From: Alexandre Naaman (naaman++at++laplace.engr.sgi.com)
Date: 08/02/2000 14:08:02
On Wed, 2 Aug 2000, Guest, Stephen M wrote:
> At the Friends of Performer meeting at SIGGRAPH, there was a very brief
> reference to a CATIA and Pro/E translator to *.pfb files. Does anyone know
> the details about this capability? Is it a commercial third party product
> or is it supposed to be part of the next Performer release? I guess the
> bigger question - does it provide any control over the level of tessellation
> or the level of detail? It's probably pretty obvious that I'm still looking
> for the holy grail of real-time modeling - automating the process of
> converting detailed CAD models into models suitable for a real-time
> environment.
Hi Stephen,
The CATIA and Pro/E translators are a part of the work we are doing for a
project we are doing with EDS and MPI for TACOM (www.tacom.army.mil).
Currently we are using OpenGL Optimizer's csb file format as an
intermediate file format (spitting out trimmed surfaces in both cases) and
using Optimizer's tessellator to generate polygonal models appropriate for
use by Performer.
As for the release dates and stuff, you should get in touch with Kimberly
Neff (kimberly++at++engr.sgi.com) for more info.
A+,
Alexandre.
-- Alexandre Naaman - naaman++at++sgi.com - La conformité est la mort de l'âme.
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