New 3D format in the works... 2004-04-21 - By Andrew Paules
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Notice that the list of companies pushing the format doesnt include any of
the heavy hitters in the 3D industry - Alias|Wavefront, SideFX, Newtek,
Discreet, and Avid.
I don't think it'll ever happen. A straight-ahead package like Maya is never
going to be able to use the same scene format as a procedural package such
as Houdini - Sure you can have a common format for final objects, but those
already exist - DXF and OBJ are pretty universal, as well as IGES. The
problem is storing the consturction history and all of the propriatary data
for each package - one format that could encompass everything would be
incredibly bloated.
|andrew|
Andrew A. Paules
704.839.1813
http://studentpages.scad.edu/~apaule20/
>From: "Martinez Ricardo.O (NET/Dallas)" <Ricardo.O.Martinez@(protected)>
>Reply-To: "TSML (trueSpace Mailing List)" <truespace@(protected)>
>To: truespace@(protected)
>Subject: [TSML] New 3D format in the works...
>Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 16:56:50 -0500
>
>it's *too* quiet in here....
>
>From Slashdot:
>
>"The Register is reporting that more than 30 companies are working together
>to define a new file format intended to serve as a universal 3D file
>format. The new file format will be named the 'Universal 3D Format', or
>U3D. According to the article, they hope to make the new format as standard
>as MP3 has become for audio, and JPEG has become for 2D images. Interesting
>that they would choose two lossy media formats as models for comparison."
>
>Short blurb at the Register:
>http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/21/intel_u3d/
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