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db&w Tools <https://www.patreon.com/dbw> The db&w Tools are a collection of small plugins for LightWave 3D. They've initially been written out of personal need, due to user suggestions, as a playground or to complement our products. As of November 1st 2018, all future versions will only be available to our patrons on

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db&w documentation wiki Welcome to the db&w wiki. We will use this to provide you with current documentation of our plugins as well as useful ressources. Installation and Licensing Plugins for LightWave 3D db&w Tools start A little something for everyone. As of November 1st 2018, all future versions will only be available to our Patrons on

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lua_fs - std::filesystem for LuaScripting in Luadbw_tb - A toolbox for Lua dbw_tb - A toolbox for Lua This is a custom library of tools designed to work with vai. local tb = require("dbw_tb") Currently there's only one function to match a string to a pattern using advanced globbing: glob_match (string, pattern, caseInsensitive)

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Installation & Licensingvai - vfx asset inspectorNavigation Installation & Licensing Installation Vai is distributed using a normal installer. It is recommended to remove an old version before installing. ---------- Adding the location of VAI to the path may result in an error due to windows limitations. We'll attempt to find a workaround for that.

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Command Line Optionsvai - vfx asset inspectorCustom file locations Custom file locations vai allows you to add custom environment maps, UV texture maps, matcaps as well as lua scripts. These are located in: %appdata%\db&w\vai on Windows Asset Type Path Environment maps %appdata%\db&w\vai\images\environments Matcaps

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Supported 3D file formatsvai - vfx asset inspectorCustom file locations Command Line Options Usage: vai.exe [options] [files ... ] Options: -v, -- version Displays version information.-d, -- debug Enable debugging options.-i, -- instance Launch new Instance.-l, -- lua <command> Launch Lua <command>-s, -- script <file>

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Scripting in Luavai - vfx asset inspectorCommand Line Options Supported 3D file formats Reading File Type Extension Direct3D XFile .x Wavefront Object .obj Additive manufacturing file format(AMF) .amf Discreet 3DS .3ds Discreet 3DS .prj Quake III Mesh .md3 Quake II Mesh .md2 Stanford Polygon Library (PLY)

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Preferencesvai - vfx asset inspectorScripting in Lua Keyboard shortcuts The keyboard shortcuts can be edited in the Preferences. Shortcuts trigger a Lua script function which in turn executes the desired operation. This is a list of the default shortcuts: Shortcut Function Lua Command Globalalt-p

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Viewportvai - vfx asset inspectorKeyboard shortcuts Preferences The preferences control various aspects of the application and are currently divided into four sections. On Windows, the preferences are stored in %appdata%/db&w/vai/vaiPrefs.usda. Viewport These are settings for new viewports. Default Environment Map

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