Re: .ls loader?

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Scott Lelieur (scott++at++desviz.com)
Fri, 27 Mar 1998 08:29:23 -0800


I was using one several years ago while doing graduate work at UCLA. It was
written by Lightscape itself and was for versions of Performer before 2.0. I'm
fairly sure that it hasn't been updated and therefore would work with neither
lvs 3.0 nor Performer 2.x

What you could do is get the .ls to inventor translator from Lightscape and
use the iv loader. However you probably know that there are likely to be so
many polys in a radiosity solution that it becomes virtually unusable in a
simulation.

In our day to day business of producing virtual sets we go through the process
of reducing the polygon count in a radiosity solution all the time. There are
many approaches to the problem depending on the intended use of the model.
None of the solutions involve using a radiosity solution directly.

The format of an .ls file is proprietary and closely guarded.

Hannu Napari wrote:

> Has anyone seen/made loader for Lightscape 3.1.1 .ls format?
> If there is no loader, does anyone know where I can get the
> description of the .ls format?
>
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