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From: s851867@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au (Paul Stephen Holt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
Subject: Sculpt4D IFF format wanted
Summary: Post me!
Keywords: wanted IFF Sculpt format please grovel
Message-ID: <1991May30.072051.5124@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au>
Date: 30 May 91 07:20:51 GMT
Distribution: comp
Organization: RMIT Computer Centre, Melbourne Australia.
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	What I already know:

		Sculpt 4D saves its objects in an IFF format.

		The IFF documents I have mention that the Sculpt4D form
	    called "SC3D" is an "Unregistered third-party form" - which
	    basically means that no-one knows what the form IS.

		I know what the "EDGE", "FACE", and "LINE" components of
	    the form are - I worked that much out for myself.

	What I don't know:

		What are the other mysterious components? i.e. "WRLD",
	    "LAMP", "OBSV", etc. - apart from the fact that they imply "world",
	    "lamp", and "observer" information.

	Why I want to know:

		I want to write a conversion program to read sculpt4d
	    objects and translate them into Rayshade text files, and perhaps
	    vice versa.

	What YOU should do as soon as you finish reading this post:

		Send me mail about the WRLD, LAMP, OBSV.  Give me all your 
	    information, even the most trivial scrap of data would help.

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