nwcreate Texture Support

[chris.wainwright7MX4Y]

Our application exports to NWC format from a C++ executable using the nwcreate API. We would like to add texture support, but are finding it difficult as there are no examples of writing textures in the API. We assume we need to use some combination of LcNwcAutodeskMaterial and "connected assets".

Is anyone able to provide an example of how to apply a texture to an NWC model using nwcreate?

Thanks.

[naveen.kumar.t]

Hi @chris.wainwright7MX4Y ,

Could you please take a look at the below link?

https://adndevblog.typepad.com/aec/2012/07/sample-for-texture-of-nwcreate.html 

[chris.wainwright7MX4Y]

Hi @naveen.kumar.t 

Thanks for the reply.

I did find this blog post as part of my research, but unfortunately the technique used no longer works - it uses LcNwcPresenterMaterial, which is marked as obsolete in its header file.

OBSOLETE: Presenter functionality is no longer supported.

OBSOLETE: Does nothing.

Just to be safe, I tested building the example project from the blog as-is and whilst I did get an .nwc file from it, it does not include a texture.

[naveen.kumar.t]

Hi @chris.wainwright7MX4Y ,

I checked with the Navisworks Engineering team.

The Navisworks Engineering team confirmed that the "LcNwcPresenterMaterial" is obsolete. So you can't use it. I asked the engineering team for a workaround. The Engineering team says they are aware of any workarounds to resolve this issue.

Sorry for the bad news.