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MaxSt

Mar 21 2006, 04:51 PM

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I'll post the converter soon (later today), I need to clean up the code a little...

Meanwhile, try this model.

You'll need the PNG texture from here:
http://anserver1.eprsl.wustl.edu/navigator...FL0500P1800L0M1

And X3D viewer. I used this one:
http://www.web3d.org/x3d/applications/xj3d/

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I knew it would be fun, but playing with these models is much more fun than I expected!

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djellison View Member Profile	Mar 23 2006, 12:31 AM Post #2
Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14457 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1	Looking at the help file.. Max can import... 3D Studio Mesh (3DS) 3D Studio Project (PRJ) 3D Studio Shape (SHP) Adobe Illustrator (AI) AutoCAD (DWG) AutoCAD (DXF) Autodesk Inventor (IPT, IAM) Initial Graphics Exchange Standard (IGES) FiLMBOX (FBX) LandXML /DEM /DDF (DEM, XML, DDF) Lightscape Solution (LS), Lightscape Preparation (LP), and Lightscape View (VW) Motion Analysis Hierarchical Translation-Rotation (HTR) Motion Analysis TRC (TRC) Stereolithography (STL) VRML (WRL, WRZ) (BUT the WRL importer is bloody terrible - it couldnt handle the point clouds, anything more than 12 polygons gives it a minor heart condition.) But let's not just limit to 3ds max, there must be Ligthwave/Blender/Maya/Bryce fans around - anything that Accutrans ( which is sort of free ) can do would be sensible, then as many people as possible can use them... http://www.micromouse.ca/fileformats.html Doug

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MaxSt ViSTa to X3D Mar 21 2006, 04:51 PM

djellison Woo yay, that works The format isnt great w.r.t... Mar 21 2006, 06:17 PM

MaxSt OK, here is the converter itself. The model I pos... Mar 22 2006, 12:29 AM

djellison QUOTE (MaxSt @ Mar 22 2006, 12:29 AM) I h... Mar 22 2006, 08:39 AM

Pertinax QUOTE As for X3D, this file format is, in basic te... Mar 22 2006, 02:18 PM

djellison I've used Polytrans quite a lot at work - but ... Mar 22 2006, 02:42 PM

Pertinax QUOTE (djellison @ Mar 22 2006, 09:42 AM)... Mar 22 2006, 04:00 PM

djellison QUOTE (Pertinax @ Mar 22 2006, 04:00 PM) ... Mar 22 2006, 04:03 PM

MaxSt I'll try to find some other format. 3DS is l... Mar 23 2006, 12:08 AM

djellison Looking at the help file.. Max can import... 3D St... Mar 23 2006, 12:31 AM

Richard Trigaux Hi Doug and all I did not knew you were in 3D too... Mar 23 2006, 07:25 AM

djellison QUOTE (Richard Trigaux @ Mar 23 2006, 07... Mar 23 2006, 07:43 AM

djellison OK - trying to use the x3D importer for Blender...... Mar 23 2006, 11:40 AM

MaxSt OK, I tried OBJ format, because its syntax looked ... Mar 23 2006, 05:38 PM

djellison Woo yay - I'm getting wedges. I dont think th... Mar 23 2006, 10:57 PM

djellison Here's one for you At the top end of each fo... Mar 23 2006, 11:22 PM

MaxSt QUOTE (djellison @ Mar 23 2006, 06:22 PM)... Mar 24 2006, 12:40 AM

djellison Woo yay Mar 24 2006, 12:00 AM

djellison Didnt work for me either. I wonder if theres an O... Mar 24 2006, 11:10 AM

MaxSt You're welcome! It's a great fun to ... Mar 25 2006, 12:03 AM

djellison Just a thought - would RAL png's be a suitable... Mar 25 2006, 09:01 AM

MaxSt I guess so... At long as it is "L", line... Mar 25 2006, 10:16 PM

djellison Interesting - I've downloaded and installed th... Mar 30 2006, 11:16 AM

MaxSt QUOTE (djellison @ Mar 30 2006, 06:16 AM)... Mar 30 2006, 11:55 PM

djellison QUOTE (MaxSt @ Mar 30 2006, 11:55 PM) Nic... Mar 31 2006, 10:39 AM

djellison This stuff is WAY too much fun. I'm finding th... Mar 30 2006, 04:20 PM

algorimancer QUOTE (djellison @ Mar 30 2006, 10:20 AM)... Mar 31 2006, 12:06 AM

jamescanvin Yep, that's what we need, get to it Doug. Mar 31 2006, 01:49 AM

djellison Well - I'm focussing on Opportunity first - as... Mar 31 2006, 07:23 AM

MaxSt I think that's the info you need, Doug: CODE/... Mar 31 2006, 10:13 AM

djellison Just as an aditional note - and you can probably s... Mar 31 2006, 01:46 PM

MaxSt QUOTE (djellison @ Mar 31 2006, 05:39 AM)... Mar 31 2006, 02:21 PM

djellison http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/doug_images/fra... Mar 31 2006, 03:21 PM

MaxSt That viewer is based on OpenSceneGraph project. Tr... Apr 1 2006, 07:55 PM

slinted QUOTE (MaxSt @ Apr 1 2006, 12:55 PM) That... Apr 8 2006, 11:34 PM

MaxSt QUOTE (slinted @ Apr 8 2006, 07:34 PM) Un... Apr 9 2006, 06:07 PM

djellison Oo - I'll give that a go. Obviously - I'v... Apr 1 2006, 07:59 PM

MaxSt An interesting document with some info about Endur... Apr 1 2006, 08:12 PM

djellison The learning curve is WAAyyyyyyyyyyyyy up like tha... Apr 9 2006, 07:45 PM

MaxSt What are you learning? I thought you only playing ... Apr 9 2006, 08:33 PM

djellison Getting OSG to do anything I got as far as using... Apr 9 2006, 08:34 PM

MaxSt Oh... I thought it's something simple, like Fi... Apr 9 2006, 08:55 PM

djellison Sadly not - it's more a dev kit and coding lib... Apr 10 2006, 06:46 AM

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