UV Mapping in Blend for Visual Studio

Question

I'm trying to use a model that I created in Blender in a WPF application. In Blender everything works/looks great.

When I export to .OBJ the UV mappings are completely lost, resulting in the textures being applied incorrectly. I've read up on UV mapping in XAML and the concepts make sense (1:1 ratio for Texture Points to Geometry Points), but is there a way to do the mapping in Expression Blend 4 itself? Having to figure out the mapping manually seems like a horrible way to do it.

Answer 1

Only solution that worked reliably was Zam3D. It's extremely expensive for a hobbyist, so I'm still looking for additional solutions, but in the short term (using their free demo period) I was able to get the models I needed mapped correctly.

EDIT: After further investigation I switched from using the ViewPort3D to the Helix3D Toolkit. It's a third party library - which I generally try to avoid, but it's almost a drop-in replacement for the existing Viewport3D. If you're having issues getting XAML 3D objects, or converting your objects to XAML's 3D format, Helix3D supports 3DS - precluding the need to do any conversion.

Helix3d: http://helixtoolkit.codeplex.com/