In a message dated 4/10/09 7:19:34 AM, [email protected] writes:

> The .PDO format has the advantage of including a rotatable 3D image of
> the model, with plenty of tools to make that all that's usually needed
> in the way of instructions. It allows the designer to forgo all but
> special instructions, and isn't tied to any single language. It's a
> popular format also for Pepakura Designer's ability to unfold a number
> of 3D mesh formats, which allows people to extract meshes and textures
> from games and turn them into crude paper models (I think this is what
> you meant by the "very low resoultion" models you see). The model
> parts themselves are all vector shapes, but the textures are often
> low-resolution bitmaps that only really look good from across a room.
> 
and my MAC operating system doesn't open PDOs    :ยท(

Bob Penikas



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