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Aircraft Export Procedures

Change List

A list of changes made to this document.

 Version Date Revision
 1.0
 22/11/2017
 Initial document.


1. Right-click in the scene and select 'Unhide All'

Select Yes if this dialogue appears.

2. Right-click in the scene and select 'End Isolate'

(Interior Specific)
3. In the Layer Explorer, hide the 'Exterior ONLY' layer, ensuring the 'Shared' layer is visible.

(Exterior Specific)
3a. In the Layer Explorer, hide the 'Interior ONLY' layer, ensuring the 'Shared' layer is visible.
3b. In the Scene Explorer, go to 'Select' > 'Select Children'
3c. In the Scene Explorer, select each of the LOD nodes in turn and then hide them, omitting the following nodes:
  • _LOD_400
  • _LOD_200
  • _LOD_10
  • _LOD_5

4. Select all nodes in the scene with Ctrl+S and then select 'File' > 'Export' > 'Export Selected'

Ensure the root-node is also selected

5. Run XToMDL via the command-line using the following format:

(Interior Specific)
    • [Path to XToMDL]\XToMDL.exe /XANIM /PARTNAMES /DICT:"[Path to modeldef file]\modeldef.xml" "[Path to aircraft]\Aircraft_Interior.X"
(Exterior Specific)
    • [Path to XToMDL]\XToMDL.exe /XANIM /DICT:"[Path to modeldef file]\modeldef.xml" "[Path to aircraft]\Aircraft_Exterior.X"


6. Test the integrity of the resultant MDL before commiting to source control. Be particularly weary of errors and warnings given by the 3DS Max exporter and XToMDL.