By Arlen Nielsen (Spacemanzot) (216.232.121.51) on Friday, January 24, 2003 - 03:58 pm:

I'm looking for a converion or import plug-in for LW 7.5

There is a file that I cannot read and I don't know what to do. I've managed to find Transporter from electric image, but it gives me nothing but crap.

Any help is appreciated.

By Michael Linde (Mlinde) (4.64.204.46) on Friday, January 24, 2003 - 04:03 pm:

What type of file are you looking to import or convert?

By Arlen Nielsen (Spacemanzot) (216.232.121.51) on Friday, January 24, 2003 - 04:12 pm:

I'm trying to convert a DXF, OBJ, pretty much anything. Transporter imports everything okay, but when I export it, either as a DXF I can't read it (greyed out) or the LWO is all screwed up with polygons cross referencing each other and others are missing.

I usually have no problems with DXF or 3DS models. I can normally deal with those, except in some situations. I'm thinking that some files are written a little differently and does not allow lightwave to read them.

By Michael Linde (Mlinde) (4.64.204.46) on Friday, January 24, 2003 - 04:37 pm:

Modeler should be able to import you OBJ files, according to the docs:

You may load foreign object formats supported by LightWave directly into Layout or Modeler. However, Modeler must be used to save an object using a foreign object format. To do this in Modeler, choose File > Export and select one of the Export_ options.

Imported Formats
OBJ M, SA, UV
DXF M, SA
3DS M, SA, SSP, T, UV
FACT M, SA, SSP, T

By Arlen Nielsen (Spacemanzot) (216.232.121.51) on Friday, January 24, 2003 - 05:13 pm:

Hmmmmm.... I've not been able to import a FACT file, but that would be the most useful considering that it is the format that the object was created in. I'll try to import the OBJ file. But the rest I have trouble with on and off.

Thanks!
Arlen

By Nigel Gilbert (Nige) (62.253.32.4) on Sunday, January 26, 2003 - 09:53 am:

Hi,

LW imports facts very well. I do it all the time with my Electric Image Modeller fact exports. Just set the pop-up to 'All Files' instead of LW files in the open file window.

ta

nige.