Hello, I have trouble with exporting shape keys actions from blender to Babylon js with the exporter. I want to make a string animation and export it in Babylon and play it.
This is the Blender file, I have in total 3 actions. Two for the cylinder and one for the cube(this is for testing to see if the actions are exported correctly)
On the sandbox, I can see the cube vertical action and play it but I can’t see any action on the cylinder.
On cube:
On Cylinder:
Here is a link with the blend file and the .babylon exported file. Cylinder-shapekeys.zip (119.4 KB)
I tried to make a workaround, to have an armature that was linked with the shape key by a driver and to have a regular action for that armature, it blender it worked, but after I exported it with the exporter when I played the action in the sandbox nothing happened.
@JCPalmer is definitely the blender exporter King, I bet he ll be able to help soon-ish but do not forget it is a vacation period so you might have to be patient
I just downloaded your file and exported it to gltf, shapekey animation was present in babylonjs-sandbox and also this gltf-Viewer. So i guess this is okay so far?
The .babylon file format does not support shapekey animation AFAIK. It does export the keys though, as you have found You could facilitate the animation a number of ways after load without much trouble, since you only show one key from your picture.
@to5ta
Thank you, it works with the gltf export. @JCPalmer
Thanks, I understand.
As for a little more background, I want to do an oscillation movement with the string. I have found another way to do that these days using Babylon.js updatable pipe.
Like I did in this playground: https://playground.babylonjs.com/#YJVTI6#112
The question is: Does it have some negative performance impact if I use the string with gltf export or the string with .babylon export? Or should I use the pipe from Babylon.js?
if you have no particular need for a custom model go with the utils provided by babylonjs, i’d say. One would also not import a box model for example i guess.
