Monday, August 20, 2018

How to Convert your aircraft 3DStudio model from FSX/P3D to XPlane11


It took me a while to undestand how the StepToSky XPlane11 plug-in for 3DStudio Max worked… I had tried to convert some of my models in the past, but could not get the animations to play or they looked wrong. Then, some days ago, I decided to try again and finally understood some of the basic concepts I was missing...and the S-211 is now flying in XPlane 11 too.

So I decided to write a small "guide/memo" to help other designers that may want to convert some of their models to XP11 but were baffled by the lack of documentation on the plug-in and how to use it.

This guide assumes that:
- You know how to develop a 3D model for FSX/P3D
- You have the model ready in 3D Studio Max
- You have correctly installed the Step2Sky Plug-in
- You want to convert your model to X-Plane 11
- You know how to use X-Plane 11 Plane Maker (and you have already prepared a flight model for the aircraft)

You can download the document HERE.

IMPORTANT: NO SUPPORT OF ANY KIND IS PROVIDED - I AM SORRY BUT I WILL NOT HAVE THE TIME TO PROVIDE SUPPORT OR REPLIES ON XP11

You may also want to check the channel JRollon Planes - this guy is amazing and shows you how to build a 3D model from scratch for XP11 in 3D Studio (warning: he uses an older version of the plugin with slightly different interface)

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hello Dino Cattaneo
That you might publish some of your airplanes for xp11 is fantastic news. I really hope so, then I always enjoyed your airplanes in FSX.
Best Tobi

Unknown said...

Here's a question for Dino... Did you know a man called Marcelo Cattaneo Adorno? He's a business man and I thought you both could be from same family.

Nils said...

Fantastic news! I would love to see your amazing work in X-Plane. Please:)