[www-vrml] Re: some questions about X3D

[Miriam English <miriam@werple.net.au>]

Hi Andrea,

I'm not sure.
NewTek are at http://www.newtek.com/
I bought Lightwave years ago when I used to have that fabled substance called money. :) The old VRML plugin I have for exporting VRML from Lightwave is really not too good and I gave up using it. Much better, in my opinion is AccuTrans, by the quite brilliant Wayne Hogue -- see http://www.micromouse.ca/

AccTrans *already* outputs to X3D, as well as reading and writing an astonishing array of other formats.

When I bought my copy of AccuTrans, years ago, it didn't support conversion of textures from Lightwave, but then NewTek's own converter didn't do that properly either, so I usually fitted textures on later. I haven't got the latest version of AccuTrans yet, but it might support textures now. Unlike many big companies, Wayne is continually upgrading and improving his product, and yet retains a very low price on it.

Be patient with its unorthodox interface. This amazing program has been around since the days of Amiga computers.

Best wishes,

	- Miriam


andrea wrote:

> I would use X3D, and I'm sure other people would too if it were an 
> export plugin for the 3D modeler animation package they use.
> Not everyone uses Maya or 3Dstudio Max...there are a lot of people 
> working in Lightwave. Who could the consortium contact at Newtek to get 
> X3D as an export from Lightwave?
> Andrea

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