From: Tomlinson, Gordon (GORDON.TOMLINSON++at++ca.com)
Date: 06/27/2002 10:51:04
HI Cindy
As you are probably already aware PFB and PFI are more or less binary and ASCII dumps of the Performer scene graph.
The files were originally in another format such as Open Flight and had to be converted to PFB. So I would contact the folks who created the PFB's for you and ask them for their original formats that is if they are willing to let you use them etc.
The other thing you could do is to write your own exporter with performer to save out to a format that you can use.
Note that as well as using PFB's to load faster many people use them as a simple form of IP protection. I would highly recommend finding out if you have the rights to be able use the data out side the boundaries of Performer
Regards
Gordon.
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Gordon Tomlinson
Development Manager
Urban Simulation Products.
-----Original Message-----
From: Cindy Young [mailto:cindylist2002++at++yahoo.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 11:14 AM
To: info-performer++at++sgi.com
Subject: [info-performer] pfb format conversion
Hi Perfomers,
I am trying to import .pfb and .pfi format files (e.g.
the files of the example of {Performer}\data\town )
using WorldToolKit. However, WTK only can load the
data in the format of 3DS, BFF, DXF, GEO, NFF, OBJ
and SLP. And Performer seems cann't store files in
these format either. I have been looking for the way
to
convert pfb file to these format for a long time but
still cann't figure it out. If anyone have any idea
about that?
Thanks,
Cindy
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