On Sep 7, 2006, at 2:56 PM, Michael Diehr wrote:
My question is this -- I'd really like to support playback of
arbitrary 3D animations. Is there any sort of standard 3D
animation format that includes plugins for all 3 platforms that
would work via the HTMLViewer control? In other words, is there
any sort of 3DMF-like file format which includes not only model &
texture definitions, but animation scripting as well?
The end goal would be that I could tell customers "save your 3D
animation in XYZ format, and my app can play it back for you".
That's a toughie -- I've not seen a universal 3D animation format
that both runs cross-platform and that many 3D apps can export,
especially for browser viewing. Shockwave 3D and VRML come to mind.
In general, the closest universal 3D formats that I know of would be
either the OBJ (no animation, as far as I know) or FBX (supports
animation) formats. These two are supported by most 3D apps and both
formats are open-sourced.
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Jeff Quan
jquan at mindspring dot com
http://www.jcquan.com/JQportfolio
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