hmm..
many stuff u didn't get too deep there, but I see, u actually have nto a great interest on this ;)
Ok...in that ftp yep there where converters...
tools that open vrml, there are. http://www.europa.com/~keithr/crossroads/
accutrans is not free...is non limited, no nag shareware. 3d Exploration 1.5(not the newer, Deep) is shareware or an strange beta, and can be found in this htm page, digging a bit :
http://www.dsmith.gmaxsupport.com/Essential_Tools.htm
It only displays a remind me-later pair of buttons u click every start. All gmax comunity is using it since long time.
It opens iv and stl, but not iges or ply.
there are scans in dxf format , of course, non uv mapped. There are others in obj.U only gotta dig a bit.
I think I found some other in weird simple formats like raw, etc.
i was near to buy once a 3d scanner, and I had to find a tool to handle point cloud data: those files where just the coords that the magnetic thing was dumping in a file...
There was a tool to handle those file: surely it open all those formats. Couldn't even remember the name, and I sure have it in some cd, but it'd take maybe days to find it among my cds.It was free, dedicated for point clouds data (3d scans)
Open fx loads STL (often used for big cad models, I think) , dxf (often, very often used for raw 3d scan with surface/uv map info, as dxf cant handle that) , 3ds (no more than 65k tris, so no valid) and its native.
exports dxf , stl, 3ds, vrml.
btw, that site offers it in stl and OBJ, and there are loads of tools that open an obj.
But even with obj, not all are ideal. Ie: Metasequoia is probably the best to handle large geometries. Blender too.Probably not as much as metasequoia, which is a free modeller, indeed. that can export to cob, x , dxf. Remember x has a 65k tris, too. Cob I dunno, but perhaps is higher. DXF is really high, seen several scans in dxf. OBJ I'd think is unlimited.At least, I tested with 260k tris, if I remeber well. And is used for normal maps, so I'd bet it supports whatever the count.Indeed, is a bit more than an ordered coords list.
3d exploration 1.5 accutrans are no nagged, no time limited shareware. i didn't know if u just were looking for a casual use of them.
BTW, I don't actually need them to acces every format ouit there, but i spend in seeking tools more time than would have sense.
d_cnvrt.exe in that ftp place, if I read well, is a ply converter.DOS command line, and u need to boot with an old dos start disk.
yep, one was about code, as u said u could be about to write one, I thought just compile one would be easier.
""U could use blender to make the conversion" - except i'm asking to "save me the time of writing one." this was really just to look at those files. not even really use them. except maybe if a good convertor was available... "
Hmm...the ply plugin for import export is already done. U don't need to write anything. I don't understand you.
to use anything in Maya u need to use any of the several free converters or free modellers out there that convert an vrml or whatever the format to OBJ.
Or grab one of those OBJs directly.
I have seen (and could convert) scans and in way weirder formats loads of times.It's perfectly possible.
3d exploration exports and imports a load of formats.
including stl and iv.
I haven't tested most of what i say here, I've only done crazy lots of tasks similar to all these.
IMHO writing a converter is rather much more work than just making ur workflow with some of these freebies.
good luck
many stuff u didn't get too deep there, but I see, u actually have nto a great interest on this ;)
Ok...in that ftp yep there where converters...
tools that open vrml, there are. http://www.europa.com/~keithr/crossroads/
accutrans is not free...is non limited, no nag shareware. 3d Exploration 1.5(not the newer, Deep) is shareware or an strange beta, and can be found in this htm page, digging a bit :
http://www.dsmith.gmaxsupport.com/Essential_Tools.htm
It only displays a remind me-later pair of buttons u click every start. All gmax comunity is using it since long time.
It opens iv and stl, but not iges or ply.
there are scans in dxf format , of course, non uv mapped. There are others in obj.U only gotta dig a bit.
I think I found some other in weird simple formats like raw, etc.
i was near to buy once a 3d scanner, and I had to find a tool to handle point cloud data: those files where just the coords that the magnetic thing was dumping in a file...
There was a tool to handle those file: surely it open all those formats. Couldn't even remember the name, and I sure have it in some cd, but it'd take maybe days to find it among my cds.It was free, dedicated for point clouds data (3d scans)
Open fx loads STL (often used for big cad models, I think) , dxf (often, very often used for raw 3d scan with surface/uv map info, as dxf cant handle that) , 3ds (no more than 65k tris, so no valid) and its native.
exports dxf , stl, 3ds, vrml.
btw, that site offers it in stl and OBJ, and there are loads of tools that open an obj.
But even with obj, not all are ideal. Ie: Metasequoia is probably the best to handle large geometries. Blender too.Probably not as much as metasequoia, which is a free modeller, indeed. that can export to cob, x , dxf. Remember x has a 65k tris, too. Cob I dunno, but perhaps is higher. DXF is really high, seen several scans in dxf. OBJ I'd think is unlimited.At least, I tested with 260k tris, if I remeber well. And is used for normal maps, so I'd bet it supports whatever the count.Indeed, is a bit more than an ordered coords list.
3d exploration 1.5 accutrans are no nagged, no time limited shareware. i didn't know if u just were looking for a casual use of them.
BTW, I don't actually need them to acces every format ouit there, but i spend in seeking tools more time than would have sense.
d_cnvrt.exe in that ftp place, if I read well, is a ply converter.DOS command line, and u need to boot with an old dos start disk.
yep, one was about code, as u said u could be about to write one, I thought just compile one would be easier.
""U could use blender to make the conversion" - except i'm asking to "save me the time of writing one." this was really just to look at those files. not even really use them. except maybe if a good convertor was available... "
Hmm...the ply plugin for import export is already done. U don't need to write anything. I don't understand you.
to use anything in Maya u need to use any of the several free converters or free modellers out there that convert an vrml or whatever the format to OBJ.
Or grab one of those OBJs directly.
I have seen (and could convert) scans and in way weirder formats loads of times.It's perfectly possible.
3d exploration exports and imports a load of formats.
including stl and iv.
I haven't tested most of what i say here, I've only done crazy lots of tasks similar to all these.
IMHO writing a converter is rather much more work than just making ur workflow with some of these freebies.
good luck