Re: VRML for Lightwave

V Bourdakis ([email protected])
Thu, 23 Nov 1995 10:34:17 +0000 (GMT)


On Wed, 22 Nov 1995, Bryant Reif wrote:

> At 11:50 AM 11/22/95 -0500, [email protected] wrote:
> >I recall seeing a messege a while back about VRML conversion for Lightwave.
> >Is there any known?
>
> That was probably me. Since then I have found Fountain from Caligari. It
> can import LW objects and export them out to VRML. The only problem is that
> the files are not totally compatible with some browsers (unfortunatly the
> bsst ones). I have also found a program that can convert LightWave files to
> OpenInventor format which is nearly identical to VRML. The only problem is
> that it requires the OpenInventor libraries which are only available for the
> SGI as far as I know. Does anyone out there know if OpenInventor libraries
> will be made available for the PC? I don't have as much access to SGI's as
> I would like.
<snip>

If this LW to IV tool works then pick Webspace and you get a util to
translate IV files to VRML ... (both Webspace1.0 for PCs and Webspace 1.1
for SGs has this ivtoVRML utility
Good luck

Vassilis


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