Unreal: Content Pipeline

Learn the content pipeline workflow for Unreal Engine visualization projects.

Introduction

• Welcome
• What to know
• Exercise files

1. Geometry

• Geometry considerations
• Basic FBX import
• Revit FBX export
• Revit FBX UE4 import
• 3ds Max FBX export
• Prep 3ds Max FBX in Houdini
• Import processed file into UE4
• Unreal Static Mesh Editor
• Animated geometry considerations
• Animated FBX UE4 import
• Unreal Skeletal Mesh Editor

2. Textures and Materials

• Creating a material with textures
• Export model with materials from Maya
• Import model with materials into Unreal
• Install Substance plugin for Unreal
• Enable Substance plugin in Unreal
• Substance Source
• Importing Substance .sbsar into Unreal
• Refining Substance material
• Exploring textured model

3. Geometry Settings

• Collision disabling
• Lightmap resolution
• Scene element tweaks

4. Cameras

• Create export camera in Maya
• Export camera from Maya
• Import camera into Unreal
• Export axis-corrected camera from Maya
• Import axis-corrected camera into Unreal
• Rendering videos files from Unreal

Conclusion

• Next steps