Re: ALIAS/WAVEFRONT

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Angus Dorbie (dorbie++at++multipass.engr.sgi.com)
Wed, 24 Sep 1997 09:37:12 -0700

On Sep 24, 11:36am, Tran cong Tam wrote:
> Subject: ALIAS/WAVEFRONT
>
>
> > Thanks for you reply. Since I am building the scenery for the fligt
> > simulation, do you think the Alias/Wavefront is a good modeller for large
scale
> > object?
>
> Hi Yu,
>
> This is a delicate question. I used Explore/Wavefront to modeller
> a landscape of 500x600 meters with about 40 buildings, our database
> is about 800 Mb, the quality of objects and textures are nices.
>
> I think Alias/Wavefront should be OK too. But, If you use Multigen
> for modelling you can import directly :
>
> - Billbaord
> - Animation

Level of Detail is the most significant feature.

And lets not forget the terrain tools you can enable in the modeller.

If porting from Alias Wavefront I expect you'll need more software
like the Real-Teme Link from Clarus or Activation from Coryphaeus.

Cheers,Angus.
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