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Subject: -16- What database file formats can IRIS Performer read?
Date: Thu Sep 30 16:55:07 CDT 1999
Performer "2.0.2", 2.0.3, 2.0.4, and 2.1 add support of the
following two formats, in addition to those available in Performer
2.0:
pfa: IRIS Performer ASCII format developed by Rob Mace
pfb: IRIS Performer BINARY format (very fast) developed by Rob Mace
IRIS Performer 2.0 and 2.0.1 contain direct import capabilities for:
3ds: AutoDesk 3DStudio binary data
bin: Minor SGI format used by powerflip
bpoly: Side Effects Software PRISMS binary
byu: Brigham Young University CAD/FEA data
dwb: Coryphaeus Software Designer's Workbench
dxf: AutoDesk AutoCAD ASCII format
flt11: MultiGen public domain Flight v11 format
flt14: MultiGen OpenFlight v14 format
gds: McDonnell-Douglas GDS things data
gfo: Minor SGI format (radiosity output)
im: Minor SGI format (IRIS Performer example)
irtp: AAI/Graphicon Interactive Real-Time PHIGS
iv: SGI OpenInventor / VRML 1.0
lsa: Lightscape radiosity solutions (ASCII)
lsb: Lightscape radiosity solutions (binary)
m: University of Washington mesh data
medit: Medit Productions medit modeling tool
nff: Eric Haines' ray tracing test data format
obj: Wavefront Technologies data format
post: Minor SGI format (example gridded terrain loader)
phd: Minor SGI format (polyhedra)
poly: Side Effects Software PRISMS ASCII data
pts: University of Washington point data
ptu: Minor SGI format (IRIS Performer example)
s1k: US ARMY SIMNET databases (Texas Instruments)
sgf: US NAVY standard graphics format
sgo: Minor SGI format
spf: US NAVY simple polygon format
sponge: Sierpinski sponge 3D fractal generator
star: Yale University compact star chart data
stla: 3D Structures Stereolithography (ASCII)
stlb: 3D Structures Stereolithography (binary)
sv: Format of John Kichury's i3dm modeler
tri: University of Minnesota Geometry Center data
unc: University of North Carolina data
Several other file formats will be available via translators:
via Acuris Corporation translators (to OpenInventor):
iges Old standard computer aided design interchange format
alias Alias Research animation system data
3ds AutoDesk 3DStudio
obj Wavefront Technologies OBJ format
dxf AutoDesk AutoCAD format
softimage Microsoft/Softimage animation system data
via Clarus AB translators:
step New standard computer aided design interchange format
vertigo Vertigo animation system data
via ViewPoint, http://www.viewpoint.com/, translators (to OpenInventor):
3D Studio, BRender, Alias polyset, CAD-3D, CADL, DXF, Imagine,
Inventor, LightWave objects and scenes, MovieBYU, Haines NFF,
Sense8 NFF, POV-Ray, Pro/ENGINEER, Prisms, RAW, RenderWare,
Sculpt, SGI spin, Soft F/X, stereolithography, StyleGuide,
Swivel, GDS "things", trueSpace, Vertigo, Vista DEM, VideoScape
and Wavefront formats.
IRIS Performer 1.2 includes loading utilities and file loaders for:
- The SGI .bin, .sgo, .gfo, .poly, and .ptu formats
- IRIS Inventor's .iv format.
- Coryphaeus' Software .dwb format.
- Software Systems (MultiGen Inc) Version 11, 13, and 14 .flt
- The SuperViewer .sv format used in I3DM
- Lightscape Graphics Software's .lsa and .lsb formats
- Autodesk's AutoCAD .dxf format
- Miscellaneous formats (.gfo, .irtp, .stla, .stlb).
For source code to loaders for MultiGen .flt versions greater than
11, contact MultiGen, Inc at (408) 556-2600.
IRIS Performer 1.0 and 1.1 include database loaders for MultiGen v11
"flt", SGI "bin", and SGI "obj" formats.
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