Misc Blender addon: Import/Export .ai/.csv/.ini files 2.3

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Blender addon to import "side_l/r.csv" or "fast_lane.ai" - why did this not exist ?

Blender addon to import
"side_l/r.csv" or
"fast_lane.ai" or
"ideal_line.ai" as mesh

Use "Install" button on preferences page or unpack to "...\Blender29\2.90\scripts\addons", not sure if working on 2.8, but it should.

After enabling here:
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...you get two new entries in "import" menu:
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Somehow ai line is rotated by 180°, after import you have to correct that, maybe also the scale of it all and/or position .
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version typo

both for addon and used blender version

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fixed rotation of imported ai line

also note: imports "groove.csv" too

Which can be generated with esotics AI-Line helper since v1.7:

AI Line Helper

Demo Video: AI Lines Extended Tutorial: Partial Side Lines Demo: Extended Tutorial Corrections/Additions/Clarifications 9:30 I should have said “I like the FX17 for recording side lines” 15:50 You don’t need to start recording a fast_lane...

www.racedepartment.com

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ai line walls imported too, some fixes

-fixed first vertex missing in mesh when importing CSV data
-added import of walls from AI-line
-added export to "side_r/l.csv"

Nordschleife ai line, karussel part, imported "fast_lane.ai":
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v0.5 - 2020 aug 29

-fix for export to CSV: figured out how to make the pointOfTrack param in csv from distance btw points

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v0.6 3020 aug 30

-added export to "fast_lane.ai"
-safety check ensures you only overwrite ai line with same number of points
-export without walls, i mean they are unchanged taken from orig ai-line
-only xyz values in original ideal-line will be changed

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v0.7 - 2020 aug 30

-fixed ai line export, it was still too closely based on original one, now takes distance btw points in account too like csv export

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These edits are fantastic! Thanks so much for this tool

 

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v0.8 - 2020 sept 1st

-idk if this is needed at all, i think it does not really matter, in which order the list of border-vertices is, but i did it anyway
-added reverse option for CSV export
-added "shiftCount" option for CSV export, so you can change which index in list of vertices is taken first
-added (VERRRY slow) option to check for double vertices on CSV import

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v0.8 again, correct version now

by accident i uploaded v0.7 again, but broken now as 0.8
I am very sorry!

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@magnum1097 lol to further aleborate a bit more on this ai-line export thing:

-try only small adjustments on ai line at a time
-dont use Relax tool or other stuff, it didn't work when it tried something like that
-stay with only moving vertices in edit mode, maybe proportional editing with smoothing on
-only the ideal line is changed, but that also affects borders in "...ai" file, they "move" with your changes - so you need to import your side_l/r.csv again
-good thing is you can export those "...wall_left/...wall_right" meshes (from ai-line import) as AC CSV "side_l/r.csv")

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-somehow the imported ai-line is 2 meters above road, so maybe move 1 m down (maybe do it in edit mode with all vertices selected, dont move it in object mode, addon uses pure vertex coords, not world translated
-be warned that if you import more than one ai-line (or another csv with same filename) then my addon fails, as it assumes the same mesh-name everytime, but Blender has the crux if you add a new object with same same name it appends a number to make it unique, as a result this breaks the import

 

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-if ai line seems to be broken and ac crashes, try again a second time
-if still not loading into game try to load your ailine in ksEditor, you need to have some fbx loaded before (maybe roadmesh) and then just save ai-line again with ksEditor

 

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---edit: this is now obsolete after v0.9 update---
when you run into problems on import, what sometimes helps is this:
In outliner, switch to "Orphan data" view:

Then use the "Purge" button:

You need to confirm that by clicking on this:

 

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---edit: i HOPE this is now obsolete too, after v0.9 update---

Oh and if you import stuff into a track file you already loaded, make sure you select "Scene Collection", not any sub-part.
Even this can fail with the ai-line placed elsewhere, then CTRL+Z to undo import, and just try importing again

 

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Another note, you can see some status messages in system console:

 

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v0.9 - 29 sept 2020

-fixed first time importing out of place
-fixed importing another ai-line after first time import
-added optional import/export for the other 18 data points inside the ai-line, plain values along the normal ai-line, idk if its helpfull in any way
-added some more output to blender system console

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v1.0 - 2 oct 2020

-added multiplier for ai-line-details if enabled, for both import+export, to make it more visible/usefull
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[Christian Speed]

I have a tricky section on my track and will definitly give it a try to fine tune side lines. Thanks a lot for your work in advance! (Can't test it on my tablet right now.)

 

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v1.1 - 27 oct 2020

-fixed ai-line export for idx!=5 (not ai-line itself)

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v1.2 - 20 feb 2021

-added option for CSV export to sort vertices of borders, using convert to curve and back to mesh
-now its easier to make borders from road-mesh, you still have to take care of vertex 0 to be in the right place
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