September 04, 2011, 10:49:47 am
RPC objects are not supported natively in Lumion, so you will have to convert a single texture to a billboard in Lumion. I'm not sure if it's possible to extract a single texture with a diffuse + alpha channel from an RPC object, but here's the procedure if you do have access to such a texture:
1) Create a plane that faces the front view in 3DS Max.
2) Apply a
Standard material to the plane.
3) Add a texture with a diffuse and an alpha channel to the diffuse map channel (32-bit TGA/PNG/TIFF).
4) Export the plane to Lumion (preferably using the free OpenCollada exporter):
http://www.opencollada.org/download.html5) After importing it, place it in your scene.
6) Import mode -> Edit materials -> Click on the small circular selection icon of the imported plane -> Click on the (+) button to add a new material -> Click on the plane -> Custom -> Choose Billboard