Brian Mannlein (bmannlein++at++multigen.com)
Tue, 7 Apr 1998 07:11:59 -0700
Not sure if you have access to MultiGen, but MultiGenII and Creator both
have converters from 3DS to OpenFlight which might interest you. You
can even get from 3DS Max to Flight. Here is an article written about
the 3DS Max to OpenFlight conversion:
http://www.multigen.com/news/newsletter/vol4_3/nov10.htm
Regards,
Brian Mannlein
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Uwe Pachler [SMTP:pachler++at++marvin.gup.uni-linz.ac.at]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 1998 4:15 AM
> To: BLANCHARD++at++mclapo.apo.saic.com
> Cc: info-performer++at++sgi.com
> Subject: Re: MAX / MAX2 loader for Performer 2.1???
>
>
> We're facing the same problem. What we're doing currently is that we
> export the files as VRML2 and convert them (somehow...) to VRML1 (=
> Inventor - .iv). I couldn't find any good converter from VRML2 to
> VRML1 so
> I decided to write one - it will be finished soon. However, exporting
> meshes as VRML2 is also not really satisfying because it seems that
> max
> isn't able to export texture coordinates correctly in VRML2. A native
> max
> loader would be the best solution...
>
> Uwe
>
>
> On Mon, 6 Apr 1998 BLANCHARD++at++mclapo.apo.saic.com wrote:
>
> > Hey pfLoaders!
> >
> > Does anyone know of a 3ds-max and/or MAX2 loader for Performer 2.1?
> >
> > Seems that the current 3ds loader for Performer 2.1 neglects to load
> > all of the object. Some color, materials, and parts of the meshes
> > don't load. Our situation is this: we're doing some of our
> modelling
> > in 3ds-max (soon MAX2), exporting our model in 3ds format, and
> loading
> > it into perfly.
> >
> > Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
> >
> > --Paul
> >
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