History: Blender Exporter

Author: Michael Reimpell (Maintainer: Lih-Hern Pang)
Project: OGRE Main Project (BlenderExport)
Type: Python Script
Documentation: Help page
Sources: OGRE SVN
Download: Get from forum link - OGRE Forum Thread
Status and bug reports: OGRE Forum Thread

The script OGRE Meshes Exporter converts meshes and armatures from Blender to OGRE file format {LEX()}XML{LEX} / binary mesh / material file). It supports the export of

• {LEX()}mesh{LEX} objects with vertex colours, multiple materials, UV textures and blend modes,
• a multitude of {LEX()}material{LEX} properties, most notably: ambient, diffuse, specular, emissive, UV textures with and without alpha channel, vertex colours, normal maps, two sided faces,
• keyframe animations of armature actions as skeleton animations,
• keyframe animations of relative mesh shapes as pose or morph animations.

Installation

• Download + install Blender
• Download and integrate the Blender Exporter. (zip | SVN)
• Copy ogremeshesexporter.py and subfolders to the path ...\blender\.blender\scripts.
  • Note: .blender for Blender 2.49b (latest stable) on Windows 7 is located in C:\Users\<name>\AppData\Roaming\Blender Foundation\Blender\.blender\scripts
• Install Python. This is not needed for Blender itself, but for the exporter script. Choose the same Python version that is used as Base for your Blender version (you'll see it when you start Blender).

See Also

Documentation Blender to Ogre Blender dotScene Exporter Blender (overview / tools / FAQ) Blender .blend file parser in OgreKit

Alias: OGRE Meshes Exporter
Alias: Blender_Exporter