Preset options / Draco Compression

Hi there! A couple of thoughts:

I find the current presentation of presets somewhat of a ‘closed box’ - I’d love to be able to see an overview of what each preset will output before I hit ‘process’ e.g.

  • is the mesh being reduced to a target faceount or % of the original mesh
  • what file formats will the preset make available
  • what texture maps will the preset produce
  • etc.

Or maybe I am just not seeing where this is available?

It would also be great to have a preset or two for Sketchfab :slight_smile:

Running certain presets outputs .glb files that use Draco mesh compression, which unfortunately is not currently supported by Sketchfab - being able to select low/med/high presets that I know will be compatible with Sketchfab would be great.

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Hi Thomas,

Indeed very good points!

We plan to enhance the factory presets with the next frontend update with the following features:

  • Edit Presets Functionality (Similar as seen with Custom presets)
  • This will be done by either copying the factory preset in your custom preset section or offering a “revert preset” button - atm be prefer option 1

Also, the current preset settings are written according ot the respective guidelines of the targeted tools & platforms. We will see if we can include the links to theses guidelines into a “help info box” on the respective presets.

We will also check where the draco mesh compression is applied on default, that is indeed a bit counter productive for certain outputs.

And sketchfab presets is great! We will definitely have a look at that :slight_smile:

Thanks again for your feedback and

Best Regards,

Julian

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Thanks @juliandgg3d - I look forward to updates as they are applied :slight_smile:

Real quick update on this… we haven’t forgotten, but haven’t added all details yet either. For now, we show a quick summary of the preset, possibly including a link to the external spec that was used to create it (if any):

We’re intending to add more infos on the actual parameters as well

Thanks, that’s a useful addition :pray: