Yet Another Graphics File Format: Pulease No ! VRML already has an XML-ised new version in the works and some tools to support it.
Lot's has been done with Java3d to make viewing of 3d content easier, and more poratble: Join us. > Hello, > I have to define a file format for the geometry that > I want to visualize and I thought that it could > be something that looks like XML. > > It might look like this: > > <box> > <translation>0 0 2</translation> > <rotation>34.5 0 1 0</rotation> > <dim>1.5 1 1</dim> > </box> > <sphere> > <translation>2 0 2</translation> > <radius>1.5</radius> > </sphere> > > etc. > > The point is that I would like to convert a well-known format (VRML > would be the best option) to my format. > I've been looking around for some converters/parsers but I was wondering > if there is one that converts from > VRML (or other file format) to a XML file. > > thanks for any answer, > > guille [ wrote to comp.lang.vrml on Thursday, March 7, 2002 ] > | http://www.geocrawler.com/lists/3/Web/297/ Is this close enough for you: | <Transform | rotation='0 1 0 -0.345'> ... | | <children> | <Shape DEF='FLYING_BOX'> | <geometry> | | <Box size='.5 .5 3'/> | | </geometry> | <appearance> <Appearance> | <material> | <Material diffuseColor='0 .2 .8'/> | </material> | </Appearance> | </appearance> | </Shape> | </children> | http://www.web3d.org/TaskGroups/x3d/translation/examples.compromise/course/GroupFormation.html http://www.web3d.org/TaskGroups/x3d/translation/examples.compromise/course/GroupFormation.xml http://www.web3d.org/TaskGroups/x3d/translation/examples.compromise/course/GroupFormation.wrl http://www.web3d.org/TaskGroups/x3d/translation/examples.compromise/course/_pages/page13.html http://www.web3d.org/TaskGroups/x3d/translation/examples.compromise/course/chapter.html http://www.web3d.org/TaskGroups/x3d/translation/examples/Conformance/Geometry/Box/ http://www.web3d.org/TaskGroups/x3d/translation/examples/Conformance/Geometry/Box/chapter.html Java implementation are great for viewing a wide variety of File formats including VRML, and the new XML-ized VRML: x3d: x3d loaders, for loading xml-ised Vrml -------------------------------------- http://www.web3d.org/TaskGroups/source/xj3d.html http://www.geocrawler.com/lists/3/Web/297/0/8029996/ VRML Viewing with Sun Vrml Loaders, nice FlyThru demo --------------------------- & Java 1.1 Vrml Viewer http://www.frontiernet.net/~imaging/games_with_java3d.html http://www.frontiernet.net/~imaging/java3d_and_vrml.html http://www.frontiernet.net/~imaging/java3dviewer.html The Nist-Navy Flame War encourages you to 'pick a side'. If you want to be on the Nist-Navy side, please insult, defame, and threaten anyone using the Sun VRML Loaders. That's the defacto policy of Rita "I don't want to bothered" Colwell, the malfeasant director of the National Science Foundation. -- Paul, Java Developer & Web Animator --------------------------------------- "Imaging the Imagined: Modeling with Math & a Keyboard" =========================================================================== To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff JAVA3D-INTEREST". For general help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "help".
