OBJ Mapping conversion

[Volker Harun]

I am running into a problem, that I used to have a workflow for. But I lost that knowledge ;-)

Having an OBJ from Groboto, it does not shade properly in TG2. The shading applies to the OBJ's faces as a single colour/displacement.

I used to import it to a 3rd-Party-App, exported it and remapped in Blender.
With Blender as standalone I have no success.

What am I missing?
Do I have to triangulate the faces? Any mysterious UV-Stuff, that I refuse to know? Any App, that does this magic for me without the need to remap the OBJ?

Thanks in advance,
Volker ;-)

[Dune]

I think it doesn't export normals, so best try is to take trhough Poseray and recalculate normals. It will get heavier though. I have the same with a thatched roof (hair fibres) I'm exporting from ZBrush. Does look awful (flat) in preview in TG. But it renders well, strangely.

[Volker Harun]

I'll try poseray later this day ... thanks for the idea :-)

[Volker Harun]

I disabled the UV-Export in Groboto and the procedural shading of objects works now :-)

[bobbystahr]

I disabled the UV-Export in Groboto and the procedural shading of objects works now :-)

Good to know that  about Groboto...thanks for sussing it out.

[j meyer]

Bobby - it's not Groboto specific - if you want to shade your model procedural
you don't want it to be UV mapped or you have to use world space. It's always the same.
Just like here
http://www.planetside.co.uk/forums/index.php/topic,20209.msg199715.html#msg199715

[bobbystahr]

Thanks jochen...I suspected as much as I have started overcoming my fear of my colourblindness and bashing on with the ever useful Power Fractal shader.