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Exporting How to

@section NMaxHowtoExportOverview Overview

This section of the manual provides the information on the exporting features of toolkit.

@section NMaxHowtoExportHowto How do I export my model?

@section NMaxHowtoExportBatchExport How can I do batch export for my files?

The Nebula 3DSMax Toolkit Batch Export allows you to batch export a bunch of .max 3DSMax files at one time. You can export all the max files under a specifed directory with one click. This feature is very helpful to savinig amount of time for exporting on the large project which has many game assert.

@subsection NMaxHowtoExportBatchExportHowto Batch Export How to

First, select 'Batch Export' menu item on the Nebula2 menu.

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Batch Export menu item on Nebula2 menu

You will see the 'Batch Export' dialog like the following image.

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Batch Export dialog

Next thing, you need to specify the top directory of all the max files which you want to export. Click 'Select source directory' button which bring directory browser dialog up.

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Folder Selection dialog

All the max files which is located under the specified top directory will be shown in the 'max files under source directory' list box.

Click 'Export' button to export all files.

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Batch Export dialog with files to batch export

@section NMaxHowtoExportWhereFiles Where Are My Files?

The toolkit uses the Current Project Directory to locate their files.

You can switch to a different project directory using 'Nebula2' menu in the 3DS Max.

For more information on path assigns, see Nebula2 Path Assigns.

The export directory contains the exported graphics data in Nebula2 format. The contents of this directory is only important to programmers who want to load Nebula2 graphics objects into their applications.