I am trying to use three.js to export 3D models from https://heroforge.com.
I initially used Three.js STLExport example directly on the CK.character object on the website. This works but only exports a model that does not include the vertex bone transformations, i.e. the model is exported in a T-pose.
After looking around, I found this pull-request, which helped me quite a bit. I managed to get it working after poking around on Hero Forge and figuring out that I need to distinguish Skinned Meshes on object.type and that skin indicies and weights exists on object.geometry.attributes.skinIndex0 object.geometry.attributes.skinWeight0 respectively. I now get the model exported with the transformations!.. Mostly.
As you can see here it looks like the model is exported with the meshes in the right locations (except for the eyes) but something obviously goes wrong with the meshes themselves. I am guessing that I am converting or doing something wrong with the meshes them themselves, but honestly, I only started learning about 3D modelling last week and I have no clue what I am doing wrong.
Maybe someone here with more experience than me, can see what I am doing wrong?
I have included the code I use underneath (it is just this pull-request with unused code removed and very minor tweaks). I just copy the output directly into an STL-file and open it.
var STLExporter = function () { };
STLExporter.prototype = {
constructor: STLExporter,
parse: (function () {
var vector = new Vector3();
var normalMatrixWorld = new Matrix3();
return function parse(scene) {
var objects = [];
var triangles = 0;
scene.traverse(function (object) {
if (object.isMesh) {
var geometry = object.geometry;
if (geometry.isBufferGeometry) {
geometry = new Geometry().fromBufferGeometry(geometry);
}
if (geometry.isGeometry) {
triangles += geometry.faces.length;
objects.push({
obj: object,
geometry: geometry,
matrixWorld: object.matrixWorld
});
}
}
});
var output = '';
output += 'solid exported\n';
for (var i = 0, il = objects.length; i < il; i++) {
var object = objects[i];
var vertices = object.geometry.vertices;
var faces = object.geometry.faces;
var matrixWorld = object.matrixWorld;
normalMatrixWorld.getNormalMatrix(matrixWorld);
for (var j = 0, jl = faces.length; j < jl; j++) {
var face = faces[j];
vector.copy(face.normal).applyMatrix3(normalMatrixWorld).normalize();
output += '\tfacet normal ' + vector.x + ' ' + vector.y + ' ' + vector.z + '\n';
output += '\t\touter loop\n';
var indices = [face.a, face.b, face.c];
for (var k = 0; k < 3; k++) {
vector.copy(vertices[indices[k]]).applyMatrix4(matrixWorld);
if (object.obj.type == "SkinnedMesh") {
vector = this.boneTransform(object.obj, vertices[indices[k]], indices[k]);
}
output += '\t\t\tvertex ' + vector.x + ' ' + vector.y + ' ' + vector.z + '\n';
}
output += '\t\tendloop\n';
output += '\tendfacet\n';
}
}
output += 'endsolid exported\n';
return output;
};
}()),
boneTransform: (function () {
var clone = new Vector3(), result = new Vector3(), skinIndices = new Vector4(), skinWeights = new Vector4();
var temp = new Vector3(), tempMatrix = new Matrix4(), properties = ['x', 'y', 'z', 'w'];
return function (object, vertex, index) {
if (object.geometry.isBufferGeometry) {
var index4 = index * 4;
skinIndices.fromArray(object.geometry.attributes.skinIndex0.array, index4);
skinWeights.fromArray(object.geometry.attributes.skinWeight0.array, index4);
} else if (object.geometry.isGeometry) {
skinIndices.copy(object.geometry.skinIndices0[index]);
skinWeights.copy(object.geometry.skinWeights0[index]);
}
var clone = vertex.clone().applyMatrix4(object.bindMatrix); result.set(0, 0, 0);
for (var i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
var skinWeight = skinWeights[properties[i]];
if (skinWeight != 0) {
var boneIndex = skinIndices[properties[i]];
tempMatrix.multiplyMatrices(object.skeleton.bones[boneIndex].matrixWorld, object.skeleton.boneInverses[boneIndex]);
result.add(temp.copy(clone).applyMatrix4(tempMatrix).multiplyScalar(skinWeight));
}
}
return clone.copy(result.applyMatrix4(object.bindMatrixInverse));
};
})(),
};
var exporter = new STLExporter();
exporter.parse(CK.character);
