From: lberto (lberto++at++md.prestige.net)
Date: 05/01/2002 21:02:12
1: what are you using to move the files to the linux box? could they be
corrupted in the process?
if (using ftp) don't forget to set bin mode!
2: could the new converters be broken?
It sounds like the problem is in the transfer but it's tough to tell with
the limited info.
What is the modeller your using?
See Ya ~;-}>
Lawrence Bertoldi Software Engineer
lberto++at++md.prestige.net Simagery Inc.
Thomas Proell wrote:
> Hi Performers!
>
> I was playing quite a while now, using several modellers, generating
> *.dxf. I was loading them into our Performer-Software sometimes
> directly, sometimes converted into .pfa or .pfb.
>
> Now, we changed our modeller and something seems to be wrong. The new
> modeller can only do his own format or .vrml (version 2).
>
> When I try to load or convert those wrl/vrml files, I get:
> PF Warning(2): pfdFindConverterDSO() - Could not load
> DSO for extension "wrl"
>
> No problem I think. I download a converter wrl2anything and I can
> produce good looking .dxf, .stl, .3ds. When I convert them, the result
> can be viewed with our modeller again and with other programs.
>
> When I try to use them together with my software (either directly or via
> conversion to .pfa or .pfb) or with perfly, I get pure nonsense. All I
> see are two tiny 3D cubes and one 2D 'thing' that might eventually be a
> 2D-Projection of the object I originally created.
>
> What might be the problem? Is there a problem with transferring data
> from Win2000(sic - our new modeller and the converter) to Linux(our
> 'Performer':)? The old modeller was running under Linux, and there were
> no such problems.
>
> Before I go insane - any suggestions?
>
> Thomas
>
>
>
> --
> Dipl.-Inform. Thomas Pröll
> Lehrstuhl für Steuerungs- und Regelungstechnik (LSR)
> Technische Universität München
> Tel.: ++49-89-289-23404 Email: thomas.proell++at++ei.tum.de
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