MeshViewer

• Unigine mesh (.mesh)
• Unigine animation (.anim)
• Unigine skinned mesh (.smesh)
• Unigine skinned mesh animation (.sanim)
• Wavefront (.obj)
• COLLADA (.dae)

Loading options available in the opened dialog window:

• Flip Y/Z axes and invert Y axis - load the model with the proper orientation in Unigine coordinate system. If models were initially created in one of the following 3D packages, they require this option to be enabled:
  • Softimage (if a model was exported using an export plugin, flipping is done automatically)
  • ZBrush
  • Mudbox
  • Poser
  • Silo
  • Blender
  Notice

  Autodesk 3ds Max flips axes automatically, so you don't need to enable this option.
• Flip tangent space orientation - flip the orientation of the tangent space for the correct model lighting.
• Vertex cache optimization - reorder an indexed triangle list for improved vertex cache utilization. When turned on, the model may take more time to load.

• .mesh (for geometry and animation)
• .anim (for animation)

Saving options available in the opened dialog window:

• Flip Y/Z axes and invert Y axis - load the animation with the proper orientation in Unigine coordinate system.
• Flip tangent space orientation - flip the orientation of the tangent space for the correct model lighting.
• Vertex cache optimization - reorder an indexed triangle list for improved vertex cache utilization. When turned on, the model may take more time to load.
• Current animation only - save only the current animation with specified animation range.

If no surfaces are selected, the whole mesh (all non-hidden surfaces) will be saved. If one or several separate surfaces are selected (for multiple selection hold Shift or Ctrl), only specified geometry will be saved into the file. The same options as for loading are used for saving.

• Unigine mesh (.mesh)
• Unigine animation (.anim)
• Unigine skinned mesh (.smesh)
• Unigine skinned mesh animation (.sanim)
• COLLADA (.dae)

Loading options available in the opened dialog window:

• Flip Y/Z axes and invert Y axis - load the animation with the proper orientation in Unigine coordinate system.

• .mesh
• .anim

Saving options available in the opened dialog window:

• Flip Y/Z axes and invert Y axis - load the animation with the proper orientation in Unigine coordinate system.
• Current animation only - save only the current animation with specified animation range.

• If one or several separate surfaces are selected (by holding Shift or Ctrl), only they will be saved rather than the whole model.
• Animated model will be exported as a simple static geometry as it is displayed in the current animation frame.

• Parent Material - parent material for the material being exported.
• Material Prefix - prefix to the material being exported.
• Diffuse Texture - add a diffuse texture.
• Normal Texture - add a normal texture.
• Specular Texture - add a specular texture.
• Material Export - name of the material being exported.
• Node Export - name of the node being exported.

• Angle - a threshold angle for smoothing. If an angle between two polygons is smaller than the set threshold angle, they are smoothed. If it is unchecked, normals of all polygons are merged. The mesh will have no sharp edges — it will be all smooth. Unckecking Angle option is the same as setting threshold angle to 180 degrees. If the Angle is set to 0 degrees, no polygons are smoothed. Each polygon face will be shaded independently, resulting in a sharp and edgy appearance. The higher the angle (up to the maximum of 180 degrees), the more polygons are smoothed, as the angle between their faces is smaller then the threshold one.
• Flip Tangent - flipping the tangent space orientation.
• Seamless - cross-surface smoothing of a tangent space.

Smoothed mesh. Angle unchecked.	Non-smoothed mesh. Angle = 0.

• Vertex cache - reorder the indexed triangles list for improved vertex cache utilization.
• Back to front - render mesh polygons in the back-to-front order (from peripheral to central polygons).

• Name/Surface - name of the mesh/surface.
• Surfaces - number of surfaces.
• Vertices - number of coordinate/triangle vertices.
• Triangles - number of triangles.
• Memory - taken system/video memory space.
• Min and Max - coordinates of the minimum and maximum points of the axis-aligned bounding box..
• Center - bounding sphere center coordinates.
• Radius - bounding sphere radius.

This option is useful for detecting tangent space discontinuities, which may cause lighting artifacts. In areas where adjacent polygons have a different tangent space, there will be an noticeable edge; in areas where tangent space is the same, there will be a smoothly curved surface.

• List of the available surfaces. Multiple selection by holding Shift or Ctrl is supported.
• Name - edit the surface name.
• Target - choose the morph target in the drop-down list, if there are any.
• Transform - specify the texture coordinates transformation:
  • The first two fields set the scale factors to the X and Y axes respectively.
  • The third and the fourth fields set the offset factor to the X and Y axes. The values should be non-integer to produce a visible offset.
• Enabled - enable the chosen surface.
• Bound Box - display the bounding box enclosing the surface.
• Wireframe - enable the wireframe view for the surface. This option is in effect only when Triangles are enabled as well.
• Transparent - enable surface transparency.
• Alpha Test - enable alpha testing for the applied material.
• Two Sided - use double-sided surface.

On the texture tab you can Load a new texture, View or Clear the loaded texture. If multiple surfaces are selected, these operations will be performed for all the textures.

• Diffuse tab for a diffuse texture:
  • Color - edit the diffuse color component.
  • Scale - edit the brightness of the diffuse color.
• Normal tab for a normal map:
  • Scale - edit the diffuse color scale.
• Specular tab for a specular map.
  • Color - edit the specular color component.
  • Power - edit the size of the specular highlight:
    • Low values for wider highlights.
    • High values for pinpoint highlights.
  • Scale - edit the brightness of specular reflections:
    • Low values for matt surface
    • High values for glossy surface
• Parallax tab for a parallax map. This map can be created in the NormalMapper.
  • Scale - edit the distance to displace pixels:
    • The higher the value, the further the pixels will appear to be pressed into the surface.
• Height tab for a tessellation height map. This map can be created in the NormalMapper.
  • Factor - edit the amount of polygons of the control mesh:
    • The higher the value, the more refined the contour of the tessellated surface will be.
  • Scale - edit the height to displace vertex positions to (according to the provided height map):
    • The higher the value, the farther vertices are displaced and the more protruded the tessellated surface is.