Tutorial programs

These tutorial programs are aimed at programmers who are learning to use FBX SDK. The source code is explained in detail in three tutorials.

Tutorial program	Tutorial and description
ImportExport	Tutorial 1: Importing, Converting, Exporting a File. Shows how to import a file and how to export a file. Builds and runs on Windows only.
SceneTreeView	Tutorial 2: Traversing the Scene Graph. Shows how to traverse all the nodes in an FBX scene, and how to determine the content of each node, i.e., whether a node contains a camera, a light, a mesh, etc. Builds and runs on Windows only.
CubeCreator	Tutorial 3: Adding Textures, Materials, and Animation. Shows how to add textures, materials, and animation to meshes representing a model. Builds and runs on Windows only.
Common	No tutorial. Contains utility functions used by the tutorial programs. Also contains librarychooser.h, a header file that selects the appropriate FBX SDK library file based on compiler options and defined symbols.

Folders for each of these programs are located in \examples\UI Examples. Each folder contains Visual Studio project files to help you build and run the program.

ImportExport

Shows how to import a file and how to export a file. Operations include:

Building and running a sample program using Visual Studio.
Managing memory with SDK Manager.
Creating an empty scene.
Creating a file importer.
Loading the import file into the scene.
Creating a file exporter.
Specifying the file format of the export file.
Specifying whether media are embedded in the export file.
Exporting the scene to the export file.
Cleaning up and shutting down.

NoteBuilds and runs on Windows only.

See Tutorial 1: Importing, Converting, Exporting a File.

SceneTreeView

Shows how to traverse all the nodes in an FBX scene, and how to determine the content of each node, i.e., whether a node contains a camera, a light, a mesh, etc. Operations include:

Getting a reference to the root node of a scene.
Getting references to each of the child nodes.
Getting references in both directions of a two-way relationship.
Getting a node’s properties as a point in space.
Getting a node’s attribute type and contents.

NoteBuilds and runs on Windows only.

See Tutorial 2: Traversing the Scene Graph.

CubeCreator

This tutorial program shows how to add textures, materials, and animation to meshes representing a model (in this case, a cube). Operations include:

High level operations	Low level operations
Constructing the baseline scene	Naming the take which will contain the animation. Creating a marker to be used as a reference point. Creating a camera. Creating one texture available to all cubes. Embedding media files in an FBX file. Processing FBX files that contain embedded media. Processing scene files with references to media. Creating an array of materials to be shared. Pointing the camera at the marker. Setting the position of the marker. Setting the position of the camera.
Adding animation to the camera	Build the initial scene graph. Set the camera as the scene’s default camera. Adding a cube to the scene. Setting the cube’s name, position, and rotation. Applying the user’s specifications to the cube. Setting the cube’s position in the scene. Creating a mesh for the cube. Defining the cube’s vertices and the normals. Defining the cube’s faces. Using layer 0 to store a normal to each face. Creating a layer element for the materials and textures. Saving memory by sharing a mesh among multiple nodes. Adding animation to a cube. Adding a texture to a cube.
Adding a material to a cube	None.

NoteBuilds and runs on Windows only.

See Tutorial 3: Adding Textures, Materials, and Animation.

Common

The folder \examples\UI Examples contains utility functions used by the tutorial programs.

Also contains librarychooser.h, a header file that selects the appropriate FBX SDK library file based on compiler options and defined symbols.