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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