Model Viewer failed to load mesh

[Guest Dud]

I'm playing with the latest evaluation download and am trying to use the Model Viewer to view an .fbx model that was produced using the excellent Animeeple tool - but I always get a 'Failed to load Mesh' error. It also seems to fail to load a .dae file (again produced by Animeeple) Other tools that I have load the models fine. Is the Leadwerks model viewer a work in progress - or am I doing something wrong?

[Josh]

The evaluation kit does not include the FBX to GMF converter, so the model viewer can't load your file.

[Guest Dud]

ah ok thanks. Is there any way to test my own animated models in the evaluation kit? I was just trying to see how easy it was to get a walking person into a scene. If not can anyone point me to a video or something showing a 3rd person example like this? I just want to be sure .fbx is working well before I purchase as I rely heavily on Animeeple's .fbx export for creating models.

[Niosop]

FBX works great for me. I've tried FBX exports from Blender, 3DSMax and from Collada->FBX using AutoDesk's FBX converted from Animeeple (didn't want to pay for the FBX exporter), and all imported fine. A lot of people use Ultimate Unwrap 3D to export directly to GMF w/o using the tools w/ LE, so if you have that you can use it.

[Guest Dud]

Thanks for that reply - that put's my mind at ease. I did invest in the fbx exporter for Animeeple which is why it's good to know fbx is well supported.

[Josh]

If you post your FBX file here, someone will probably be kind enough to run it through the converter for you, just to test.