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@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Like <<jme3/advanced/shape#,Shape>>s, 3D models are also made up of <<jme3/advan
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To use 3D models in a jME3 application:
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. Export the 3D model in Ogre XML or Wavefront OBJ format. Export Scenes as Ogre DotScene format.
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-. Save the files into a sub-directory of your jME3 project's `assets` directory.
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+. Save the files into a sub-directory of your jME3 `Project Assets` directory.
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. In your code, you use the <<jme3/advanced/asset_manager#,Asset Manager>> to load models as <<jme3/advanced/spatial#,Spatial>>s into a jME application.
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[source,java]
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@@ -25,7 +25,10 @@ Spatial model = assetManager.loadModel(
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"Models/MonkeyHead/MonkeyHead.mesh.xml" );
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-. (For the release build:) Use the jMonkeyEngine SDK to convert models to .j3o format. You don't need this step as long you still develop and test the application within the jMonkeyEngine SDK.
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+[NOTE]
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+====
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+(For the release build:) Use the jMonkeyEngine SDK to convert models to .j3o format. You don't need this step as long you still develop and test the application within the jMonkeyEngine SDK.
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+====
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== Creating Models and Scenes
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@@ -44,12 +47,13 @@ Learn how to create link:http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Blender_3D:_Noob_to_Pro/UV
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To export your models as Ogre XML meshes with materials:
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. jMonkeyEngine requires a material file to be named the same name as the model so prior to opening the export dialog make it so. The model will export files named `ModelName.mesh.xml` with a `ModelName.material`, plus (optionally) `ModelName.skeleton.xml`, and some JPG files.
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-. Open the menu menu:File[Export > Ogre3D] to open the exporter dialog.
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+. Open the menu `menu:File[Export > Ogre3D]` to open the exporter dialog.
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. In the `File Path` field: Select a target sub-directory of your `Project Assets/Textures/` directory. E.g. `Project Assets/Textures/ModelName/`. See <<jme3/intermediate/best_practices#multi-media-asset-pipeline#,Best Practices>>.
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. In the panel at the bottom left of the export window toggle the following export settings:
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- Swap Axis: xz-y
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- [*] Separate materials
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- [ ] Only Deformable Bones footnote:[Optional: If selected, and you have an Armature with the model, only the deform bones are exported.]
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+- [ ] Export Scene footnote:[Toggle this to export your model in DotScene format]
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- [ ] Export Selected Only footnote:[Optional: If selected, you manually choose each object you want exported prior to opening the export dialog.]
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- [*] Export Meshes
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- [ ] Export Meshes Overwrite footnote:[Optional: If selected, it will overwrite the existing files in the target directory]
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