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DCC Importer Overview

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What is the DCC Importer?​

The RapidPipeline DCC Importer is a universal material preparation and distillation pipeline.

Complex versus translated materials

It converts complex material node graphs into PBR-standard materials. This allows better interoperability between editing applications, and the outputs are ready to be compressed for real-time AR/VR and Web3d uses.

It can be accessed from our RapidPipeline Cloud Platform, or it can be run on-premise via the RapidPipeline DCC Importer CLI (command line interface).

Cloud UI and CLI

Major Functionalities:

Input​

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RapidPipeline DCC Importer currently supports 3ds Max and V-Ray; support for other DCCs and material systems are planned.

Prepare the 3ds Max scene by archiving into a ZIP file. Then upload to our cloud platform, and RapidPipeline DCC Importer does the rest.

For the full documentation on how to prepare input files please see RapidPipeline DCC Importer Inputs.

Artist Intention​

The conversion system always attempts to preserve the artist's original intent, converting material values directly wherever possible.

Complex versus translated assets

A material classification system allows the conversion to run quickly, only incurring slower baking operations when they are strictly necessary. When an asset contains more complex blending operators, the system renders the material into its component passes, combining these together to produce PBR-compliant textures and materials.

This conversion allows your 3D model and materials to be universally compatible with Unreal Engine, Unity, Blender, Substance, or web based 3D viewers like Babylon and Three.js.

Single Asset or Batch Mode​

RapidPipeline DCC Importer can be accessed from our RapidPipeline Cloud Platform in single-asset mode by uploading individual ZIP files, or it can be run on-premise on large batches of assets via the RapidPipeline DCC Importer CLI (command line interface).

These tools have been battle-tested on hundreds of thousands of assets by leading enterprise businesses.

Conversion not Optimization​

It is important to note that outputs from DCC Importer can be very large.

Output files are uncompressed to allow for manual editing and lossless importing into digital content creation (DCC) or compression tools.

To create final optimized versions of files we recommend using RapidPipeline 3D Processor.

Output​

Once the scene is converted, RapidPipeline DCC Importer creates several outputs:

  • .FBX
  • .GLB
  • .glTF
  • .MAX (with converted materials)
  • .USDz

These formats are automatically generated in our Cloud platform, or they can be configured independently via the RapidPipeline DCC Importer CLI.

RapidPipeline DCC Importer bridges the gap between different software ecosystems:

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Your 3D model and materials become universally compatible with:

  • Web-based 3D viewers like Babylon.js and Three.js
  • Game engines like Unity and Unreal Engine
  • Digital content creation tools like 3ds Max, Blender, Maya, and Substance

For the full documentation on output files please refer to RapidPipeline DCC Importer Outputs.