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Re: 3DMF file converter

To: REALbasic Games <realbasic-games at lists dot realsoftware dot com>
Subject: Re: 3DMF file converter
From: "Joseph J. Strout" <joe at realsoftware dot com>
Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2005 08:54:37 -0500
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At 10:07 AM -0700 4/3/05, Joe Raffanti wrote:

Hi everyone, I had a quick question which I hope someone here may be able to answer: do you know of an app which can convert files from 3DMF to 3DS or COB and back to 3DMF?

Meshwork can convert between some 3DMF and 3DS files, though the conversion is not lossless. It's a much more difficult problem than you might expect.

I vaguely recall another tool that could convert among a variety of 3D file formats (it didn't do any editing; it was just a converter). But it wasn't very well supported at the time, and that was years ago; I doubt it's still around.

Or, is there an RB plugin or something I could use for this purpose? (If not, I might go ahead and try making one if it looks feasible enough).

No plugin would be needed; you could do this in pure RB code. Every now and then people ask for something like this, but so far nobody has found the right combination of ambition, time, and skill to actually do it. It'd make a great open-source community project, though...

Best,
- Joe

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