The Scenarios Menu contains ready-to-use high-end optimization processes for some typical Data Preparation scenarios:


Menu option

Description

Keyboard Shortcut

Run Generic Process

Automatically create optimized meshes out of any 3D model (mesh or CAD). )


Generate LOD Chain

Automatically generate 3 LODs for the current selection.


Generate Phantom Mesh

Automatically generate one unique optimized mesh out of the models in the scene, with material(s).


Generate Proxy Mesh

Automatically generate a proxy mesh out of the current selection, with optional automatic texture maps generation.



NOTE                Check the API documentation for specific information on each scenario (HELP Menu > API Documentation).


TIPS                Each of the scenarios contained in the menu SCENARIOS also exists as a commented Python script, that can be modified to fit user's own scenario. Go to HELP Menu > Open Sample Script Directory to find these Python scripts.


For example, the Generate LOD Chain scenario creates 3 LODs (Level Of Detail), by duplicating the existing meshes twice. Original meshes are set to be level 0 (LOD0), and LOD1 and LOD2 are obtained by decimating the original duplicated meshes with different values (Decimate algorithm.). But if the user wants to adjust decimation values, add a new LOD, or replace LOD2 by a ProxyMesh instead of decimating the original meshes, it is possible by (duplicating and) editing the Python script PiXYZ-STUDIO_Scenario-GenerateLODChain.py.