[Fwd: Re: [www-vrml] Re: some questions about X3D]

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

Forwarded on behalf of Brian Hay.

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Subject: Re: [www-vrml] Re: some questions about X3D
Date: Thu, 02 Sep 2004 18:06:53 +1000
From: Brian Hay <bhay@construct3d.com>

Joe D Williams 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.

I've started work on a comprehensive VRML/X3D exporter for 3ds max/gmax 
as I've found the exporters currently available to be problematic.

I know there's an open source effort started by Yumetech but there 
doesn't seem to have been much progress and it's based on discreet's 
ancient vrml exporter C++ code, which is riddled with bugs.

My approach is to use pure maxscript which will mean it should work 
across all recent versions of max and the *FREE* gmax without requiring 
a recompile every new release.

I'll make it open source soon.

It doesn't solve the X3D export problem for everyone but with the free 
gmax I think it's a start. I think everyone needs to either lobby the 
makers of their favorite 3D app or get their hans dirty writing an X3D 
exporter ... the more authoring options the better.

For a totally free authoring option Blender would be best. A relatively 
cheap and dedicated X3D solution seems to be Vix3D.

Can someone pass this onto the list as I can seem to post.


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Regards,
Brian Hay.
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