binvox to sm3 blueprint (Released)

[TBterra]

Ive spent the last few days making a converter from the binvox format to the new sm3 blueprint format

The purpose of this program is for importing in large hulls originally in .obj format using binvox for the voxeliseation

First release of the program Vox2sm3

a test conversion of the hulk from EVE (175x69x507, 254k block shell, conversion took 4 seconds)

binvox parameters: -e -cb -fit -d 507

 

[Keptick]

Very nice! I'm sure that a lot of the people that enjoy re-creating ships from other series will be very happy to have this!

 

[Xtremesonicboom]

A release of some sort cannot come soon enough. I've got a small pile of ships I'd like to build, and this tool will be awesome for making that happen.

 

[Malacodor]

Ive spent the last few days making a converter from the binvox format to the new sm3 blueprint format

The purpose of this program is for importing in large hulls originally in .obj format using binvox for the voxeliseation

Does it also place a core in the ship?

 

[Gasboy]

And can we change the hull colour/type?

 

[TBterra]

Does it also place a core in the ship?

Yes it does, I'm currently working out the best way for the user to tell the program where to put the ship core. Additionally it will support importing models as stations and, in theory, asteroids (untested)

And can we change the hull colour/type?

You will be able too, although probably not in the very first release, and you will be limited to cube blocks (because automatic slopes would be really hard)

 

[Jojomo]

Do you export the smd3 file only terra, or a full sment?

 

[TBterra]

First release is out Vox2sm3 includes user selected block types, and a small tutorial on how to get the core in the correct place.

Do you export the smd3 file only terra, or a full sment?

It creates a folder that can be dropped directly into the blueprints folder, effectively it outputs an unzipped sment


Additionally, I want to fix the size limit (because wheres the fun in only being able to do 1500 x 1000 x 600), does anyone have some nice models that would be good for extra-large tests

 

[CmdrSkywalker]

I am getting a libgcc_s_dw2-1.dll, zlib1.dll and libstdc++-6.dll not found error.

 

[TBterra]

is this with the pre-compiled code or self compiling?

 

[CmdrSkywalker]

Precompiled.

 

[DukeofRealms]

Seems to work.

 

[TBterra]

Seems to work.

The issue skywalker was having was related to me not staticly linking the std libraries, so the program refused to run on pcs that dont have a c++ compiler installed, the precompiled exe has been updated and hopefully now works on all systems

 

[KillaKrazy]

Additionally, I want to fix the size limit (because wheres the fun in only being able to do 1500 x 1000 x 600), does anyone have some nice models that would be good for extra-large tests

How do you get binvox to voxelize longer dimensions? I am capped around 1024.

 

[CmdrSkywalker]

Seems to work.

Is that Spaceball One?

 

[DukeofRealms]

Is that Spaceball One?

Yep. Obviously not to scale

 

[CmdrSkywalker]

That is fantastic.

 

[TBterra]

How do you get binvox to voxelize longer dimensions? I am capped around 1024.

recommended flags are --cb -fit -e (the -cb makes sure that its symmetrical (if the model is), the -fit removes the areas that are blank at the edges (means Vox2sm3 uses less memoery and is faster), the -e uses a different technique that bypasses the size limit)

just remember that the total dimensions when multiplied together shouldn't exceed 1 billion (unless you recompile with an x64 g++ that raises the limit)

 

[KillaKrazy]

just remember that the total dimensions when multiplied together shouldn't exceed 1 billion (unless you recompile with an x64 g++ that raises the limit)

This must be why I keep getting an error code of "could not allocate memory for -xxx million voxels?

 

[TBterra]

This must be why I keep getting an error code of "could not allocate memory for -xxx million voxels?

was that error in binvox or vox2sm3, I know that the windows version of binvox has errors with memory arrays larger than 2gb (1290 cube)