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Description

Reader that loads external MD2 (.md2) files into the document by reference

Plugin Status:	Experimental
Categories:	All Plugins, Experimental Plugins, MeshReader Plugins

Metadata

Name	Value

Properties

Label	Description	Type	Script Name
File	Input file path.	k3d::filesystem::path	file
Center on Origin	Center the output mesh around the origin.	k3d::bool_t	center
Scale to Size	Scale the output mesh to fit within a fixed-size bounding-box.	k3d::bool_t	scale_to_size
Size	Output mesh size when "Scale to Size" is enabled.	k3d::double_t	size
Output Mesh	Output mesh	k3d::mesh*	output_mesh
Frame	Frame of model	k3d::int32_t	frame

Description

MeshReader plug-in which is able to load the basic geometry of a Quake MD2 format file.

What this plug-in support

Mesh importing and animation (accessed through Frame property see 'How to use it' for more information)

What this plug-in don't support yet

This plug-in almost do pretty much everything for a reader except texture coordinates which will probably be added on a second iteration.

How to use it

This is a document plug-in type. It can be loaded from the Create submenu on the top menubar. To load a MD2 simply create a MD2MeshReader node

Create->MeshReader->MD2MeshReader

On the node properties panel there is a property called File, click on the browse button on the right and browse for the MD2 file you want to load. Once this is done the file should be seen on the Viewport. Please note that due to differences in the coordinate systems, the geometry might not be seen at first, this might be because either the geometry is too small or too big so try zooming in or out until you see the loaded geometry. To traverse the animation frames use the Frame property on the node properties panel.

Pointer to test

Pending...

Link to further reading

Specification

ToDo

Texture coordinates importing