Export Main View to FBX - Intergraph Smart Review - Help

File > Export > Main View to FBX

To use this functionality, you must install the Photo-Realism module.

Exports all the objects visible in the Main view to either a binary or ASCII .fbx (ver. 7.5.0) file format. This allows you to open the exported file in a variety of third-party FBX file viewers. While binary is the standard format for .fbx files, the ASCII text format gives you a text version so that you can search the .fbx file for information retrieval. This command applies to .vue, .svf, and .zvf project files.

When you first open a file containing the model data to export, select the Reduce VUE file geometry memory option on the Create Project > Options tab. Smart Review reduces geometry representations as much as possible without losing the rendering compatibility between all Smart Enterprise applications.

The Export > Main View to FBX command exports visible data where visibility is defined by:

• The display set show and hide states for the graphics in the model.

• The level show and hide states for the graphics in the model.

• Graphic ranges that overlap the Main view and/or clipping volume (if active).

• Graphic ranges larger than any current Main view range rejection screen pixel size setting.

Export

When you export to an FBX file, Smart Review exports the objects and their corresponding properties.

1. In Smart Review, open the model containing the graphics to export.

2. Navigate within the Main view to where you can see just the objects to export. There are several ways you can use Smart Review display commands to control the objects contained in the Main view for the export.

   Techniques for a concise export

   • Discard any graphic objects rendered in the view smaller than a pixel. Turn on the Dot Box setting and turn off the Range Rejection setting. Any graphic object smaller than a pixel is discarded.
     -OR-
     Turn on the Range Rejection setting to discard more graphic objects.

     It is the object ranges that control the results and not the actual render results. For example, an object merely included by another object in the view is not discarded.

     • Any graphic object whose range is not in view is discarded.

     • Any graphic object whose range is rejected because of the View > Settings > Range Reject settings are discarded.

     • Any graphic object whose range is rejected because of the View > Settings > Display > Dot Box option is discarded. If the object is drawn as a dot box, it is not discarded. If the object range is smaller than a pixel, it is not drawn as a dot box, and it is discarded.

     • Any graphic object manually hidden by a display set or level settings is discarded.

   • Create display sets containing the objects, and then hide them. Select the display set, right-click to open a shortcut menu, and then clear Show. Otherwise, a checkmark beside the Show command means that the selected display set is shown in the Main view and can be exported.

     

   • Hide file levels of graphics not required for the export. From the Project Manager, select each file under Project files, and then click All Off.

     

   • Activate and adjust a clipping volume to further remove unnecessary objects. For more information on clipping volumes, see Working with Clipping Volumes.

     

   • Select Display Sets > Material Persistence to save any material changes you made to display sets in the new .vue file. For more information, see Persist Display Set Material Assignments.

3. When you finish setting up your Main view content, click File > Export > Main View FBX .

4. Select the destination folder for the new file and use the default name or type in the file name.

5. For Save as Type, select either FBX binary or FBX ascii for the format content, and then click Save.

   Smart Review performs the export, and then places the .fbx file in the designated folder. Use your own third-party FBX viewer to open the exported file.