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Uhm, we also convert to and from more than thirty other 3D file formats. We added that admittedly "rudimentary" RIB exporter at customer request, not because we thought we could trick people. Over and over, I've found that people *ask* for magic Product X to RIB converters, but that they don't know what they really want, or they haven't actually used Renderman yet. So if you have some definite iddeas about how you'd like to convert a 3DS scene to Renderman format for any given Renderman product (Showplace, BMRT, etc.) please describe it, and you too can guide the development of a Syndesis InterChange converter. For example, how would you like the 3DS materials to be translated to Renderman shaders?