Load an external fbx at runtime

[JTARGUI]

Hi!

Some time ago I found this question at forum:

Direct loading of FBX files

In theory, yes, it is possible to load an FBX file at runtime. In reality, FBX is designed to be an interchange format for graphics applications not a runtime engine format, which is why we don’t have support for loading them in the engine. To see how models are loaded. Take a look at resources_model.js and parser_jsonmodel.js in the github repo. Currently the JSON format is the only format we support, but if you write a new parser you could patch it into the model resource loader and load from…

In this new playcanvas version, can i load an external fbx at runtime?

thanks!!

[Nathan_Hawkins]

Hi!

i use fbx files for almost all my projects but at runtime im not sure ask a superior for this type of question.

[yaustar]

In this new playcanvas version, can i load an external fbx at runtime?

Nope. You will have to convert the FBX to the PlayCanvas JSON format either via the editor or via a custom convertor or write your own FBX loader in JS. I’ve seen some users upload the FBX to the PlayCanvas editor and download the converted JSON.

[jonalexfilms]

That post never got a final response. My guess is that there is some licensing issues with that. FBX is proprietary to Autodesk, so the playcanvas team might have a back-end engine to do the conversion, but that engine is not available to the rest of us. {totally speculating here}

However, in response to your comment about uploading FBX and downloading JSON, check this out -> Parsing Animation

[JTARGUI]

Thanks for your answers!!!
I will try to work with it!