| Re: VRML file importer? [message #23818 is a reply to message #23814] |
Fri, 16 February 2001 18:34  |
ronn
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in article 96k1js$q1s$1@nntp6.u.washington.edu, Rick Towler at
rtowler@u.washington.edu wrote on 2/16/01 3:15 PM:
> This is a little off the wall but has anybody written or know about an IDL
> routine to IMPORT vrml, .3ds, or any other "standard" 3d file format? My
> guess is that something exists somewhere since RSI imported the geometry for
> the teapot that is in one of the demos. Now if they would share it......
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> Or conversely, does anyone know of a free 3d modeling package that outputs
> files in .ase (the 3ds max ASCII file format). I have found a C routine to
> import .ase files that I could wrangle into a dlm. The object is to find a
> good free modeling package and a tool to import the vertex, connectivity,
> color and texmap info into IDL.
>
What about the DXF file format? You have to create an object to read the
files but there is an example in the examples/object directory.
Also, if you go to http://www.cyberware.com/support/translators.html you can
download some file translators to change between different formats.
-Ronn
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