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3D Graphics File Formats: A Programmer's Reference - Softcover

Rule, Keith

 
9780201488357: 3D Graphics File Formats: A Programmer's Reference

Synopsis

Describes seven of the most commonly used 3D formats: VRML, AutoCAD DXF, RAW, 3D Studio, POVRay, TrueSpace, and World Toolkit. The included CD-ROM contains 3D objects and all the source code from the book, a 3D file format converter, and several commercial demonstration packages. Rule, a software engineer at Tektronix, shows how to write a reader/writer for each format and defines a subset of each that is interchangeable with other formats. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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Review

A programmer-oriented guide to the details of and conversion between the most commonly used 3D formats (VRML, 3D Studio, TrueSpace, AutoCAD DXF, POVRay, World Toolkit, and RAW), accompanied by a CD-ROM containing 100 royalty-free 3D objects, all the source code from the book, a robust 3D file format converter, and several commercial demonstration packages.

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