On IRC, JesterKing (Nathan Letwory) is the mentor for collada GSoC there is also a #blendercollada on irc phabtar is the irc nick of the student I believe.
LetterRip On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 5:14 AM, Peter Amstutz <tet...@interreality.org> wrote: > Hello all, > > My development team wants to transition from 3DS Max 2011 to Blender > for character modeling. In order to do so, we need two pieces: the > ability to get our data out of 3DS Max and into Blender, and the > ability to export from Blender to Cal3D. I've already found a Blender > addon that exports to Cal3D. It needs work, but that is something I > can handle and doesn't involve Blender C++ code. > > I have been trying to use Collada to transfer our characters from 3DS > Max to Blender, using the Autodesk-provided Collada exporter on the > Max side. The data consists of meshes, materials, bones, bone weights > and animations. From a cursory examination of the Collada XML file it > appears that all the necessary data is present in the DAE file. > > Unfortunately, the Blender import of Collada doesn't work. The errors > range from "Image not found" (caused by missing paths to textures, > surely not a fatal import error but nevertheless stops import in its > tracks) to corrupted geometry. > > I am in a position that I can devote some time to testing / debugging > / development on the Blender Collada importer to handle our import > needs. I also noticed there is a Google Summer of Code project to > improve Collada animation import. I would like to get in touch with > Blender developers who can tell me about the state of Collada support > in Blender to find our where I should focus my attention and avoid > duplicate effort. I've already checked out Blender trunk and > successfully compiled and run a debug build, so I am ready to go, I > just need some pointers on where to start. > > - Pete > > _______________________________________________ > Bf-committers mailing list > Bf-committers@blender.org > http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > _______________________________________________ Bf-committers mailing list Bf-committers@blender.org http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers