Billboarding
by Doug Pibal · in Artist Corner · 03/30/2006 (12:34 pm) · 1 replies
I'm trying to represent 3D temperature data with a 3D grid of simple triangle DTS objects of different colors. I want all the triangles to billboard toward the viewer (in every direction, including up). The user will be able to fly around within the data.
How do I do billboards? I exported a red triangle, but in the application it wouldn't move. From what I've read in 3DGPAi1 and on the forum, it seems like you have to name it in some special way. I tried, but then the triangles didn't show up at all. I was still confused about the naming though.
Please lay out the steps needed to achieve a billboarding triangle (in every direction, including up/down). Is special naming required in the Torque Script? Thanks.
How do I do billboards? I exported a red triangle, but in the application it wouldn't move. From what I've read in 3DGPAi1 and on the forum, it seems like you have to name it in some special way. I tried, but then the triangles didn't show up at all. I was still confused about the naming though.
Please lay out the steps needed to achieve a billboarding triangle (in every direction, including up/down). Is special naming required in the Torque Script? Thanks.
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Associate Chris Robertson
The Milkshape DTS Plus Exporter sounds like just what you need. You can download it here.
Read the help file that comes with it - it describes how to create billboards.