Re: 3DeLight

Hi,

you are correct with your assumption (see my other mail).

-Phil

On Thursday, January 16, 2003, at 05:14  Uhr, Gerard Iglesias wrote:
> In fact I made this suggestion because I understood that Phil planned 
> to make the rib file format the native file format for 3DKit.
>
> If it is not the case, this kind of app is less important to do.
>
> And I was speaking about 3DKit --> save rib file --> 3Delight can use 
> it to render it, we need only to have import/export as rib file.
>
> 	Gerard
>
> On Thursday, January 16, 2003, at 04:38 PM, Brent Gulanowski wrote:
>
>> Reading a RIB file will require an import facility, to convert it to 
>> the native 3DKit representation. The design of 3DKit should be able 
>> to handle that easily enough, but someone will have to write the 
>> import plug-in. My understanding is that we will initially use text 
>> and binary serializations of the internal data types for our file 
>> formats, similar to what was in v0.3. Plug-ins for import form/export 
>> to other file formats would also be good.
>>
>> In order to render using 3Delight, we would need to use RenderMan API 
>> internally, correct? I haven't seen any indication (from Phil) that 
>> the G3DRenderAction (and complementary OpenGL Renderer bundle) 
>> included in RenderKit will use the actual RenderMan API, which means 
>> this application would need to provide a custom render Action to do 
>> so. Again, the design anticipates this, but I doubt it will be 
>> present when the RenderKit is put back into CVS. I think, however, 
>> that it would do great things for 3DKit's reception if a realistic 
>> proposal is made to do what you are suggesting.
>>
>> Hopefully Phil can enlighten us some more on his intentions. (nudge, 
>> nudge, wink, wink :-)
>>
>> Brent Gulanowski
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