Re: [gl4java-usergroup] xml 3d file format

[Drake W. <dr...@er...>]

It will definately be up on a web... but I proably wont spend time on a
webpage (just some links).  At least initially.

I'm still trying to come up with everything it should contain.

I want to make it as human readable as possible... so you can write it by
hand from some graph paper.

the current plan is something like this

<texture name="front"\>

<polygon name = "frontside" style="strip">
  <texture>front<\texture>
  <vertex x ="10", y="20", z="30"\>
  <vertex x ="20", y="30", z="30"\>
  <vertex x ="30", y="40", z="30"\>
<\polygon>

<3dobject name="box">
  <part>
     <object="frontside"\>
     <transform: dx="-10", dy="30", dz="50", rx=".3"\>
  <part name="frontside"\>
<\3dobject>

ie, really simple.. but I'm willing to use/add anything that will make it
useful to others (as long as I can still use it).

So I guess I'm asking for input on what is needed for a full fledged 3d
format.  Since XML is good for allowing you to add things only when needed.
I'm pretty sure we could come up with a full xml description at the same
time as make it simple when you can use the defaults.



----- Original Message -----
From: "Antony Ribot" <ri...@to...>
To: "Drake Woodring" <dr...@er...>;
<gl4...@li...>
Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2002 8:35 AM
Subject: Re: [gl4java-usergroup] xml 3d file format


> Drake,
>
> Will you be creating a website/webpage documenting how you get on with
this
> project.
> If so (or if there is already one), please could you send the link across.
>
> If you want any testing done, I'd be more than happy to help out.
>
> Thanks.
>
> ribot
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Drake Woodring" <dr...@er...>
> To: <gl4...@li...>
> Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2002 3:24 PM
> Subject: [gl4java-usergroup] xml 3d file format
>
>
> > I have been looking around for a decent file format that I could parse
for
> > some objects I want to define.  Originally I wanted to go W3D or 3DS
> formats
> > since I already had some models that would be way cool to use.  (anyone
> know
> > of a parser for these?  of a good reference to the file format?)
> >
> > I decided to start a simple XML file format.  I haven't decided on the
> > schema yet.  If nobody else is interested in it, I will probably just
make
> > the schema to follow my engine.  Since the project I'm working on is
open
> > source... and I would do it anyway... I would like to create a simple
> > expandable parser for others to use also.
> >
> > Does anyone want to give input?  Or anyone know any good ascii based
file
> > formats I could follow (for name and feature lists).
> >
> > thanks
> >
> > ps... everything is going to xml anyway.... why not this?
> >
> >
> >
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