Re: [CAVERNUS] Re: VRML2->Inventor, TGS software

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Wilfred Janssen (wilfred++at++sara.nl)
Sat, 27 Jun 1998 12:03:47 +0200

David Story wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Dennis Jones and Dennis Cafiero here at Tech have come across a
> > potentially wonderful program by a company called TGS- www.tgs.com.
> They
> > are just beginning to check it out, but it seems to offer the
> ability to
> > read in VRML2 files, complete with animation, as well as 3Dstudio
> and
> > other formats, and to interactively place lights, textures,
> animation and
> > then dump them out as inventor files. I just saw an animated
> inventor
> > file moving around in the CAVE, as loaded by pfnav. Neat!
> >
> > I'll send the list more information as we figure things out. Anyone
> else
> > out there have any experience with the TGS software?
>
> Sure, but you should really check out Cosmo Worlds, written by many of
> the folks who wrote Inventor itself. http://cosmosoftware.com/
>
> Cosmo Worlds 2.0 is on store shelves now
> (http://cosmosoftware.com/purchase), for the Win95/NT platform, and
> has won numerous awards in the last few months.
>
> Dave Story

Cosmo Worlds is nice but the last time I checked it, it didn't have the
possibility to dump out scenes in a file format that can be read by
Performer. (other than VRML 2.0 off course). And I think this need was
the origin of this thread. Is that changed now??

Regards,

Wilfred

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