Based on a recent discussion here I've begun experimenting with creating an Away3D pipeline based on 3ds Max and using ColladaMax to export to Away3d. However I'm running into issues that are making me wonder about the viability of this approach.
I downloaded the trial of 3ds Max (which is still 2010 but they're close to release of 2011) and went to install the latest version of ColladaMax, and discovered that the most recent version of 3ds Max that it support is 2009. Fortunately the source code is also available for ColladaMax: http://colladamaya.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/colladamaya/trunk/ Unfortunately, I could not get it to build. It's missing several .h files. Even if I could have built it, I don't know if it would work with 2010. Anyone have any ideas of where to go from here? It really seems like Away3D needs some good, solid, well defined pipelines for getting 3D into Away3D, and supporting mesh, materials, and animation from real 3D tools like Max. I was hoping this one would work, but now I'm having doubts. Robert To unsubscribe from this group, send email to away3d-dev+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.
