Re: Off the topic but problem with 3ds max

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From: Christian Krapichler (C.Krapichler++at++rl.ac.uk)
Date: 01/11/2000 02:32:02


Charlie,

We are using 3DS Max for modelling, too, but are using Division's dvMockup (.vdi
format) as main VR platform.

The .3ds export filter of 3DMax seems to be pretty poor, so we decided to export
the models as vrml2, which unfortunately can introduce a few other problems (the
new vrml2vdi converter is has some difficulties digesting the vrml file). But at
least texture coordinates, object hierarchies, and materials don't get lost.

So maybe the 'VRML route' is worth a try?

Christian

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> From: "Charlie H. Chang" > Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 10:47:12 +0800 > Subject: Off the topic but problem with 3ds max > > > Hi, > I think my problem is off the topic but I need some > help to build 3d models for my Performer application. > We only have 3DS MAX to build 3D models, and > I have tried to export the .max file to .3ds and .dxf > but the perfly cannot display the texture when I > loaded .3ds files; and the problem gets worse for > .dxf files, perfly can't load the .dxf files we created. > > But I notice there is a .dxf file in /usr/share/Performer/data > which can be loaded and it looks ok. > So what do we have to do to export our .max files to .dxf > or to .3ds without losing any information? (i.e texture) > Thanks in advance! > > -- > Charlie H. Chang Visualization Lab > National Center for High-performance Computing > e-mail: a00chc00++at++nchc.gov.tw > phone: 886.3.5776085 x 209 > > ****************************************************************************** >


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