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.ds LF MGF |
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.ds RF Version 1.0 |
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.DA May 1995 |
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.ds RF Version 1.1 |
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.\" !Remember to update date on each modification! |
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.DA February 1996 |
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.TL |
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The Materials and Geometry Format |
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"http://radsite.lbl.gov/mgf/HOME.html". |
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.LP |
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The standard parser provides both immediate and a long-term |
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The standard parser provides both immediate and long-term |
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benefits, since it presents a programming interface that is more |
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stable even than the language itself. |
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Unlike AutoCAD DXF and other de facto standards, a change to the |
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MGF Translators |
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Initially, there are five translators for MGF data, but only |
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two of these are distributed with the MGF parser itself, |
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.I mgfilt |
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Initially, there are six translators for MGF data, and |
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three of these are distributed with the MGF parser itself, |
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.I mgfilt, |
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.I mgf2inv |
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and |
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.I mgf2inv. |
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.I 3ds2mgf. |
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Two of the other translators, |
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.I mgf2rad |
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and |
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nestor.epfl.ch, or by WWW from |
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"http://radsite.lbl.gov/radiance/HOME.html" |
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The fifth translator, |
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The sixth translator, |
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.I mgf2meta, |
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converts to a 2-dimensional line plot, and is also |
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distributed with Radiance. |
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Mgf2inv converts from MGF to Inventor or VRML format. |
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Some information is lost, because these formats do not support |
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physical light sources or materials. |
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.LP |
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3ds2mgf converts from 3D Studio binary format to MGF. |
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Care must be taken to correct for errors in the material descriptions, |
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since 3D Studio is completely non-physical. |
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.ds LH Translators |
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.ds RH MGFILT |
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.SH |
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SEE ALSO |
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.LP |
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mgf2rad, mgfilt, rad2mgf |
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mgf2rad(1), mgfilt(1), 3ds2mgf(1), rad2mgf(1) |
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.ds RH 3DS2MGF |
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.SH |
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NAME |
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.LP |
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3ds2mgf - convert 3D Studio binary file to Materials and Geometry Format |
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.SH |
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SYNOPSIS |
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.LP |
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.B 3ds2mgf |
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.B input |
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.B output |
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] |
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.B -lMatlib |
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][ |
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.B -xObjname |
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][ |
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.B -sAngle |
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][ |
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.B -aAnimfile |
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.B -fN |
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.SH |
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DESCRIPTION |
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.LP |
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.I 3ds2mgf |
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converts a 3D Studio binary scene description |
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to the Materials and Geometry Format (MGF). |
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If no output file name is given, the input root name |
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will be taken as the output root, and an "mgf" extension |
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will be added. |
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This file will contain any light sources and materials, and an include |
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statement for a similarly named file ending in "inc", which will contain |
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the MGF geometry of all the translated 3DS meshes. |
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.LP |
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The MGF material names and properties |
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for the surfaces will be those assigned in 3D Studio, |
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unless they are named in one or more MGF material libraries given in a |
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.I -l |
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option. |
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.LP |
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The |
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.I -x |
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option may be used to exclude a named object from the output. |
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.LP |
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The |
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.I -s |
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option may be used to adjust automatic mesh smoothing such that adjacent |
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triangle faces with less than the given angle between them (in degrees) |
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will be smoothed. |
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A value of zero turns smoothing off. |
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The default value is 60 degrees. |
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.LP |
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The |
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.I -a |
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option may be used to specify a 3D Studio animation file, and together with the |
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.I -f |
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option, |
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.I 3ds2mgf |
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will generate a scene description for the specified frame. |
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.LP |
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Note that there are no spaces between the options and their arguments. |
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.SH |
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LIMITATIONS |
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.LP |
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Obviously, since 3D Studio has no notion of physical materials, the |
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translation to MGF material descriptions is very ad hoc, and it will |
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usually be necessary to edit the materials and light sources in |
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the output file or replace materials with proper entries from a material |
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library using the |
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.I -l |
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option. |
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.LP |
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With smoothing turned on (i.e., a non-zero value for the |
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.I -s |
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option), vertices in the MGF output will not be linked in a proper |
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mesh for each object. |
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This is due to the way the automatic smoothing code was originally |
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written, and is too difficult to repair. |
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If a good mesh is needed, then smoothing must be turned off. |
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.SH |
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EXAMPLES |
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.LP |
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To convert a 3D Studio robot model to MGF without smoothing. |
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(Output will be put into "robot.mgf" and "robot.inc".) |
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.IP |
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3ds2mgf robot.3ds -s0 |
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.LP |
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To convert a DC10 jet model to MGF using a hand-created material library: |
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.IP |
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3ds2mgf dc10.3ds -ldc10mat.mgf |
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.SH |
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AUTHORS |
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.LP |
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Steve Anger, Jeff Bowermaster and Greg Ward |
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.br |
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Extended from 3ds2pov 1.8. |
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.SH |
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SEE ALSO |
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.LP |
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mgf2inv(1), mgf2meta(1), mgf2rad(1) |
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.ds RH MGF2RAD |
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.SH |
