Updated: 31.01.07

Open the 'Plug-in Manager' in the 'File' menu and go to the 'Plug-ins' tab. There click on 'Load' and search for the SunFlow plugin.

In the 'File' menu under 'Export' is an entry 'SunFlow' to export your scene into the .sc file format

Only polygon meshs objects are supported!
At the moment it is better to freeze the objects before exporting

The idea of the plugin is, that you don't have to change your scene before exporting it to SunFlow. It trys to export the XSI materials/lights into the equivalent SunFlow materials/lights.

The following table gives a summary of the XSI materials and the SunFlow materials:

XSI	SunFlow	Settings in XSI
phong	phong	diffuse specular texture
lambert	diffuse	diffuse texture
anisotropic	ward	diffuse glossy Shiny u/v
strauss	shiny	diffuse metalness
Ambient Occlusion	Ambient Occlusion	bright dark samples spread
mat with reflection	mirror	reflectivity
mat with refraction	glass	transparency index of refraction
constant	constant	diffuse
other	diffuse	default setting RGB 0.5 0.5 0.5
incandescence > 0	meshlight	object will emit photons! [used for GI] incandescence value

XSI	SunFlow	Settings in XSI
spotlight	directional	intensety lightcone color
pointlight	point	intensity color
other	point	intensity color
(material): incandescence > 0	meshlight	object will emit photons! [used for GI] incandescence value
not available:
-	spherical	-
-	sun/sky	-

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