{"id":9,"date":"2008-07-25T08:59:59","date_gmt":"2008-07-25T07:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.hslu.ch\/metaverse\/2008\/07\/25\/taking-cinema-4d-models-into-realxtend\/"},"modified":"2008-07-25T08:59:59","modified_gmt":"2008-07-25T07:59:59","slug":"taking-cinema-4d-models-into-realxtend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nextmeme.net\/digital\/2008\/07\/25\/taking-cinema-4d-models-into-realxtend\/","title":{"rendered":"<!--:de-->Wie importiert man Cinema 4D Modelle in RealXtend?<!--:--><!--:en-->How to take Cinema 4D models into RealXtend<!--:-->"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--:de-->Inspired by the Blog from Peter Quirk (<a href=\"http:\/\/peterquirk.wordpress.com\/2008\/07\/15\/taking-sketchup-models-into-realxtend\/\">&#8222;Taking Sketchup models into realXtend<\/a>&#8222;) and in preparation for the BA project modul &#8222;<a href=\"http:\/\/pm.5-10-20.ch\/?p=98\">Identities in 3D-Online-Communities<\/a>&#8220; at &#8222;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hslu.ch\">Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts<\/a>&#8222;, I explored how to take Cinema 4D models to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.realxtend.org\">RealXtend<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A) Download all you need<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>First you use the following 3 converting tools<\/p>\n<p>(beneath <a href=\"http:\/\/www.realxtend.org\/page.php?pg=downloads\">realXtend Server &amp; Viewer<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.maxon.net\/pages\/products\/cinema4d\/cinema4d_e.html\">Cinema 4D 10.x<\/a>):<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li> &#8222;Ogre3D Exporter for Cinema 4D&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/pagesperso-orange.fr\/licorna\/Ogre3D_Exporter\/Ogre3D_Exporter_en.html\">http:\/\/pagesperso-orange.fr\/licorna\/Ogre3D_Exporter\/Ogre3D_Exporter_en.html<\/a><\/li>\n<li> OgreXMLConverter.exe (Part of &#8222;realXtend Export Tools 0.3&#8220;)<a href=\"http:\/\/www.realxtend.org\/get.php?id=17\">http:\/\/www.realxtend.org\/get.php?id=17<\/a><\/li>\n<li> Rexmeshtool (Part of &#8222;realXtend Export Tools 0.3&#8220;)<a href=\"http:\/\/www.realxtend.org\/get.php?id=17\">http:\/\/www.realxtend.org\/get.php?id=17<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>B) Prepare the system <\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Copy the Ogre Exporter &#8222;Ogre3D_Exporter.cdl&#8220; to the plugins folder of Cinema4D&#8220;C:\/Program Files\/MAXON\/Cinema 4D R10\/plugins&#8220;<\/li>\n<li>Copy the &#8222;realXtend Export Tools 0.3&#8243; to RexTools folder&#8220;C:\/Program Files\/RexTools\/&#8220;<\/li>\n<li>Set Path = &#8222;C:\/Program Files\/RexTools\/&#8220;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>C) Convert Datas<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li> First load your Object (<em>filename<\/em>.c4d)\u00a0 to Cinema<a title=\"Cinema 4D La Fonda\" href=\"http:\/\/nextmeme.ch\/metaverse\/files\/2008\/08\/cinema4dlafonda.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/nextmeme.ch\/metaverse\/files\/2008\/08\/cinema4dlafonda.jpg\" alt=\"Cinema 4D La Fonda\" width=\"451\" height=\"485\" align=\"top\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li> Select &#8222;Plugins&#8220; -&gt; &#8222;Ogre 3D Exporter&#8220;<a title=\"Select Plugins -&gt; Ogre 3D Exporter\" href=\"http:\/\/nextmeme.ch\/metaverse\/files\/2008\/08\/selectpluginsogre3dexporter.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/nextmeme.ch\/metaverse\/files\/2008\/08\/selectpluginsogre3dexporter.jpg\" alt=\"Select Plugins -&gt; Ogre 3D Exporter\" align=\"top\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Select Objects to export [<em>ObjectName<\/em>]<\/li>\n<li>Unselect UV-export when the model has no UV-values<a title=\"Cinema 4D Ogre Exporter\" href=\"http:\/\/nextmeme.ch\/metaverse\/files\/2008\/08\/cinemaogre3dexporter.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/nextmeme.ch\/metaverse\/files\/2008\/08\/cinemaogre3dexporter.jpg\" alt=\"Cinema 4D Ogre Exporter\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li> Select the &#8222;OgreXMLConverter.exe&#8220; via\u00a0 [Locate Converter]<a title=\"Select XML Converter\" href=\"http:\/\/nextmeme.ch\/metaverse\/files\/2008\/08\/seletxmlconverter.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/nextmeme.ch\/metaverse\/files\/2008\/08\/seletxmlconverter.jpg\" alt=\"Select XML Converter\" width=\"298\" height=\"223\" align=\"top\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Cinema 4D - LaFonda\" href=\"http:\/\/nextmeme.ch\/metaverse\/files\/2008\/08\/seletxmlconverter.jpg\"> <\/a><\/li>\n<li> Then Press [OK] and the Ogre3D-Exporterwill create two outputfiles\n<ul>\n<li><em>filename<\/em>.mesh.xml<\/li>\n<li> <em>filename<\/em>.mesh<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>D) Use the rexmeshtool<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Go to command line interface<\/li>\n<li> Start the rexmeshtool with following command&#8220;<strong>rexmeshtool\u00a0 <em>filename<\/em>.mesh<\/strong>&#8222;<a title=\"Rexmeshtool LaFonda\" href=\"http:\/\/nextmeme.ch\/metaverse\/files\/2008\/08\/rexmeshtoollafonda-center.jpg\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Set the following parameters\n<ul>\n<li>Scale = 0.01 (to rescale it)<\/li>\n<li>X ALign = Center<\/li>\n<li>Y Align = Min<\/li>\n<li>Z Align = Center<\/li>\n<li>Y Rotate = 180 (rotate the chair 180 degrees).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"Rexmeshtool LaFonda\" href=\"http:\/\/nextmeme.ch\/metaverse\/files\/2008\/08\/rexmeshtoollafonda-center.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/nextmeme.ch\/metaverse\/files\/2008\/08\/rexmeshtoollafonda-center.jpg\" alt=\"Rexmeshtool LaFonda\" width=\"450\" height=\"352\" align=\"top\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Note that the rexmeshtool grid is on 1 meter centers.<\/p>\n<p>The cursor in the screen shot is pointing to one of these dots,<\/p>\n<p>so the chair is about 1.5m high.<\/li>\n<li>Select [Save Changes and Exit]<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>E) Import into RealXtend<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Launch the realXtend viewer.<\/li>\n<li> In the viewer, select File -&gt; Upload 3D Model.<\/li>\n<li>Navigate to the folder where your meshes and associated files are and select the <em>filename<\/em>.mesh file.The model will appear after some delay in a new 3D Models folder in your personal inventory.<\/li>\n<li> Create a box prim on the ground<a title=\"Create Box Prim\" href=\"http:\/\/nextmeme.ch\/metaverse\/files\/2008\/08\/createboxprim.jpg\"> <\/a><a title=\"Create Box Prim\" href=\"http:\/\/nextmeme.ch\/metaverse\/files\/2008\/08\/createboxprim.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/nextmeme.ch\/metaverse\/files\/2008\/08\/createboxprim.jpg\" alt=\"Create Box Prim\" width=\"450\" height=\"513\" align=\"top\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Set the name of the object to <em>filename<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Activate the rex tab.<\/li>\n<li>Select the <strong>Extended properties<\/strong> and <strong>Show as mesh<\/strong> and <strong>Scale Mesh to Prim<\/strong> options.<a title=\"import3a.jpg\" href=\"http:\/\/nextmeme.ch\/metaverse\/files\/2008\/08\/import3a.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/nextmeme.ch\/metaverse\/files\/2008\/08\/import3a.jpg\" alt=\"import3a.jpg\" align=\"top\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Open your inventory folder and drag the <em>filename <\/em>3D model onto the <em>Mesh Name<\/em> box.<a title=\"import3b.jpg\" href=\"http:\/\/nextmeme.ch\/metaverse\/files\/2008\/08\/import3b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/nextmeme.ch\/metaverse\/files\/2008\/08\/import3b.jpg\" alt=\"import3b.jpg\" width=\"453\" height=\"363\" align=\"top\" \/> <\/a><\/li>\n<li>Place the object wherever you like<a title=\"import4b.jpg\" href=\"http:\/\/nextmeme.ch\/metaverse\/files\/2008\/08\/import4b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/nextmeme.ch\/metaverse\/files\/2008\/08\/import4b.jpg\" alt=\"import4b.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"359\" align=\"top\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>E) Thanks<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Thanks to Peter Quirk for his tutorial<\/li>\n<li>Thanks to Jean First for compile the &#8222;Ogre3D Exporter for Cinema 4D 10.5&#8220; for OSX<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/wiki.animation.hslu.ch\/index.php\/Ogre3D_Exporter_for_Cinema_4D_OSX\"> <\/a><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/wiki.animation.hslu.ch\/index.php\/Ogre3D_Exporter_for_Cinema_4D_OSX\">http:\/\/wiki.animation.hslu.ch\/index.php\/Ogre3D_Exporter_for_Cinema_4D_OSX<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--:--><!--:en--><\/p>\n<p>Inspired by the Blog from Peter Quirk (<a href=\"http:\/\/peterquirk.wordpress.com\/2008\/07\/15\/taking-sketchup-models-into-realxtend\/\">&#8222;Taking Sketchup models into realXtend<\/a>&#8222;) and in preparation for the BA project modul &#8222;<a href=\"http:\/\/pm.5-10-20.ch\/?p=98\">Identities in 3D-Online-Communities<\/a>&#8220; at &#8222;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hslu.ch\">Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts<\/a>&#8222;, I explored how to take Cinema 4D models to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.realxtend.org\">RealXtend<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A) Download all you need<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>First you use the following 3 converting tools<\/p>\n<p>(beneath <a href=\"http:\/\/www.realxtend.org\/page.php?pg=downloads\">realXtend Server &amp; Viewer<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.maxon.net\/pages\/products\/cinema4d\/cinema4d_e.html\">Cinema 4D 10.x<\/a>):<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li> &#8222;Ogre3D Exporter for Cinema 4D&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/pagesperso-orange.fr\/licorna\/Ogre3D_Exporter\/Ogre3D_Exporter_en.html\">http:\/\/pagesperso-orange.fr\/licorna\/Ogre3D_Exporter\/Ogre3D_Exporter_en.html<\/a><\/li>\n<li> OgreXMLConverter.exe (Part of &#8222;realXtend Export Tools 0.3&#8220;)<a href=\"http:\/\/www.realxtend.org\/get.php?id=17\">http:\/\/www.realxtend.org\/get.php?id=17<\/a><\/li>\n<li> Rexmeshtool (Part of &#8222;realXtend Export Tools 0.3&#8220;)<a href=\"http:\/\/www.realxtend.org\/get.php?id=17\">http:\/\/www.realxtend.org\/get.php?id=17<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>B) Prepare the system <\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Copy the Ogre Exporter &#8222;Ogre3D_Exporter.cdl&#8220; to the plugins folder of Cinema4D&#8220;C:\/Program Files\/MAXON\/Cinema 4D R10\/plugins&#8220;<\/li>\n<li>Copy the &#8222;realXtend Export Tools 0.3&#8243; to RexTools folder&#8220;C:\/Program Files\/RexTools\/&#8220;<\/li>\n<li>Set Path = &#8222;C:\/Program Files\/RexTools\/&#8220;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>C) Convert Datas<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li> First load your Object (<em>filename<\/em>.c4d)\u00a0 to Cinema<a title=\"Cinema 4D La Fonda\" href=\"http:\/\/nextmeme.ch\/metaverse\/files\/2008\/08\/cinema4dlafonda.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/nextmeme.ch\/metaverse\/files\/2008\/08\/cinema4dlafonda.jpg\" alt=\"Cinema 4D La Fonda\" width=\"451\" height=\"485\" align=\"top\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li> Select &#8222;Plugins&#8220; -&gt; &#8222;Ogre 3D Exporter&#8220;<a title=\"Select Plugins -&gt; Ogre 3D Exporter\" href=\"http:\/\/nextmeme.ch\/metaverse\/files\/2008\/08\/selectpluginsogre3dexporter.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/nextmeme.ch\/metaverse\/files\/2008\/08\/selectpluginsogre3dexporter.jpg\" alt=\"Select Plugins -&gt; Ogre 3D Exporter\" align=\"top\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Select Objects to export [<em>ObjectName<\/em>]<\/li>\n<li>Unselect UV-export when the model has no UV-values<a title=\"Cinema 4D Ogre Exporter\" href=\"http:\/\/nextmeme.ch\/metaverse\/files\/2008\/08\/cinemaogre3dexporter.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/nextmeme.ch\/metaverse\/files\/2008\/08\/cinemaogre3dexporter.jpg\" alt=\"Cinema 4D Ogre Exporter\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li> Select the &#8222;OgreXMLConverter.exe&#8220; via\u00a0 [Locate Converter]<a title=\"Select XML Converter\" href=\"http:\/\/nextmeme.ch\/metaverse\/files\/2008\/08\/seletxmlconverter.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/nextmeme.ch\/metaverse\/files\/2008\/08\/seletxmlconverter.jpg\" alt=\"Select XML Converter\" width=\"298\" height=\"223\" align=\"top\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Cinema 4D - LaFonda\" href=\"http:\/\/nextmeme.ch\/metaverse\/files\/2008\/08\/seletxmlconverter.jpg\"> <\/a><\/li>\n<li> Then Press [OK] and the Ogre3D-Exporterwill create two outputfiles\n<ul>\n<li><em>filename<\/em>.mesh.xml<\/li>\n<li> <em>filename<\/em>.mesh<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>D) Use the rexmeshtool<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Go to command line interface<\/li>\n<li> Start the rexmeshtool with following command&#8220;<strong>rexmeshtool\u00a0 <em>filename<\/em>.mesh<\/strong>&#8222;<a title=\"Rexmeshtool LaFonda\" href=\"http:\/\/nextmeme.ch\/metaverse\/files\/2008\/08\/rexmeshtoollafonda-center.jpg\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Set the following parameters\n<ul>\n<li>Scale = 0.01 (to rescale it)<\/li>\n<li>X ALign = Center<\/li>\n<li>Y Align = Min<\/li>\n<li>Z Align = Center<\/li>\n<li>Y Rotate = 180 (rotate the chair 180 degrees).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"Rexmeshtool LaFonda\" href=\"http:\/\/nextmeme.ch\/metaverse\/files\/2008\/08\/rexmeshtoollafonda-center.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/nextmeme.ch\/metaverse\/files\/2008\/08\/rexmeshtoollafonda-center.jpg\" alt=\"Rexmeshtool LaFonda\" width=\"450\" height=\"352\" align=\"top\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Note that the rexmeshtool grid is on 1 meter centers.<\/p>\n<p>The cursor in the screen shot is pointing to one of these dots,<\/p>\n<p>so the chair is about 1.5m high.<\/li>\n<li>Select [Save Changes and Exit]<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>E) Import into RealXtend<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Launch the realXtend viewer.<\/li>\n<li> In the viewer, select File -&gt; Upload 3D Model.<\/li>\n<li>Navigate to the folder where your meshes and associated files are and select the <em>filename<\/em>.mesh file.The model will appear after some delay in a new 3D Models folder in your personal inventory.<\/li>\n<li> Create a box prim on the ground<a title=\"Create Box Prim\" href=\"http:\/\/nextmeme.ch\/metaverse\/files\/2008\/08\/createboxprim.jpg\"> <\/a><a title=\"Create Box Prim\" href=\"http:\/\/nextmeme.ch\/metaverse\/files\/2008\/08\/createboxprim.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/nextmeme.ch\/metaverse\/files\/2008\/08\/createboxprim.jpg\" alt=\"Create Box Prim\" width=\"450\" height=\"513\" align=\"top\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Set the name of the object to <em>filename<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Activate the rex tab.<\/li>\n<li>Select the <strong>Extended properties<\/strong> and <strong>Show as mesh<\/strong> and <strong>Scale Mesh to Prim<\/strong> options.<a title=\"import3a.jpg\" href=\"http:\/\/nextmeme.ch\/metaverse\/files\/2008\/08\/import3a.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/nextmeme.ch\/metaverse\/files\/2008\/08\/import3a.jpg\" alt=\"import3a.jpg\" align=\"top\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Open your inventory folder and drag the <em>filename <\/em>3D model onto the <em>Mesh Name<\/em> box.<a title=\"import3b.jpg\" href=\"http:\/\/nextmeme.ch\/metaverse\/files\/2008\/08\/import3b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/nextmeme.ch\/metaverse\/files\/2008\/08\/import3b.jpg\" alt=\"import3b.jpg\" width=\"453\" height=\"363\" align=\"top\" \/> <\/a><\/li>\n<li>Place the object wherever you like<a title=\"import4b.jpg\" href=\"http:\/\/nextmeme.ch\/metaverse\/files\/2008\/08\/import4b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/nextmeme.ch\/metaverse\/files\/2008\/08\/import4b.jpg\" alt=\"import4b.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"359\" align=\"top\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>E) Thanks<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Thanks to Peter Quirk for his tutorial<\/li>\n<li>Thanks to Jean First for compile the &#8222;Ogre3D Exporter for Cinema 4D 10.5&#8220; for OSX<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/wiki.animation.hslu.ch\/index.php\/Ogre3D_Exporter_for_Cinema_4D_OSX\"> <\/a><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/wiki.animation.hslu.ch\/index.php\/Ogre3D_Exporter_for_Cinema_4D_OSX\">http:\/\/wiki.animation.hslu.ch\/index.php\/Ogre3D_Exporter_for_Cinema_4D_OSX<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--:--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inspired by the Blog from Peter Quirk (&#8222;Taking Sketchup models into realXtend&#8222;) and in preparation for the BA project modul &#8222;Identities in 3D-Online-Communities&#8220; at &#8222;Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts&#8222;, I explored how to take Cinema 4D models to RealXtend. 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