OBJ and XML alignment.

I freely acknowledge that I maybe using the plugin wrong.

Most of my models have been exported in OBJ format. Through habit, I don't place lights in wings. So for a current project I have used the plugin to export the lights separately from the model (for speed reasons in wings mainly)

I tried the other day to import the mesh ,that the lights go with (in obj format), but the mesh didn't line up with the lights.

Is there any way to have an XML model exported exactly the same as an OBJ model is, with correct orientation and alignment?

Hey ozylot,

There is always the issue, of course, with Wings axis alignment being different than KT. Wings X-axis is Y, not Z like KT. So I do account for that in exporting. I never noticed until now that the export to KT is 180 degrees rotated around the vertical from the obj export (with swap axis checked).

I assume this is what you mean? I can probably change that. I suppose compatibility with the obj export is a nice to thing have.


Edit: I never realized how slow the KT export is compared to obj. It's like 8-9 times slower. Yikes! I'll really try to fix that.

Yes... that would be nice(r)

I thought the size was off too, but I guess its just the rotation that is the issue. If it could be tweaked that would be cool. Thanx.

Now if we could configure procedurals in wings... J/K

after a quick test (not on my pc because I'm away) the two exporters took the same time (19 sec) to export .

I will do more tests tomorrow night!

ciao!

Both exporters meaning KT and Obj? If so, sweet!

That's right! The new kt exporter and the obj one.
The "old" kt exporter took 2' 17 sec !!!
What a great improvement!
Congratulation for the amazing work.
I look forward to try this beauty on my current wip, witch is a bit heavy, once I will be back home tonight.

Well, I never heard from anyone but dentex, so I went ahead and posted the new exporter. You can download it from my or just from the attachment above.

8 - 10x speed improvement!!!

sorry mate, forgot to reply here.

Seemed to work ok, no problems. Thanx for the fix.

So what is different in this new one aside from speed?

The big change besides speed is the change to the coordinate axis to match up with the obj export. I think that's the only big thing.