Re: gEDA-user: a different approach to 3D modeling

[Patrick Doyle <wpdster@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 1:23 PM, Peter Clifton <pcjc2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, 2010-11-19 at 17:43 +0000, Peter Clifton wrote:
>> On Fri, 2010-11-19 at 06:15 -0500, Patrick Doyle wrote:
>> > Not knowing anything of which I speak (write?), would COLLADA
>> > (https://collada.org/mediawiki/index.php/COLLADA_-_Digital_Asset_and_FX_Exchange_Schema)
>> > fit the bill?  I just happened to stumble across it last week on
>> > something totally unrelated, and then noticed your email saying "I
>> > need an open 3D exchange format."
>>
>> Blender imports and exports it too, which is nice. I just exported a
>> simple cube from blender into Collada format, and it isn't too
>> frightening, but it is not so simple as VRML.
>>
>> Perhaps it ranks as "nice to have", especially if there is some good
>> modelling software which only makes that format.
>
> By which I mean Google Sketchup, of course.. I've not used it myself, as
> it dies under Wine for me (setting up GL), but apparently it is good.
> Unfortunately only the "Pro" (pay-for) version supports export to VRML.
>
So then why not use COLLADA and blender?  (I'm not trying to push for
this, or to pick a fight, I'm just curious and trying to learn
something totally new to me.)

--wpd


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