Metaverse

Ab sofort sind mehrere Referate und Videos zum Thema Metaverse Learning zu finden unter

http://nextmeme.ch/metaverse/praesentationen-und-videos/

Als Reisebegleiter hatte ich die Ehre Bernhard Senn von DRS2  durch Second Life zu begleiten.

Der Beitrag ist zu hören unter:
http://www.drs.ch/www/de/drs/sendungen/drs2aktuell/2643.bt10052177.html

Here a short overview about the different tools and workflow we will use to produce content for RealXtend.

Inspired by the Blog from Peter Quirk (“Taking Sketchup models into realXtend“) and in preparation for the BA project modul “Identities in 3D-Online-Communities” at “Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts“, I explored how to take Cinema 4D models to RealXtend.

A) Download all you need
First you use the following 3 converting tools
(beneath realXtend Server & Viewer and Cinema 4D 10.x):

1. “Ogre3D Exporter for Cinema 4D”
   http://pagesperso-orange.fr/licorna/Ogre3D_Exporter/Ogre3D_Exporter_en.html
2. OgreXMLConverter.exe (Part of “realXtend Export Tools 0.3″)
   http://www.realxtend.org/get.php?id=17
3. Rexmeshtool (Part of “realXtend Export Tools 0.3″)
   http://www.realxtend.org/get.php?id=17
   

B) Prepare the system

1. Copy the Ogre Exporter “Ogre3D_Exporter.cdl” to the plugins folder of Cinema4D
   “C:/Program Files/MAXON/Cinema 4D R10/plugins”
2. Copy the “realXtend Export Tools 0.3″ to RexTools folder
   “C:/Program Files/RexTools/”
3. Set Path = “C:/Program Files/RexTools/”

C) Convert Datas

1. First load your Object (filename.c4d)  to Cinema
   
2. Select “Plugins” -> “Ogre 3D Exporter”
   
3. Select Objects to export [ObjectName]
4. Unselect UV-export when the model has no UV-values
   
5. Select the “OgreXMLConverter.exe” via  [Locate Converter]
   
6. Then Press [OK] and the Ogre3D-Exporter
   will create two outputfiles
   • filename.mesh.xml
   • filename.mesh

D) Use the rexmeshtool

1. Go to command line interface
2. Start the rexmeshtool with following command
   “rexmeshtool  filename.mesh“
   
3. Set the following parameters
   • Scale = 0.01 (to rescale it)
   • X ALign = Center
   • Y Align = Min
   • Z Align = Center
   • Y Rotate = 180 (rotate the chair 180 degrees).

   
   Note that the rexmeshtool grid is on 1 meter centers.
   The cursor in the screen shot is pointing to one of these dots,
   so the chair is about 1.5m high.

4. Select [Save Changes and Exit]

E) Import into RealXtend

1. Launch the realXtend viewer.
2. In the viewer, select File -> Upload 3D Model.
3. Navigate to the folder where your meshes and associated files are and select the filename.mesh file.The model will appear after some delay in a new 3D Models folder in your personal inventory.
4. Create a box prim on the ground
   
5. Set the name of the object to filename
6. Activate the rex tab.
7. Select the Extended properties and Show as mesh and Scale Mesh to Prim options.
   
8. Open your inventory folder and drag the filename 3D model onto the Mesh Name box.
9. Place the object wherever you like
   

E) Thanks

• Thanks to Peter Quirk for his tutorial
• Thanks to Jean First for compile the “Ogre3D Exporter for Cinema 4D 10.5″ for OSX
  http://wiki.animation.hslu.ch/index.php/Ogre3D_Exporter_for_Cinema_4D_OSX

Der Künstler und Musiker Cyberpiper hält ein Konzert für das Projektmodul “Identitäten in 3D-Online-Communities” der Hochschule Luzern – Design & Kunst. Das Konzert wird Live übertragen im Raum S316 des Schulhaus Sentimatt

Weitere Infos zum Musiker und Künstler Cyberpier unter: http://www.cyberpiper.com/

Am Donnerstag 5.12.2007 um 09:15 präsentieren die Studierendes des Projektmoduls “Identitäten in 3D-Online-Communities” die Resultate ihrer Arbeit. Gerne sind Sie zur Präsentation in Reallife oder auch in Second Life herzlich eingeladen (Die Präsentation wird direkt nach Second Life gestreamt.)

Weitere Infos unter:
http://elearning.hslu.ch/wiki/metaverse/Projektpräsentation

Ich freue mich auf Ihren Besuch …

Marc Pilloud (Modulleiter)

Dies ist der Metaverse-Blog der Hochschule Luzern. Hier finden Sie Themen rund um Second Life und andere 3D-Online-Communities.