I’ve got a little problem. I’m not able to download 3ds max 2012 and plugins for 3ds max 2013 doesn’t work. So i’m not able to export model. I download prefab 3 and I wanted to import model from tutorial, but there are only meshes imported. Do you have some advice for me?

There is no Prefab 3, do you mean Prefab 2?

You should be able to export your file as Collada instead, and then import it into Prefab and re-export as AWD2 if you want to be able to follow along in the tutorial from there on.

Yes, I download prefab2.

But now when I open an MaxAWDWorflow.max in 3ds max 2012 I’m getting an error:
Biped Obsolete File
C:\...\ MaxAWDWorflow\Walk2Loc
The file is obsolete. Please re-save the
There is also the same message for file run_loop.
And after that everything opens.
Then when I want to export file as collada i get this error:
Warning: Reading or writing file (20)
    While reading or writing a file the following notifications have been
    raised.
    -Warning: Warning: Unknown geometry. Node NGon006 will lose its
    geometric information. The node transforms will be saved. etc.
Warning: Unsuprted “By Layer” mode (48)
    The FBX plug-in does not support objects set to “By Object” mode in
    the Object Properties > Display Properties group. These objects are
    exported as “By Layer” instead. You can maintain visual fidelity, by
    setting all layers to “By Layer” mode before export.
        The following nodes are affected:
        -Bip01 R Toe0
        -Bip01 R Foot
        -Bip01 R Calf
        etc.
Warning: Unsupported controller(91)
      The plug-in has detected one or more animation controllers that
      cannot be directly supported. Using the Bake Animation option may
      better address these limitations. The following nodes are affected:
          -Bip01
          -Bip01 Footsteps
          -Bip01 Pelvis
          etc

After that when I want to import file into Prefab2 it loads for few hours and nothing happens.
Maybe I should get rid of some animations which I don’t need in my case.

Sounds like a DAE loading bug in Prefab that was recently found and fixed. Fabrice can probably fill you in on when the next update might be ready that addresses this issue. Try then to import the DAE file.

The other issues (warnings in Max) sounds like Max DAE exporter limitations or issues. You’ll probably have more luck looking for information on those elsewhere, e.g. in the Autodesk Area forums. Although, warnings like that won’t necessarily be any problems at all, so start by trying to import the DAE file in the next version of Prefab.

Also, consider trying some other format, like MD5.

OK. I download an MD5 export plugin for 3ds max 2013 from this site:
http://www.katsbits.com/tools/
made by Berserker

Now I have one question:
Could I export just the Mesh in my case? I suppose I won’t be using any animations.

Next I will be looking for AnimationNode to enable this model to be moved by mouse. Can you give some tips where should I start looking for it?

I don’t know that particular exporter (or any other MD5 exporters) but technically it should be possible to export just the mesh and it’s skeleton, without exporting any animations.

To create your own ISkeletonAnimationNode, look at one of the already implemented nodes (e.g. SkeletonClipNode) to figure out how it returns a skeleton pose. How to calculate that skeleton pose is up to you though. The clip node calculates it by interpolating between the two closest frames (which are also skeleton poses.)

I found the SkeletonClipNode example at this site:
https://github.com/away3d/away3d-core-fp11/blob/master/src/away3d/animators/nodes/SkeletonClipNode.as
. I’m wondering if it matters how many bones there is in the model. Should I change something in this section?

protected function updateSkeletonPose(skeleton:Skeleton) : void
{
_skeletonPoseDirty = false;

if (_framesDirty)
updateFrames();

if (!_totalDuration)
return;

var currentPose : Vector.<JointPose> = _currentPose.jointPoses;
var nextPose : Vector.<JointPose> = _nextPose.jointPoses;
var numJoints : uint = skeleton.numJoints;
var p1 : Vector3D, p2 : Vector3D;
var pose1 : JointPose, pose2 : JointPose;
var endPoses : Vector.<JointPose> = _skeletonPose.jointPoses;
var endPose : JointPose;
var tr : Vector3D;

What are the p1, p2 variables? Are them a bone vectors?

That’s not an example. That’s the actual skeleton clip node class that is in Away3D. You want to build something with completely different logic in the updateSkeletonPose() (or directly in getSkeletonPose()) so most likely very little or nothing of what you see in that updateSkeletonPose() function should be kept in your own class, since you are not using pre-recorded clips.

That what I was woried. So in my case every bone should be programmed? Is there any example similare to what I need to do? Code for move joints.

No, we have no such example code except the nodes that already exist. The logic for how to define the skeleton poses is yours to define though, so it’s not an easy example to create (because most of the code is case-specific.) But we’ll have it mind for the 4.1 release.

Do You know where 4.1 release will be done? I’m not sure I will be able to manage it by my self

We do not have a finished roadmap for the 4.1 cycle yet. Please keep an eye on the blog for an update on when we do.

Maybe until new realese I will look for some solution by my self. Do you know some tutorials that will give me some knowledge about moving joints by mouse? I looking for it and I can’t find any interesting site.

I’m afraid there are no such tutorials that I know of for the new system. I can only continue to encourage you to look at the existing classes which use pre-recorded clips to define the joint transforms, and mimic those except use your own logic instead of looking up pre-defined transforms in clips.

So which classes use pre-recorded clips to define the joint transforms?