Depth illusion texture - normal map

[tomer]

Hello,

This is pretty general any might be a little off topic, but I'm looking for a way to create a normal map on a mesh created in 3dsMax.

I want to create something like https://www.babylonjs-playground.com/#LRFB2D#1

 

Help will be very much appreciated. 

[Pryme8]

3dsMax has the ability to bake your meshes with the normal map.

This would not be a BJS question but rather a 3ds question, unless you already have your maps then:
https://doc.babylonjs.com/babylon101/materials
https://doc.babylonjs.com/how_to/more_materials

[tomer]

Hello again,

Sorry for the delay, I understand that that's a 3dsMax question but I've tried several technics to create the normal map but couldn't export any of them.

I see the difference when I render the object on 3dsMax but when I export the mesh to a ".babylon" file the normalTexture is null.

This is how I create the material on 3dsmax.

 

Thanks!

[V!nc3r]

I think you have to not use the Normal Bump node, just link the Bitmap node and you will probably be fine.

[tomer]

49 minutes ago, V!nc3r said:

I think you have to not use the Normal Bump node, just link the Bitmap node and you will probably be fine.

Thanks for the quick reply, but I'm not sure what you mean by "Normal Bump node", please elaborate?

[Pryme8]

If you have that normal map already, just apply it to the materials bump texture.

In BJS the bump map is the normal map.

[tomer]

But should I do it manually? or the 3dsmax babylon exporter supports it?

(from a quick brief at the exporter source code it looks like the exporter should export normal maps for PBR materials)

[V!nc3r]

I was just saying to remove this node:

 

[tomer]

1 hour ago, V!nc3r said:

I was just saying to remove this node:

 

 It worked! thanks a lot! ?