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3D Exchange Standard

    06-May-95 05:27:58
Sb: #11423-3D Exchange Standard
Fm: David Hofmann 100112,3243
To: Syndesis 76004,1763
As far as I know Autodesk is trying to make .3ds format the standard exchange file format for 3d programs. I'm not an Autodesk fan and I don't know what information can be stored in 3ds format, but from my point of view it's a better solution than extending DXF, a format not made for 3D and hated by anyone who has to write a DXF import filter. Spline objects are already the standard in high end programs and they will be coming strong in the future (in all other programs). I know very little about the structure of spline objects, but I guess they are harder to convert between different programs. -David