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- From: marrou@cs.ucf.edu (Lance R. Marrou)
- Subject: Re: 3-D Studio --> Alias
- Message-ID: <marrou.716215668@eola.cs.ucf.edu>
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- Organization: University of Central Florida
- References: <1992Sep10.141754.1@tesla.njit.edu>
- Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 12:47:48 GMT
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- kpm8447@tesla.njit.edu writes:
-
- >I recently took a class on Autodesk 3-D studio (V. 1) and this semester
- >I'm taking a class on Alias (V. 3) (On a Silicon Graphics Iris Workstation)
- >Is there a way to port objects/scenes/whatever from 3-d studio to Alias?
- >I'm sure it can be done w/ .dxf formats but I was wondering if there were
- >any other ways.
- > - Thanks in advance
- > - Kirk
-
- Unless you write (or for some bizarre chance, find) your own conversion
- program, no. Autodesk and Alias only correspond through .dxf. If you
- know the .dxf format (available publicly) then you can write a converter
- to Alias SDL (Screen Description Language) if you have the time, but it
- is kind of tricky. The Alias wire format is proprietary and can be
- gotten only through Alias itself, after signing a non-disclosure form.
- We are in the process of writing our own converter, but it will not be
- available publicly. Sorry for the bad news....
- BTW, your version of Alias might not even have the .dxf option, but if
- it does, then you have no problems..
-
- (if I am incorrect in any of the above information, someone please
- correct me!)
-
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- Lance R. Marrou
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