assimp2xml3d

XML3D exporter leveraging the Open Asset Import Library

Modeled after Alexander Gessler's assimp2json

This command line tool converts various 3D formats to XML3D's asset format using Assimp. See Assimp's website for a complete list of supported input formats.

Animated models are currently not supported but are planned for a future version.

Output Format

This tool outputs the given model in XML3D's asset xml format, which can be referenced from a <model> tag inside an XML3D scene. The ID fragment of the asset will match the output file name without the extension:

<model src="my_model.xml#my_model"></model>

Each output file will contain a single <asset>, nested <assets> are not supported.

Build

assimp2xml3d is built using CMake. Before building for the first time the assimp and tinyxml2 submodules should be updated using git submodule init && git submodule update.

It's recommended that you target an x64 architecture since Assimp can consume a lot of memory when processing large models.

Usage

$ assimp2xml3d [--verbose|--no-materials] input_file output_file

Both the input and output file names are required. The tool will output warnings and errors by default, more info output can be toggled with the -v or --verbose flags.

Use the --no-materials or -m flag to export the model without materials. Even if the input file has no materials the tool will generate a default material unless this flag is set.

Changelog

10.06.2016 - v0.2.1

• Updated Assimp and tinyxml2 dependencies to latest master builds
• Ignore path prefixes when determining a name for the exported asset
• Fixed a case where material ID references would not be sanitized for HTML

20.10.2015 - v0.2.0

• Move to XML3D 5.0, XML3D 4.x is no longer supported
• Added a --no-materials (-m) flag
• Disabled mesh splitting since XML3D now uses the OES_element_index_uint extension

28.07.2015 - v0.1.1

• Fixed issues: #2

12.05.2015 - v0.1.0

• Initial release
• Support for meshes and textured materials
• Mesh splitting