WRL / VRML exporting

[graphix]

Got a quick question here..... I have a fairly simple model that I have exported using VIZ's .wrl exporter and works great. However I loose all the materials. Is there a button or additional step I am missing to do keep the materials? Or am I stuck with colored boxes?

 

Thanks,

 

graphix

 

NEW QUESTION

 

Ok I have got it to work perfectly........ only question I have is there anyway to speed up the movement? I am using Cortona to view the VRML/WRL files.

 

Thanks yet again,

 

graphix

[Richard McCarthy]

What kind of material are they? are they procedural?

cos, for one thing VRML does not support procedural material (or MAX doesn't..VRML97 does have procedural coding capability just that MAX doesn't support it)

Another thing, did you check your material path to be right?.. just open up your *.wrl files with a notepad and look for the line that says *.jpg.... it's quite easy to read it's sort of like HTML

 

Other then that, I am guessing it could also be the UV issue, or MAX have some bug with the material output.

 

So, I think you could check out couple of other VRML plugin exporter that PROPERLY export the VRML scene from MAX.

 

 

http://www.edgewise-consulting.com/products/vrmlexp/

http://www.blaxxun.com/en/products/exporter/index.html

 

Hope those helps

 

-RM

[graphix]

Thanks Richard.

 

Opened the file up and spotted the problem straight away! Thanks.

 

graphix

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