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Subject: IFF for 3D packages?
Message-ID: <4VfpM8y00WAKzW005j@andrew.cmu.edu>
Date: Sat, 28-Nov-87 18:02:32 EST
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Posted: Sat Nov 28 18:02:32 1987
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Organization: Carnegie Mellon University
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With all the talk about interchange programs between Videoscape 3D,
Sculpt 3D, Forms in Flight, etc etc. I begin to wonder why an IFF
format for describing three-dimensional objects has not surfaced.
After all, isn't the whole intention of IFF to avoid kldugy
conversion programs and allow various packages to work in tandem?

It wouldn't be hard at all to adopt such a standard.  Everybody need
only offer IFF capability with the next release of their package,
with backwards compatability for the old format.


Michael Portuesi / Carnegie Mellon University
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