Standalone GLTF Materials?

Content creation (3dsMax, Maya, Blender, glTF)
1

Can Babylon import a standalone material from a GLTF file?
Example file:
{
“asset”: {
“generator”: “COLLADA2GLTF”,
“version”: “2.0”
},
“materials”: [
{
“pbrMetallicRoughness”: {
“baseColorFactor”: [
0.800000011920929,
0.0,
0.0,
1.0
],
“metallicFactor”: 0.0
},
“name”: “Red”
}
]
}

2

pinging @bghgary

3

@BrianW No, not currently. Please file a feature request on GitHub if this is something you would like to see added to the loader.

4

Thanks for the feedback.
Could this feature request include exporting single materials as well? =]

5

I would make that two separate requests as they are in different repos.

6

Added Feature Request:

Thank you =)!

7

I found this thread because I was looking for this too. Is It already possible? :slight_smile:

8

Not yet but it is planned for the near future.

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PR is on its way:

Use:

    BABYLON.SceneLoader.OnPluginActivatedObservable.add((plugin) => {
        plugin.loadAllMaterials = true;
    });

to enable the feature.

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10

merged!

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Hello guys,

thanks for your effort. I really appreciate this community.

I am a little bit confused. The GitHub issue is closed. Are we able to load single standalone materials on demand? If yes, how can I achieve it?

Best

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Yes you can, simply add:

    BABYLON.SceneLoader.OnPluginActivatedObservable.add((plugin) => {
        plugin.loadAllMaterials = true;
    });

This will load the materials from your file even if they are not used by any mesh. So a file with only materials can be loaded by using this flag.

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Oh, I didn’t expect that’s all. It works like a charm. Thank you!

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