Next, hit Shift+A to open the "Create" menu, go into "Mesh" and select "Cylinder". To start off, press the A key to select everything, then press X for delete, and click to confirm. If you already have a model which you want to export, you can skip this part.
#BLENDER AC3D HOW TO#
For this tutorial, I'll make a simple wine glass without going too much in details on how to use the Blender UI - therefore i recommend that you at least watch the first two episodes of the series i linked before you start. My plan is to later create a tutorial on 3D modeling techniques as well. For now, just click the button that says "Download or Clone" and press "Download Zip". The readme contains most of the instructions covered in this tutorial and is good for quick reference. Once you have installed Blender, visit the github page for the MDL exporter.
#BLENDER AC3D SOFTWARE#
Other tools like MDLVis and Vertex Modify have helped produce a lot of appreciated content over the years, but creating models in these is tedious since they can't leverage the great variety of tools provided by proper 3D-modeling software.įor this reason, i started developing an MDL exporter plugin for Blender, which although still a work in progress, is now ready to see some use. Another awesome plugin - NeoDex - has been made by to support newer versions of 3ds Max, but this has also been limited to users who are either willing to pay upwards to 3000€ a year, have a student license, or are unscrupulous enough to download it illegally. Have you ever wanted to create your own awesome 3D models for Warcraft 3? Up until now, the only officially supported tool has been 3ds Max5 with Blizzard's Art Tools plugin, which is problematic considering that this version of 3ds Max is over 15 years old and very hard to get your hands on.
Creating and Exporting Warcraft MDL models with Blender