Importing Nodes

The Import option allows you to import node references and FBX files.

Settings

Info	Displays information on the loaded file: File name Version of the FBX file Creator for the name and version of the application in which FBX file was created Meter for the used unit of unit of measurement Up axis (up vector) used to orient the asset Front axis (forward vector) used to orient the asset Orientation for right or left-handed coordinate system
Merge static meshes	Merges all of the children static meshes in one (names it after the parent mesh). All of the meshes surfaces will be copied and shown in the Surfaces tab. Notice This option affects only objects without LODs
Optimize vertex cache	Performs vertex cache optimization. This option reorders an indexed triangle list to improve vertex cache utilization in run time. It can be turned off for a quicker saving; however, it should always be turned on if saving the final version.
Import joints	Imports the hierarchy of the joints (bones) for animated FBX assets. Joints are imported as a hierarchy of Dummy nodes. If this option is disabled, imported animations for a mesh still work.
Import lights	Imports light sources from an FBX scene into Unigine: Directional lights are converted into world light sources. Point lights are converted into omni light sources. Spot lights are converted into projected light sources. The following parameters of lights are automatically imported into Unigine, so there is no need to set them up twice: Light color Light radius and attenuation Light source position and orientation
Import cameras	Imports cameras from an FBX scene. They are converted into PlayerDummy (cameras without physical properties). Both types of projection are supported in Unigine: Orthographic (with Z near and far clipping planes support) Perspective (with FOV support) To view the scene through the imported camera: Click Camera icon on the Unigine editor panel, and Choose its name in the drop-down list in the top left corner.
Import materials	Creates materials for the imported scene. They include the following textures: Diffuse texture Normal map or bump map (need to be converted into RG channel for Unigine) Specular texture Light map Material parameters are also imported: Diffuse color Specular color and power Emission color If Import textures option is unchecked (by default it is enabled), source textures are used, without automatic compression and conversion. In this case, make sure that you convert a normal map into a 2-channel format (RG), since usage of RGB normal maps results in incorrect lighting of the model.
Select workflow	Provides an interface to choose a workflow for the imported physically based materials (if any). Available options: Specular workflow - use the old standard of textures that was used in mesh_base material (diffuse, specular, gloss). Metalness workflow - use the new standard of textures (albedo, metalness, roughness).
Import textures	Converts textures into Unigine-ready DDS format and saves them into the textures folder. This option requires Import materials option also to be checked. For missing textures, the default textures from data/core.ung will be used.
Compress textures	Compresses textures and creates mipmaps, if necessary. This option requires Import textures option to be checked as well.
Import animations	Imports animation for animated FBX assets. Skinned animations are saved into separate *.anim files.
Import tangent space	Imports built-in tangent space data instead of recalculating it for ObjectMeshStatic. Notice If the option is checked, but an FBX asset has no tangent space, it will be calculated with orientation for the right-handed coordinate system.
Verbose operations	Displays a dialog if meshes or textures need to be rewritten (when an FBX asset is added into the Unigine world for the second time or more).

Mesh prefix	Adds a prefix to the name of created meshes. For example, with a prefix my_, a mesh MeshName will be imported as my_MeshName.
Material prefix	Adds a prefix to the name of created materials. For example, with a prefix prefix_, an imported material will be named as prefix_MeshName.
Texture prefix	Adds a prefix to the name of created textures. For example, with a prefix prefix_, an imported texture will be named as prefix_TextureName.

Scale	Scales the imported asset.
Animation FPS	Sets FPS for the animation if it is imported.
Combine by LODs	Enables combining meshes imported from a single FBX file by LODs. When this option is enabled, a set of additional parameters is displayed.

Combining Meshes by LODs

This option enables combining meshes imported from a single FBX-file by LODs. The following parameters are available:

Max count	Sets the maximum number of LODs to be imported from an FBX file. This parameter determines the number of fields for postfixes and min visibility distances to be specified.
Postfix	A postfix for each LOD used to group objects in an FBX-file into a corresponding LOD. The names of generated surfaces will be as follows: material_name + LOD_postfix. Notice Make sure that the same postfixes were used when creating objects in a 3D editor. For example, we have an FBX file with 4 meshes (materials are given in parentheses): body_lod_0 (mat1) body_lod_1 (mat1) beam_lod_0 (mat2) beam_lod_1 (mat2) If we set postfixes _lod_0 and _lod_1 for LOD0 and LOD1 correspondingly, the following meshes will be generated: body with surfaces mat1_lod_0 and mat1_lod_1 beam with surfaces mat2_lod_0 and mat2_lod_1
Min visibility	Minimum visibility distance for each LOD. Maximum visibility distance of each LOD is equal to the minimum visibility distance of the next LOD. Maximum visibility distance of the last LOD is equal to inf

Max count

Sets the maximum number of LODs to be imported from an FBX file. This parameter determines the number of fields for postfixes and min visibility distances to be specified.

Postfix

A postfix for each LOD used to group objects in an FBX-file into a corresponding LOD. The names of generated surfaces will be as follows: material_name + LOD_postfix.

NoticeMake sure that the same postfixes were used when creating objects in a 3D editor.

For example, we have an FBX file with 4 meshes (materials are given in parentheses):

body_lod_0 (mat1)
body_lod_1 (mat1)
beam_lod_0 (mat2)
beam_lod_1 (mat2)

If we set postfixes _lod_0 and _lod_1 for LOD0 and LOD1 correspondingly, the following meshes will be generated:

body with surfaces mat1_lod_0 and mat1_lod_1
beam with surfaces mat2_lod_0 and mat2_lod_1

Min visibility

Minimum visibility distance for each LOD. Maximum visibility distance of each LOD is equal to the minimum visibility distance of the next LOD. Maximum visibility distance of the last LOD is equal to inf

This option allows importing a node reference into the world: after clicking Import -> Node File Reference, choose the required .node file in the file dialog window and click Ok.

This option allows importing a node into the world.

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See Also

FBX Files Import

Settings

Combining Meshes by LODs

Node File Reference Import

Node File Contents Import