Re: Alias to Performer

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Alejandro Saez (cano++at++krusty.engr.sgi.com)
Wed, 8 Oct 1997 10:01:53 -0500

On Jul 14, 9:32am, Rafael Larrosa Jimenez wrote:
> Subject: Re: Alias to Performer
> Hello,
>
> > Which is the best way to handle Alias data for Performer.
> > I understand there is no native support for Alias data format in Performer.
>
> If the FAQ is followed, Performer supports Alias data in the OBJ format,
> but it doesn't seem to work, at least for the last Alias version.
>
> > So I guess some conversion process is needed.
>
> It seems incredible, but yes. I still cannot believe that the most famous
> 3D program in SGI cannot be directly imported to Performer, perphaps I'm
> wrong and have overlooked something obvious.
>
> > Could anyone suggest what kind of convertor can be used, which file format
> > Alias data can be converted into suitable for Performer...
>
> After sometime testing various formats, I have converted the data to inventor
> in Alias and have loaded it in performer, but the texture information
> is wrong.
>
> Someone knows a better way to convert Alias to Performer ?

 Multigen comes with a bunch of converters, one of them being obj2flt, but it
doesn't do textures, it does materials thou. Once in openflight (.flt) you
shouldn't have any problems importing it to performer. (other than the ones
posted in this mailing list).

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