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29 Jul 2024 02:25:36 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Does Moray export at all?  
From: Ben Hamatake
Date: 31 Jan 2000 09:14:03
Message: <3895A8DD.D52430@trilobyte.net>
What version of POV does 3dto3d V4 support?



Thomas Baier wrote:

> On Sun, 30 Jan 2000 19:41:29 +0000, Ben Hamatake <ham### [at] trilobytenet>
> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> sorry for the confusion:
>
> 3dto3d V4 beta is already available.
> 3DWin V4 will come very soon.
>
> Both have pov/mdl/udo and rib support.
>
> Thomas
>
> >Exporting pov would be wonderful.  Thank you for your help.  Please let me
> >know when beta V4 is out. : ben### [at] softhomenet
> >Thanks All for your help!!!
> >
> >Thomas Baier wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> >> Wait a week or so.  I'm planning to post an exporter for RIB files.
> >> >
> >> >Do you think that RIB is the right format? I know few about it; yet it
> >> >seems that its structure is quite complex.
> >> >And it's supported by few programs (not 3dwin, for example, which
> >> >makes it unsuitable I think).
> >>
> >> 3dto3d V4 beta supports pov export as well rib export including uv,
> >> texture and images. Better than Polytrans !
> >>
> >> 3DWin V4 will come very soon.
> >>
> >> >
> >> >If I'm right that RIB is a polygon based format, (i.e. NOT solid
> >> >modelling), wouldn't 3DS or Wavefront OBJ (supported by Java3D
> >> >directly ;-) ) be a better choice?
> >> >
> >> >I can send you a specification Doc for Wavefront OBJ, which is a quite
> >> >simple format, and which I can recommend a lot...
> >> >
> >> >> Doesn't handle all prims,
> >> >
> >> >May I guess... no plugin objects, UDO, infinite objects... just like
> >> >PolyRay?
> >> >
> >> >Florian
> >> >
> >>
> >> Thomas Baier


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