On Fri, 2010-11-19 at 17:43 +0000, Peter Clifton wrote: > On Fri, 2010-11-19 at 06:15 -0500, Patrick Doyle wrote: > > Not knowing anything of which I speak (write?), would COLLADA > > (https://collada.org/mediawiki/index.php/COLLADA_-_Digital_Asset_and_FX_Exchange_Schema) > > fit the bill? I just happened to stumble across it last week on > > something totally unrelated, and then noticed your email saying "I > > need an open 3D exchange format." > > Blender imports and exports it too, which is nice. I just exported a > simple cube from blender into Collada format, and it isn't too > frightening, but it is not so simple as VRML. > > Perhaps it ranks as "nice to have", especially if there is some good > modelling software which only makes that format.
By which I mean Google Sketchup, of course.. I've not used it myself, as it dies under Wine for me (setting up GL), but apparently it is good. Unfortunately only the "Pro" (pay-for) version supports export to VRML. -- Peter Clifton Electrical Engineering Division, Engineering Department, University of Cambridge, 9, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0FA Tel: +44 (0)7729 980173 - (No signal in the lab!) Tel: +44 (0)1223 748328 - (Shared lab phone, ask for me) _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
