From: Ken Lindsay (kl++at++magnus.arc.nasa.gov)
Date: 04/13/2001 10:51:36
thanks. I looked at VRML for a while but was not too keen on
using the OpenWorlds loader because of license issues and what
I perceived as deficiencies in the loader. I use .flt format
now which imports very well into performer, but Multigen's
user interface is pretty bad, certainly compared to Maya. I
am once more looking at possible alternatives.
The rtg loader sample code does not appear to be included in
the current performer libpfdb set of loader source. If anyone
can point me to that and/or other documentation, thanks.
ken
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On Fri, 13 Apr 2001, Tim Moore wrote:
> I wrote an RTG Performer loader for a client a few years ago, though then
> it was being exported from Alias PowerAnimator. The major problem I found
> with it was that the documentation *sucks*. Fortunately you get the
> source to the exporter (at least you did then) but that just makes you
> realize that the format was hacked together in short order. The upshot
> was that I had to become an expert in the PowerAnimator API to make sense
> of the RTG data, particularly translations, rotations and scaling. But,
> in any real project, you've got to acquire that knowledge about the
> modelling tool anyway. Because it is so ad-hoc, the format is very easy
> to hack if you need to export additional data from Maya that isn't already
> supported.
>
> I'd look pretty hard at a VRML workflow; at least it's well documented.
> Tim
>
> On Fri, 13 Apr 2001, Ken Lindsay wrote:
>
> >
> > hi,
> >
> > can anyone give me info about this? Maya exports it and the
> > support guy there told me it is good for realtime but he
> > didn't know much more than that.
> >
> > thanks
> >
> > ken
> >
> > -==-
> >
> > ken "fire a few neurons" lindsay kl++at++mars.arc.nasa.gov
> > NASA Ames Research Center QSS Group, Inc.
> > Bldg 269, Room 281 (650) 604 0461 (lab)
> > Mail Stop 269-1 (650) 604 3594 (fax)
> > Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000 (650) 604 3181 (vox)
> >
> > When inlaws are outlawed, only outlaws will have inlaws
> >
> >
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