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====== Using the Autodesk FBX SDK ====== | ====== Using the Autodesk FBX SDK ====== | ||
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When you build Cafu from source, support for several file formats is provided by Cafu's own source code so that the Model Editor can import static and animated models in the most important file formats. | When you build Cafu from source, support for several file formats is provided by Cafu's own source code so that the Model Editor can import static and animated models in the most important file formats. | ||
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* The download requires a one-time registration, but it's free. | * The download requires a one-time registration, but it's free. | ||
* You just need the FBX SDK, //not// the FBX Extensions SDK. | * You just need the FBX SDK, //not// the FBX Extensions SDK. | ||
- | * At this time, we use version 2012.1 of the FBX SDK, but any later version should work as well. | + | * At this time, we use version 2013.3 of the FBX SDK, but any later version should work as well. |
- Run the installer to extract the SDK contents into a convenient location. Their installer is exceptionally nice, it neither modifies the Start Menu nor the Windows Registry, but just extracts the files into a directory. | - Run the installer to extract the SDK contents into a convenient location. Their installer is exceptionally nice, it neither modifies the Start Menu nor the Windows Registry, but just extracts the files into a directory. | ||
* Assuming that your top level Cafu source code directory is ''Cafu/'', you can directly install the FBX SDK into ''Cafu/ExtLibs/fbx/''. \\ Make sure that the installer doesn't automatically append another directory for the SDK version, and if it asks if you would like to keep a copy of the old FBX installation, answer "No" (otherwise it first renames ''Cafu/ExtLibs/fbx/'' to ''Cafu/ExtLibs/fbx.old/'', creating an (easily fixed) problem if you use Subversion). | * Assuming that your top level Cafu source code directory is ''Cafu/'', you can directly install the FBX SDK into ''Cafu/ExtLibs/fbx/''. \\ Make sure that the installer doesn't automatically append another directory for the SDK version, and if it asks if you would like to keep a copy of the old FBX installation, answer "No" (otherwise it first renames ''Cafu/ExtLibs/fbx/'' to ''Cafu/ExtLibs/fbx.old/'', creating an (easily fixed) problem if you use Subversion). |