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- From: hrpctw@pnv.palm.cri.nz (Colin T. Wilson-Salt)
- Subject: 3D file format
- Message-ID: <hrpctw.19@pnv.palm.cri.nz>
- Sender: news@massey.ac.nz (USENET News System)
- Organization: DSIR, Palmerston North, New Zealand
- Date: Fri, 29 Jan 93 03:30:15 GMT
- Lines: 28
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- Can someone please explain what all this means.
- I have done my best to figure it out but I haven't
- quite managed. My guesses are to the right.
- # converted from an offfile
- #name vw
- #description volkswagen bug data base from Evans & Sutherland
- #copyright (c) Evans & Sutherland - ok to distribute if copyright appears
- #
- v <-- start of view description ???
- from 150.750000 109.687500 12.125000 <-- the eye point
- at 0.000000 29.687500 -2.125000 <-- where we are looking
- up 0 1 0 <-- the up vector
- angle 55 <-- the view angle ???
- hither 1.0 <-- ???
- resolution 512 512 <-- Screen resolution
- #number 2008 <-- number of polygons
- #g -30.25 30.25 0 59.375 -77 72.75 <-- ???
- l 1302.500000 1593.750000 727.500000 <-- a light source ???
- b 0.3 0.3 0.5 <-- background light ???
- f .8 .1 0.1 .95 .05 5 0 0 <-- ???
- pp 3 <-- three points -> a triangle
- 28.25 11 -27.5 -4.12666 -2.80853 -2.50108 <-- the last three must
- 28.75 10.5 -28 -3.15068 0.0755511 -2.17307 <-- be the coordinates
- 28.75 8.5 -28.25 -3.44823 -.498185 -1.16482 <-- but what are the
- pp 3
- -28.75 8.5 -28.25 3.44823 -.498185 -1.16482 <-- first three - my best
- -28.75 10.5 -28 3.15068 0.0755511 -2.17307 <-- guess is a normal,
- -28.25 11 -27.5 4.12666 -2.80853 -2.50108 <-- for shading use ???
-