Re: [Flightgear-devel] glTF object centers

[TheFGFSEagle <the...@gm...>]

If we do that's what we should do - else, use the Blender origin, it just
makes things so much easier.

Am Di., 11. Feb. 2025 um 13:45 Uhr schrieb TheFGFSEagle <
the...@gm...>:

> Do we have the option to make it configurable in the XML ?
>
> Am Di., 11. Feb. 2025 um 13:41 Uhr schrieb Fernando García Liñán via
> Flightgear-devel <fli...@li...>:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Recently, Colin brought up the following fact:
>>
>>  > GlTF knows about blender origin points, and uses them as center for
>>  > animations, which gets rid of the <center> (which imo was the most
>>  > painful part of animations).
>>
>> This behavior is not backwards compatible, which means that if you want
>> to port your aircraft to PBR/glTF, you need to change all of your
>> animations and origin points. On the flip side, it seems to be much more
>> comfortable in the long run (no manual copying of the model origin to
>> fill the ⁣<center> tag of the animation) and significantly reduces the
>> size of the model XML.
>>
>> I personally don't have a preference for this, but I'd like to ask
>> aircraft developers about their opinion. Basically, it's a matter of
>> backwards compatibility vs. commodity for the future.
>>
>> If you have any friends who are aircraft developers and might have an
>> opinion on this but don't use the mailing list, please let them know!
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>
>> --
>> Fernando
>>
>>
>>
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