Jim Helman (jimh++at++surreal)
Wed, 11 Oct 95 14:28:43 -0700
Since Performer 2.0 uses Inventor 2.1 to read Inventor files,
Performer can understand all the Inventor information inside a
VRML file, including the new LOD node. So perfly xxx.wrl
works. Performer does not have a notion of the information
that is not related to graphics, e.g. WWWAnchor. Note: you
need Inventor 2.1, since Inventor 2.0 cannot directly read
VRML files.
> And what about that `Inventor writer' facility I once
> heard of?
Gavin Bell has been working on an Performer-to-Inventor
converter that would also enable Performer scenes as IV files.
Neither of our groups has had time to finish the converter up
since we're both in the final stages of release. When we
finish it up, we'll put it out for FTP.
Performer 2.0's loader DSO system now supports the notion of
writing scenes as well as reading them, i.e. you can do
pfdLoadFile(), pfdStoreFile() or in-memory conversions where
supported pfdConverTo(), pfdConvertFrom(). In 2.0, the
Inventor converter DSO only supports pfdLoadFile() and
pfdConvertFrom(). With the addition of Gavin's stuff, the
updated version will support all four operations.
rgds,
-jim helman
jimh++at++surreal.asd.sgi.com
415/390-1151
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