Re: [Plib-devel] DXF load/save

[Steve B. <sjb...@ai...>]

Dave McClurg wrote:
 
> I commited Wavefront OBJ import/export functions to PLIB/SSG
> They only handle geometry right now
> If someone can give me to a texture mapped OBJ model, i'll work on
> adding the texture support

Bill Weiland <bil...@ch...> said that he was working on an SSG
loader that would be ready "probably within the next few weeks"...dunno
what happened to that.

Bill - are you listening?

AFAIK, here is the current list of who is working on
what loader/writer-wise:

.ase : Author: Dave McClurg dp...@ef...
        IMPORT Status: 80% complete & functional
        EXPORT Status: complete
        Description: ASCII Export format of 3DSMAX.
        Todo: need to support mesh animations and sub materials fully
        but works well for most models

Dave says: I am interested in writing a VRML 1.0 ascii loader if that
  makes sense.  Anyone else  actively working on VRML support?  Does
  anyone have an issue with only supporting VRML 1.0 ascii ?
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.lwo: Leath Muller <le...@gb...>

       I am going to write a file importer for PLIB (Lightwave)
       but not an exporter yet... (file extension is .lwo)
       The code has been written already (for my modeller) I
       just have to convert it to PLIB.
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             "Christopher K. St. John" <cs...@qu...>

 I've got a partially finished VRML97 loader. However, VRML97 and
VRML 1.0 are different enough so that having two different loaders
is probably reasonable.
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.pov: Author: Christian Mayer <Va...@t-...>
      IMPORT Status: never - considered impossible
      EXPORT Status: started, but currently on hold while I'm trying
                     to figure out how to write a writer for SSG as
                     the example code that I used didn't work.
      Description:   PovRay is a well known freeware raytracer.
      Note:          You'll probably need at least MegaPov or the yet
                     to come PovRay 3.5 (=> I'll use mesh2)
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.obj: Author: Bill Weiland <bil...@ch...>
      IMPORT Status: "probably within the next few weeks"
      EXPORT Status: not yet?
   ...also...
      Author: Dave McClurg <dp...@ef...>
      IMPORT Status: Geometry only - no texture
      EXPORT Status: Geometry only - no texture
      Description:   OBJ is a fairly simple ASCII model format
                     exported by Wavefront.
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.ac : Author: Steve Baker <sjb...@ai...>
        IMPORT Status: 100% complete & functional
        EXPORT Status: none
        Description: ASCII Export format of AC3D.
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.ssg : Author: Steve Baker <sjb...@ai...> 
        IMPORT Status: 100% complete & functional
        EXPORT Status: 100% complete & functional
        Description: Native binary format for SSG - supported by PPE
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.dxf : Author: Dave McClurg <dp...@ef...>
        IMPORT Status: DXF lines and faces are both supported
        EXPORT Status: DXF lines and faces are both supported
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