Load and play animated 3D meshes

FBX? DAE? MD2 and MD3?

QC equivalent:

Kineme3D

Component:

Scene

Moderator note:

Team Vuo created this on behalf of https://vuo.org/poll/graphics/201404, and gave it 10 votes based on its rank in that poll.

Notes from Team Vuo

Vuo Pro:

Yes — requires a Vuo Pro license

Complexity:

●●●○ — A few months of work

Potential:

●●○ — Could expand community

Comments

.blend as well?

Submitted by Magneson (@MartinusMagneson)

on 2015.05.28 03:26

.blend as well?

@MartinusMagneson, the first

Submitted by Steve (@smokris)

on 2015.05.28 10:52

Magneson, the first step for .blend meshes is to get still meshes loading — I created a feature request for you.

Do you have a time frame on

Submitted by @destroythings

on 2016.03.09 12:51

Do you have a time frame on when this feature might be added. It has a fare amount of votes but has not made it to the to be implemented list yet.

Preferred asset formats for

Submitted by @adeveloper

on 2018.11.23 18:09 and last edited 2018.11.23 18:11

Preferred asset formats for us (highest priority 1st):

dae (Collada, industry standard for asset exchange)
ma (Maya, ASCII)
fbx (Autodesk)
3ds (3DS Max)
obj (Wavefront)

Voting for .fbx .dae

Submitted by @onva

on 2018.11.25 16:58

Voting for .fbx .dae

@adeveloper, thanks for

Submitted by Jaymie (@jstrecker)

on 2018.11.26 15:40

adeveloper, thanks for sharing your priorities. I expect dae, fbx, and 3ds would be doable.

obj doesn't support animation. The Fetch Scene node does let you import non-animated objs.

ma isn't supported by the library that Vuo relies on to import meshes, Open Asset Import. About implementing a ma mesh loader, Autodesk's own documentation says "you have a difficult job ahead of you" :) So, that's beyond the scope of this feature request. If you do know of a library that loads animated ma meshes, preferably free and/or open source, let me know.