#3D Exchange Standard
02-May-95 08:22:55
Sb: #11123-#3D Exchange Standard
Fm: Syndesis 76004,1763
To: Sam J. Bowling 71603,2076
Thanks for studying what I wrote! Another important point that I
didn't have a chance to explain… Very few companies document their
file format. Formats like Strata, Infini-D, Visual Reality, etc. are
proprietary. If they did document their file formats, then there
would be aghost of chance that companies like mine would be able to
develop translation tools. (Strata will document their format soon,
actually.)
As you pointed out, DXF has plenty of limitations. I agree, you'd
think that a few very simple ASCII-based formats for the exchange of
geometry or motions would solve at least *some* of the problems.