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


Generate LOD Chain

Automatically generates 3 LODs for the current selection


Generate Phantom Mesh

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



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.


Generate LOD Chain 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.