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General => Terragen Discussion => Topic started by: dhavalmistry on September 17, 2007, 02:49:42 PM

Title: Object wont show up
Post by: dhavalmistry on September 17, 2007, 02:49:42 PM
I just bought a model from turbosquid and it is in obj format, mtl didnt come with the model....when I import the model into TG2 it wont show up nor it will render.....I have attached the screenshot......and rendered image.....all I get is those 3 axis arrows.....

please dont tell me I got ripped off....
Title: Re: Object wont show up
Post by: red_planet on September 17, 2007, 03:00:19 PM
Have you tried importing the obj into any other application ? (Blender and Wingz (and poseray ?)will load obj files...)

If that works try exporting from that app as an obj..then try to load and render in tg..

Worth a whirl..

Rgds

Chris
Title: Re: Object wont show up
Post by: dhavalmistry on September 17, 2007, 03:10:21 PM
I tried importing into PE version of maya and it wont load......havent tried 3ds max.....I dont know how to use poseray and I will try downloading blender.....

**EDIT**

WOW!!!......blender is CONFUSING!!!
Title: Re: Object wont show up
Post by: Harvey Birdman on September 17, 2007, 03:34:23 PM
Don't waste your time with Blender. Whatever it does well, it isn't importing/exporting obj's.

Try PoseRay. There really isn't much to it. If you can open it with PoseRay you're halfway there.
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If you can't, you're probably hosed.
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If you're still stuck in about 6~8 hours I could take a look at it, but I'm pretty busy at the moment.
Title: Re: Object wont show up
Post by: rcallicotte on September 17, 2007, 03:54:11 PM
Like Harvey said, PoseRay is really pretty good at opening and having fun with an object.
Title: Re: Object wont show up
Post by: Ogre on September 17, 2007, 04:05:40 PM
Have you tried scaling it down or backing out to see if the object can be viewed from a higher distance? Those movement arrows are huge.  When I scale one of my objects to get arrows of that large I have to back way off to see anything.
Title: Re: Object wont show up
Post by: Volker Harun on September 18, 2007, 04:46:52 AM
Agree with Ogre ... it seems that you are inside the object.