3dsmax Plugin
The SceneEngine 3dsmax plugin is an import/export plugin that saves and loads *.sceng scenes.
To export a .sceng file go to:
File > Export... or File > Export Selected...
And in the Select File to Export dialog box select SceneEngine exporter (*.SCENG,*.SCN) in Save as type.
To import a .sceng file go to:
File > Import...
And in the Select File to Import dialog box select SceneEngine (*.SCENG,*.SCN) in Files of type.
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Installation
At the moment there are no SceneEngine installers. You'll have to copy the files yourself.
SceneEngine's plugin for max file is named SceneEngine.dle. Locate this file and copy it to your 3dsmax plugins path.
C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 9\plugins\SceneEngine.dle
System Files
The folder system from the package contains the system files that are needed to run SceneEngine tools. This files can be copied to the Windows Sytem32 folder, or they can be installed by their original packages:
For boost, select Visual C++ 7.1 and 8.0 Multithread.
Current Issues
In some systems we have found that all SceneEngine dll files and some system files need to be copied to this folder too.
C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 9\plugins\gmt.dll C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 9\plugins\bmmlib.dll C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 9\plugins\sceng_util.dll C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 9\plugins\sceng_mesh.dll C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 9\plugins\sceng_base.dll C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 9\plugins\sceng_objects.dll C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 9\plugins\sceng_materials.dll C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 9\plugins\sceng_modifiers.dll C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 9\plugins\msvcm80.dll C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 9\plugins\msvcp80.dll C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 9\plugins\msvcr80.dll C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 9\plugins\Microsoft.VC80.CRT.manifest C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 9\plugins\boost_filesystem-vc71-mt-1_34_1.dll C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 9\plugins\boost_filesystem-vc80-mt-1_34_1.dll C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 9\plugins\boost_thread-vc71-mt-1_34_1.dll C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 9\plugins\boost_thread-vc80-mt-1_34_1.dll
After 3dsmax loads the first time, this files can be deleted.
Supported Features
Hierarchy Nodes
Hierarchy Structure
Transforms
Meshes
Both TriMeshes and PolyMeshes are supported by a SceneEngine class.
Vertices
Faces
UVW Maps
Material IDs
Smoothing Groups
Splines
Bezier Splines
Primitive Objects
Box
Sphere
Torus
Materials
Multi Materials
Standard Material
Mix Material
Blend Material
Textures
Multi Materials
Bitmap Texture
UVW 2D Coordinates
Noise Texture
Wood Texture
UVW 3D Coordinates
Composite Texture ( TextureLayers )
Mix Texture
Mask Texture
Controllers
Basic are supported, but in general animation is not supported yet.
Position-Rotation-Scale controller
Point 3 controller
Float controller
3rd Party Plugins
Simbiont Material
Simbiont Texture
Legend
Supported Features
Under Development
Planning
Not planned
Notes
Object Offset
3dsmax uses an additional Matrix3 as an offset between the node transform and the object transform. This is known as the object offset, and it can be edited going to Hierarchy > Pivot > Affect Pivot Only and Hierarchy > Pivot > Affect Object Only. SceneEngine doesn't support object offset.
Exporting the Object Offset proved to be extremely difficult. The first solution was to apply the object offset to the raw objects, like PolyMesh or TriMesh, but this solution doesn't work for primitive objects like BoxObject.
The current solution is to export two nodes, a null node with the node transform, and a second node with the object offset. This second node holds the object and the material too.