Avoyd Voxel Editor - Minecraft Map Importer, Viewer, Editor, Exporter to .obj

Features

• Extremely long view distance
• World size up to 260k x 260k x 260k voxels
• Light and atmosphere can be modified
• Cameras: first person and arcball cameras, teleport and save multiple camera positions
• Edit tools: add/remove individual voxels or shapes (sphere, box, etc.), paint, copy/paste, undo/redo etc.
• Constraints and symmetry planes
• Imports: Minecraft maps, Magicavoxel models, heightmaps from images, and Avoyd Voxel Models can be edited and mixed together
• Export to .obj format for use in e.g. Blender 3D

Limitations

• You cannot re-export any edits back to Minecraft or Magicavoxel
• Avoyd does not use textures, but the materials used in Avoyd match the Minecraft default materials as closely as possible: their colour is based on Minecraft textures averages and they have specular reflection where relevant (water, glass, metal...).. Note you can edit the 'Minecraft Default' materials individually from menu Tools > Materials... or from the Palette in Tools > Edit Tool…
• There are no emissive lights in Avoyd as of version 0.7.6, though we intend to add them in the future
• Avoyd only runs on Windows PC

How to import a Minecraft map into Avoyd

• Download and install Avoyd
• Avoyd can load your own maps (stored in %appdata%\.minecraft\saves\ ), or download and save the Minecraft map to disk (extracting it if it is a zip file).
• In Avoyd, open to the Voxel Editor an go to the menu File > Import > Minecraft Map (*.mca)... and select the region file directory (containing .mca files) and ‘Open’ to import it..
• If you have 'The Nether' or 'The End' dimensions as well as the normal 'The Overworld’, a pop-up will enable you to choose which dimension to import.

How to explore a map in Avoyd

• Lock the camera to the horizontal plane for Minecraft maps: select menu Camera > Align To Axes. Select 'y' and set the Axis Preference to '0.80' or above.
• To move around:
• set the camera to "Movement" mode: press the Tab key or hold down the mouse right button
• Move the mouse to look around
• Press W to move forward
• More about camera controls in the voxel editor’s help menu: Help > Tutorial > Cameras and Help > Controls Documentation > Camera Controls

Tips and tricks

• Once imported, save the Minecraft map as an Avoyd world file. This will enable you to open it faster and use it as a paste brush.
• Tune the Graphics properties under Settings > Graphics. Increasing the 'LOD change distance' improves detail in the distance but reduces performance.
• Learn the basics of editing in Avoyd, follow the step by step tutorial under menu Help > Tutorial
• All controls and keyboard shortcuts are listed in menu Help > Controls
• Enable tooltips from menu View > Show Tooltips
• Check the size of the world and add notes from menu View > World Properties
• Light or Dark mode UI, adjust font size etc. in menu Settings > Display
• For further help see Avoyd News and Support forum

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