Enlarge a object from a .x file

Hello!

I am having a .x file that I use to load a Mesh. At run-time, the object is very small. I f run with the file with DirectX Viewer, the size is OK.

I am using this method to load a mesh :

private void LoadMesh(string filename, ref Mesh mesh, ref Material[] meshmaterials, ref Texture[] meshtextures, ref float meshradius)

{

ExtendedMaterial[] materialarray;

mesh = Mesh.FromFile(filename, MeshFlags.Managed, device, out materialarray);

if ((materialarray != null) && (materialarray.Length > 0))

{

meshmaterials = new Material[materialarray.Length];

meshtextures = new Texture[materialarray.Length];

for (int i = 0; i < materialarray.Length; i++)

{

meshmaterials[ i] = materialarray[ i].Material3D;

meshmaterials[ i].Ambient = meshmaterials[ i].Diffuse;

if ((materialarray[ i].TextureFilename != null) && (materialarray[ i].TextureFilename != string.Empty))

{

meshtextures[ i] = TextureLoader.FromFile(device, materialarray[ i].TextureFilename);

}

}

}

mesh = mesh.Clone(mesh.Options.Value, CustomVertex.PositionNormalTextured.Format, device);

mesh.ComputeNormals();

}

How can I resize the mesh

Thanks!

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Enlarge a object from a .x file

The Dwarf
Several ways (in order of personal preference and effeciency):
- Tweak your camera parameters so you take a closer look at the object (projection and view matrices).
- Scale up the vertices' positions after loading (lock vertex buffer and loop on all vertices to apply a scale transformation).
- Modify the object-to-world transformation matrix so it scales up your object by a convenient value (don't forget to normalize your normals though).
JamesE
Enable the NormalizeNormals property of the RenderStates object...
saj14saj

Hello!

I`ve read the note but I`m programming in DirectX for 3 days :) and I don`t know how to normalize the normals. The only 2 things that I`ve changed in my code to enlarge the object are :

device.Transform.World = Matrix.Scaling(scaling, scaling , scaling) * Matrix.RotationX((float)Math.PI / 2);

to

device.Transform.World = Matrix.Scaling(scaling * 50, scaling * 50, scaling* 50) * Matrix.RotationX((float)Math.PI / 2);

and the camera position. That`s all!

Thanks!
DavidThi808

Thanks! That did the trick! :)
Insolence
Make sure you're lighting and material is setup correctly, and pay attention to the additional note I mentioned in the third suggestion...
S Wolfe

Hello!

Thanks for the quick answer. I used the 3rd solution :) and now I can see the object .

Now, I have other problem. When I run the .x file with DirectX Viewer, I can see colors on my object but when I run it with my code, I don`t get the colors... my object is white. Why is that

Thanks!
Enlarge a object from a .x file

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