I believe this would be a VERY good subject for the J3D.org FAQ. For
example, just because someone has a loader, doesn't mean it is fully
operational.
3DS format is the perfect example. Several of us have written our own
3DS loaders to support texturing, lighting, hierarchy, animation, etc.
I personally have had LOTS OF FUN (haha) with exporting animations with
3D studio into the 3DS format. It works if you do things "just the
right way". Besides that, 3D studio is a great tool and there are a lot
of free models out on the web.
I have also used Multigen in the past. Great tool, especially for
real-time authoring (3D studio is more for rendering). Supports LODs,
simple animation, hierarchy, morphing, lighting. But it does lack some
of the really neat modeling tools that 3D Studio has.
-Lee
J. Lee Dixon
Software Engineer
SAIC - Celebration, FL
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-----Original Message-----
From: David McLure [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, September 11, 2000 11:36 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [JAVA3D] Java3d Compatable Tool 3d Output formats
I am currently curious as to whether anyone is successfully converting
from any of the popular 3d rendering applications currently available to
Java3d?
I noticed in the latest edition of "The Java 3D API Specification" (2nd
Edition - Sowizral, Rushforth & Deering - ISBN:0-201-71041-2) that the
Lightwave demo will import Lightwave 3D format 3d scene files (albeit
with extremely limited functionality). Has anyone actually tried using
this?
I also discovered that NSCA has some programs for loading files from the
following programs (see
http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/~srp/Java3D/portfolio/index.html for more
details):
NCSA's 3D Studio (3DS) loader
NCSA's AutoCAD DXF loader (Version 12)
NCSA's Protein Data Bank (PDB) loader
NCSA's Digital Elevation Map (DEM) loader
NCSA's Imagine (IOB) loader
NCSA's TrueSpace (COB) loader (Version 2)
NCSA's VRML 97 (WRL) loader
NCSA's PLAY loader
NCSA's VTK ASCII loader
NCSA's VTK binary loader (big endian only)
NCSA's NFF loader
NCSA's Wavefront OBJ (including material files for colors (OBJ) loader
Any users of any of these programs? Furthermore, assuming everything
simply works as advertised (LOL), are there any particular
recommendations or endorsements of 3D rendering/animation tools?
Thanks!
Dave McLure
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