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Babylon.js Essentials

By : Julien Moreau-Mathis
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Babylon.js Essentials

By: Julien Moreau-Mathis

Overview of this book

Are you familiar with HTML5? Do you want to build exciting games and Web applications? Then explore the exciting world of game and Web development with one of the best frameworks out there: Babylon.JS. Starting from the beginning, the book introduces the required basics for 3D development and the knowledge you need to use the Babylon.js framework. It focuses on the simplicity provided by Babylon.js and uses a combination of theory and practice. All the chapters are provided with example files ready to run; each example file provides the previously learned features of the framework. Finally, developers will be ready to easily understand new features added to the framework in the future.

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Julien Moreau-Mathis
Mar, 2016 | 200 pages
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Table of Contents (15 chapters)
Babylon.js Essentials
Babylon.js Essentials
Credits
Credits
About the Author
About the Author
About the Reviewer
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Preface
Free Chapter
1
Babylon.js and the TypeScript Language
Babylon.js and the TypeScript Language
The creators
Why is Babylon.js developed using TypeScript?
Introduction to TypeScript - what you have to know
Summary
2
The Fundamentals of Babylon.js and Available Tools
The Fundamentals of Babylon.js and Available Tools
The Babylon.js structure and graphs
Creating your first scene
Summary
3
Create, Load, and Draw 3D Objects on the Screen
Create, Load, and Draw 3D Objects on the Screen
Using Blender to export scenes
Using 3ds Max to export scenes
Loading scenes with Babylon.js programmatically
Summary
4
Using Materials to Customize 3D Objects Appearance
Using Materials to Customize 3D Objects Appearance
Discussing the awesome theory behind the materials
Using the Babylon.js standard material
Using textures with materials
Summary
5
Create Collisions on Objects
Create Collisions on Objects
Checking collisions in a scene
Simulate physics
Configuring in Blender and 3ds Max
Summary
6
Manage Audio in Babylon.js
Manage Audio in Babylon.js
Playing 2D sounds
Playing 3D sounds
Summary
7
Defining Actions on Objects
Defining Actions on Objects
Defining actions on objects
Using conditions to control the actions graphs
Using the Actions Builder in 3ds Max
Summary
8
Add Rendering Effects Using Built-in Post-processes
Add Rendering Effects Using Built-in Post-processes
Using post-processes with Babylon.js
Using post-process rendering pipelines with Babylon.js
The built-in post-processes
Summary
9
Create and Play Animations
Create and Play Animations
Creating animations using Babylon.js
Using easing functions to smooth animations
Importing and managing animated models
Summary

Using 3ds Max to export scenes

As for Blender, you'll find the 3ds Max plugin (written in C#) in the Babylon.js GitHub repository at Exporters/3Ds Max/Max2Babylon*.zip, where * is the exporter's version. In the archive, you'll find two folders: 2013 and 2015, that are the currently supported versions of 3ds Max for the Max2Babylon exporter.

3ds Max is another tool used by 3D artists to create 3D scenes, such as Blender. 3ds Max is the most famous 3D modeler as it is used for many professional 3D video games and known by all 3D artists.

Installing the Babylon.js exporter for 3ds Max

Once you identify the proper version to use (2013 or 2015), just copy/paste the binaries in the bin/assemblies folder and start 3ds Max (typically located at C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 201*\bin\assemblies\):

Once you start 3ds Max, a new menu named Babylon will appear in the top menu. This menu is used to export the scene to a .babylon file. As for Blender, you can modify the Babylon.js properties by right...

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