Blender 3DS export project

[space boy]

that blender 3ds export is not need since rf can import fbx's and blender can export them. I have figured out the multiple nup commands on one object.

thanks, legoman. I understand that 3DS Export isn't needed anymore because of FBX support, but is the method of setting the rotation axis described in that post still accurate?

 

[legoman]

thanks, legoman. I understand that 3DS Export isn't needed anymore because of FBX support, but is the method of setting the rotation axis described in that post still accurate?

set the origin of the object to the desired pivot location and rotate the pivot as desired.

control surfaces, wheels, non-symmetrical springy gear*, and "pivoting frames"(springs)** rotate on X
spinners and symmetrical springy gear* spin on Y
main rotors and tail rotors spin on Z

if I forgot something or have questions let me know

* Springy scale retracts operate differently moving linearly from the wheels pivot to its parent pivot
** not moveable pods moveable pods don't care

 

[space boy]

set the origin of the object to the desired pivot location and rotate the pivot as desired.

When you say "rotate the pivot as desired," do you mean within Blender or within the RealFlight aircraft editor? ?

 

[legoman]

When you say "rotate the pivot as desired," do you mean within Blender or within the RealFlight aircraft editor? ?

rotate the origin in blender. RF will see the origin as the axes for rotation

example: Rotate the origin of the object so that the red axis is pointing in blender in the same direction as the hinge in blender. (and is moved to the hinge as well)

 

[space boy]

oh! excellent. thank you so much for explaining. now the other things that you said about x y and z make sense because those were the local axes of the origin, not global axes.

 

[space boy]

you said control surfaces rotate on the [origin's] x-axis. is that true even for the rudder?

 

[legoman]

you said control surfaces rotate on the [origin's] x-axis. is that true even for the rudder?

yes all control surfaces use the X(red) axis. the rudder usually points up. For symmetrical parts right side aimed away from the root left side aimed toward the root. Nonsymmetrical surfaces always point away from the root.

 

[Stefan_Wulph]

Hmmm. When I export from Blender 3.* using Bob Long's plugin 0.3.1, I get this:
P: "UDP3DSMAX", "KString", "", "A+U", "1.0"
plus I get this from RF8 (See Image.)
I do convert Blenders Binary to ASCII using AD FBX Converter
Been following the examples here but no dice .. still.

 

[Stefan_Wulph]

Adding my 2 cents here:
For me I use
Blender 3.3
Bob Long's Realflight FBX Exporter. No need to convert FBX to ASCII the binary output works fine:

GitHub - robertlong13/io_scene_realflight: FBX export for making custom RealFlight 8 models

FBX export for making custom RealFlight 8 models. Contribute to robertlong13/io_scene_realflight development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

Here's a screengrab of how I setup the NUP_***s as Custom Properties.
Using the 'String' works for both Name and Number values.
Yet again Legoman gets my thanks.

 

[braved]

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@technoid I'm not that far ahead yet, but as far as I understand from my research it should be possible (maybe with some add-ons).

Just saw @legoman 's reply, you should trust him more than me

EDIT: BTW, there's a great series of videos by @geofanatec on how to use blender for planes, even if it's not complete yet I'm learning a lot from these videos:

Aircraft Modeling: Using Blender

This is to add to new tutorials being made but on the Blender side of things. Blender is a free program and can handle every aspect of the modeling process (even painting if desired). Please feel free to reference THIS THREAD for links and other such information that will be used throughout the...

forums.realflight.com

Hopefully he'll find some time to finish the series.

Is there a way of transporting geofanatec s videos so its not private? transport them here. Could you try that legoman ??