Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds
From: broehl@watserv1.waterloo.edu (Bernie Roehl)
Subject: Re: TECH: VR Equipment
Message-ID: <1992Feb2.155940.14240@watserv1.waterloo.edu>
Organization: University of Waterloo
References: <1992Jan31.001827.5302@milton.u.washington.edu>
Date: Sun, 2 Feb 1992 15:59:40 GMT
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In article <1992Jan31.001827.5302@milton.u.washington.edu> ml4477@csc.albany.
edu (Marc A. Lefebvre) writes:

>Also, is there any good shareware software to produce images 
>for REND386.  I noticed that the data files are text,  but they seem very 
>complex, how can a 'regular joe'  produce some nice graphics like that?  
>
>[MODERATOR'S NOTE:  [...] As to your specific question regarding REND386, 
>this is the right place to ask your question.

...and the right place to get an answer!  You should read the file plg.txt
that came as part of the distribution; it documents the file format.  I'm
working on simple converters from OFF to PLG and from Movie BYU to OFF.
With these, plus the existing TDDD to OFF converter that's available on
the net, you should have access to OFF, TDDD and BYU format objects.

Are there other popular polygon-based formats I'm missing?

	Bernie Roehl, University of Waterloo Electrical Engineering Dept
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