Exploring the Editor Layout

Navigation in the Editor - 2019.1 & 2019.2

Project Organization

Working with the FBX Exporter Setup and Roundtrip - 2019.1, 2019.2

Importing Assets

Introduction to Nested Prefabs

Working with Scripts

Working with Switch Statements

Creating Basic UI with uGUI

Creating a Screen Space Overlay UI

Creating a Worldspace UI

Grouping and Layout Techniques for UI Components

QuickStart to TextMesh Pro

Introduction to Sprite Animations

Using 9-Slicing for Scalable Sprites

Working with YAMLMerge

Managing Projects with Multi-Scene Editing

Introduction to Optimization in Unity

Working with LODs

Working with the Stats Window

Working with the Frame Debugger

Working with the FBX Exporter Setup and Roundtrip

During development of any project in Unity, there will be a need to import assets, whether they be 3D or 2D. Assets come in various file formats such as .fbx, .png, and .tga. These are just a few, but are commonly used in Unity development. In this tutorial, you will learn different ways to bring in your assets.

Sprite Animations are animation clips that are created for 2D assets. There are various ways to create Sprite Animations. One way is to create them from a Sprite Sheet, a collection of Sprites arranged in a grid. The Sprites are then compiled into an Animation Clip that will play each Sprite in order to create the animation, much like a flipbook. Sprite Animations can also be created by using keyframe animation in Unity, via the Animation window.  

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Creating Sprite Animations Using Sprite Sheets

Import Settings

Sprite Editor

Slicing Sprite Sheets

Creating Sprite Animations from Selected Sprites

Creating Keyframe Animation

Blending Animations

Conclusion

Next Steps

What are Sprite Animations?

Unity allows you to have multiple scenes loaded simultaneously in the Unity Editor. Multi-scene editing allows you to lay out a huge game world one chunk at a time, moving everything into place, and even transfer assets from one scene to another. In this workflow, we’ll explore how we can use multi-scene editing to build a game world from modular sections.

Creating and Editing Multiple Scenes

Creating or Loading Additional Scenes for Multi-Scene Editing

Transferring Assets Between Scenes

Introduction

Setting up the first Scene

The Frame Debugger is a handy tool that allows you to freeze playback for a running game on a particular frame to view the individual draw calls used to render that frame. The debugger also lets you go through frames one-by-one so you can see in greater detail how the scene is constructed.  In this tutorial, you will learn about the Frame Debugger and how to use it for analysis.

The Frame Debugger

Using the Frame Debugger

How to get the most out of the Frame Debugger

Viewing Shader Properties

These Companion Tutorials are related to the activities of this instructor-led Workshop. These Tutorials will refresh your memory as you apply new skills to your own projects. Come back to these Tutorials as a reference as you proceed through your learning journey with Unity. 

Using workshop assets, or assets of your own, use these Tutorials to get up and running with Unity, focusing on the features you will need to build 3D mobile games. With these tutorials, you will add objects, animate objects, build UI components, and optimize your game’s performance. 

2019.4

2019.1

2018.4

Introduction to 3D Mobile Games for Engineers--Companion Tutorials (2019.1)

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Exporter Setup

The FBX Exporter roundtrip

Unity and Autodesk collaborated to create a plug-in that allows for easy transfer of 3D models between Digital Content Creation (DCC) applications (currently Maya and 3ds Max, with others on the way) and Unity. This allows artists to test their models in the engine, make changes when necessary in their DCC of choice, and have those changes update real-time in Unity. What previously required multiple cycles of exporting from a DCC application and importing into Unity has now been reduced to two clicks of the mouse. 

Games

Automotive

Asset Management with FBX Exporter, ProBuilder, and PolyBrush

The Maya to Unity Pipeline

3DS Max to Unity Pipeline

UMotion Pro - Related Tutorials

Introduction to 3D Interactive Development - Workshop project files

Technical Character Animation Features--Companion Tutorials (2019.1 i)

Introduction to 3D Mobile Games for Artists--Companion Tutorials (2018.4)

Maya to Unity Roundtrip - Companion Tutorials (2019.1)

Creating Mobile AR Applications with AR Foundation--Companion Tutorials (2019.2 i)

Game Design Curricular Framework Resources  

Unity for Artists Curricular Framework Resources

AI, ML Curricular Framework Resources 

Verified with 2019.4 LTS and FBXExporter preview.2 v3.2.0 

1.  Add the FBX Exporter package by opening Window > Package Manager.

2.  Click the Advanced drop-down menu and click Show Preview Packages.

3.  Search for FBX Exporter and click Install (Figure 01). 

4.  From the GameObject dropdown select Export to FBX... (Figure 02). 

5.  The export settings will appear in a pop-up window (Figure 03). 

6.  Integration settings are now in the FBX Exporter settings. To access these, select 
Edit > Project Settings and select FBX Exporter in the left column.

7.  In the Integration section, select the 3D application you have installed on your machine 

8.  Before installing Unity Integration, close all instances of the selected 3D modeling software that matches the specified version.

9.  Click Install Unity Integration (Figure 04). 

10.  When prompted, select a target folder where you want to extract the Unity Integration. The target folder can be outside of your current Project.

12.  The plug-in will install and open the selected DCC application. The FBX Exporter options will be located in the File drop-down under a custom Unity flyout (Figure 05). 

Figure 01: FBX Exporter in the Package Manager with Show Preview enabled

Figure 02: Exporting to FBX.

Figure 03: FBX Export Settings.

Figure 04: FBX Export Settings. Unity Integration requires Maya, Maya LT, or 3ds max to be installed.

Figure 05: The custom Unity options menu in Autodesk Maya

1.  Select the object in the Scene that you wish to send back to the DCC.

2.  In the Hierarchy, right-click over the object and select Convert to FBX Linked Prefab  (Figure 06). 

3.  A Convert Options window appears (Figure 07). Set your options according to your project's needs and click Convert. 

4.  In the DCC application, navigate to File > Unity > Import. The DCC will automatically open to the appropriate project path. Select the generated FBX. 

5.  Make any desired changes to the model (Figure 08). 

6.  With the object selected, navigate to File > Unity > Export.

7.  Return to Unity and the changes will automatically update to the Mesh (Figure 09). 

Working with the FBX Exporter Setup and Roundtrip - 2019.1, 2019.2

1. Exporter Setup

2. The FBX Exporter roundtrip

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