AST (arnaud++at++thomson-dsi.fr)
Thu, 10 Feb 94 16:55:47 GMT
> Are there any plans to do a 3DS (from Autodesk) loader for Performer ...
It is possible to get from Autodesk a 3DS toolkit (include files + libraries). (Autodesk
will ask you to sign a confidential agreement first ! ).
This toolkit provides C function calls to create 3DS files. There is unfortunately no API for
reading 3DS files. This would be of little use, but there is a hack: the documentation that comes
with the toolkit describes how a 3DS binary file is structured and how information is stored.
You can therefore write your own routines to extract the information you need and convert it
to Performer geosets.
If there is a easier way, please let us know...
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Christophe Delepine
arnaud++at++cergy.thomson-dsi.fr
THOMSON-CSF
PARIS
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