On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 1:23 PM, Peter Clifton <pc...@cam.ac.uk> wrote: > 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. > So then why not use COLLADA and blender? (I'm not trying to push for this, or to pick a fight, I'm just curious and trying to learn something totally new to me.)
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