3DS Ascii Files
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Which translator are you working with?
The program is called TDDDconv. It converts 3D objects in the binary TDDD
format into either OFF, NFF, Rayshade, or vort format. There is also a
Postscript object viewer. I grabbed it off of one of out UNIX mirror
sites. At first glance it looks interesting. Have to wait for R2 so I can
suck some geometry in. Should be interesting. LAM
I thought you had said there was an Amiga-based program that could read or
write 3D Studio files. As far as I know, my company's product is the only
one. At this time, we licensed our reading code to newTek for inclusion in
the Video Toaster. The other day, I did an InterChange Converter for
exporting the 3DSr2 .ASC ASCII format. It makes bulky files, but it works.
Unless I'm missing something, the .ASC files only contain geometry and no
surface information. What a shame! So, I'll someday complete this
converter and make it write .3DS files and probably .MLI libraries.
Until then, you could use our InterChange DXF Converter and move your Amiga
files to DXF format, and then import that into 3D Studio. Or, export 3D
Studio objects as DXF, and import them through our converter. Call (608)
455-1422 for more information.