Importing and Exporting Using the Command Line

In addition to the format conversions supported from TerraExplorer user interface, additional conversions can be performed from the SLMeshConverter command line tool:

§  3D Tiles to: 3D Tiles, I3S/SLPK, 3MX, and o3DML

§  OSGB to: 3D Tiles, I3S/SLPK, 3MX, and o3DML

§  o3DML to o3DML

§  3DML to o3DML

To convert, construct a single command line that includes all the following:

1.    Run SLMeshConverter

"c:\program files\Skyline\TerraExplorer Pro\SLMeshConverter.exe" -cmd convert

2.      Define the input layer:

§  For 3DML/o3DML – Full path to the file

§  For 3D Tiles – Full path to the tileset.json

§  For OSGB – Full path to the root OSGB file

-in "FullPathToFile"

3.      -Define the output format:

§  For 3D Tiles

-f "b3dm"

§  For o3DML

-f "o3dml"

§  For 3DML

-f "3dml"

§  For I3S/SLPK

-f "i3s"

§  For 3MX

-f "3mxb"

4.      Define the output file/folder:

§  For 3MX/3D Tiles – Full path to the output folder

§  For 3DML/o3DML – Full path to the output file

§  For I3S/SLPK – Full path to the output file (e.g., "N:/Output Files/OutputFile.slpk")

§  For OSGB – Full path to the root OSGB file

 

Examples:

Convert 3D Tiles to SLPK

"C:\Program Files\Skyline\TerraExplorer Pro\SLMeshConverter.exe" -cmd convert -in "C:\LayersToConvert\tileset.json" -out "N:\Output Files\OutputFile.slpk" -f i3s

 

Convert OSGB to o3DML

"C:\Program Files\Skyline\TerraExplorer Pro\SLMeshConverter.exe" -cmd convert -in "C:\LayersToConvert\Tile_000106_000090.osgb" -out "C:\ConvertedFiles\ConvertedFile.o3dml" -f o3dml

Conversion Methods

§  GUI - Direct conversion via GUI

§  Command Line - Direct conversion (via SLMeshConverter command line tool)

§  Indirect – Indirect conversion – first convert to 3DML and from 3DML to the required format

Output Formats
Input Formats		3DML	3D Tiles	Esri I3S/SLPK	Bentley’s 3MX	OBJ (models)	o3DML
	3DML	User Interface	User Interface	User Interface	User Interface	User Interface	Command Line
	3D Tiles	User Interface	Command Line	Command Line	Command Line	Indirect	Command Line
	OSGB	User Interface	Command Line	Command Line	Command Line	Indirect	Command Line
	o3DML	User Interface	Indirect	Indirect	Indirect	Indirect	Command Line
	DAE LODTreeExport	User Interface	Indirect	Indirect	Indirect	Indirect	Indirect
	BIM FBX	User Interface	Indirect	Indirect	Indirect	Indirect	Indirect
	BIM IFC	User Interface	Indirect	Indirect	Indirect	Indirect	Indirect
	Point layer with models (DAE, OBJ...)	User Interface	Indirect	Indirect	Indirect	Indirect	Indirect