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From: julian@riacs.edu (Julian E Gomez)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics,comp.fonts
Subject: Re: Wanna specs: 3D and font standards
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Date: 9 Jan 90 06:46:44 GMT
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In article <1034T8M-KAUP@FINTUVM> T8M-KAUP@FINTUVM.BITNET (Asko Kauppi) writes:
" 
"     I'm highly interested in all possible storage/transportation
"     standards concerning the following:
" 
"         1) Representing 3D graphics and storing them
" 
"            Every CAD program has a file format all of its own.
"            Is there really nothing like the IFF and GIF in the 2D world?

One possibility is 3DGF published by MacroMind,
Inc.  It is both binary (IEEE floating point) and
ASCII, is designed for easy implementation, and
is directly compatible with Renderman.  MacroMind
is at 415/442-0200.
-- 
"Common sense isn't"

	Julian "a tribble took it" Gomez   julian@riacs.edu