do is to download and install the newest FBX exporter from Autodesk (fbx20091). To download it, use the link below: http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?siteID=123112&id=6839916 You’ll also need the Panda DirectX Exporter Plug-in*. To download it, use the link below:http://www.andytather.co.uk/Panda/directxmax_downloads.aspx *To install the Panda DirectX Exporter Plug-in, just put the file, "PandaDirectXMaxExporter_x86.dle", in your 3ds Max plug-ins directory. For example, C:/Program Files/Autodesk/3ds Max 2008/plugins Exporting to XNA: Before exporting your model, be sure that it has been put in the grid centre of your 3ds Max, because your model’s pivot will be defined by its position in relation to the grid centre in 3ds Max, so if it’s out of the grid centre then it’s going to make the translation movement when it turns (Fig.01). Fig.01 Open your model to be exported in 3ds Max (in this case I have used 3ds Max 2008). The Unwrap UVW modifier must be collapsed into your mesh; the model to be exported can only contain your mesh, bones and "skin" or "physique" modifiers (it works with editable poly or mesh). With your model ready and animated, click on File > Export and set a name for your file (remember: the fbx exporter will only export the animations that appear in your timeline). In Presets, set your current preset to "Autodesk Media & Entertainment" as shown in Fig.02. Fig.02 Click on Advanced Options, then on FBX File Format and set the FBX Version to: FBX200611, as shown in Fig.03. Fig.03 3DTotal Advertisement - We need your support! As well as you tutorial hungry people eating through a terabit of bandwidth each month we also have many additional staff and running costs involved in creating these free pages. We want to continue bringing you many free tutorials and resources everyday, so PLEASE check out our products and amazon affiliate schemes via the above banners. Many thanks! Click on the X File Settings tab; in Dx File Type check Text, in Dx Frame check Sub frame hierarchy, and in XFile Animation Options check Include Animation options and change the Type to Open and the Pos. Quality to Spline Positions (Fig.09). Fig.09 Finishing that, click on OK and your .X model will be ready to import to XNA without any problems! Page 1 Page 2 Discuss this Tutorial in our forums here! To keep up with the latest Tutorials and Interviews on 3DTotal, sign-up to the free  Bi-monthly Newsletter Here

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