World Machine OS normals?

gartht3d

Hi. Does anyone know if it's possible to get object space normals out of world machine? Please tell:P

Cheers.

ed_3D

I don't know if there's a special device for that, but one way you might be able to do it is by running it through the Mesh Output device which will export the high poly mesh out as an obj, then you should be able to load that up in Maya/Max or xnormal and bake what ever maps you need

Or you could output the height map, project it on a plane in zbrush and bake the map from that.

Tetranome

If you have xNormal there is a Tangent Space/Object Space converter in the 'Tools' tab.

repete

Yes you can with the Normalmap Generator !

http://www.world-machine.com/learn.php?page=devref#PRNO

gartht3d

thanks folks:P I've tried the xnormal converter with handplane and its not perfect, but it's better than the normal that comes out of world machine. It's not baked from a low poly mesh UV so its always a bit off:(.\\
Thanks