From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/51076 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Michail Vidiassov Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: 3D PDF support (AKA asymptote support) Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2009 08:07:14 +0400 (MSD) Message-ID: References: <1285.212.192.224.186.1244218458.squirrel@squirrelmail.iaas.msu.ru> <4A2971E4.1070001@nibua-r.org> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: MULTIPART/MIXED; BOUNDARY="0-802027808-1244261234=:6465" X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1244261605 1859 80.91.229.12 (6 Jun 2009 04:13:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2009 04:13:25 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Sat Jun 06 06:13:21 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MCnHV-0000eT-IW for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Sat, 06 Jun 2009 06:13:21 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id F36401FB39; Sat, 6 Jun 2009 06:13:20 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 28827-09; Sat, 6 Jun 2009 06:12:32 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 20FFF1FB57; Sat, 6 Jun 2009 06:12:32 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id E4FBA1FB57 for ; Sat, 6 Jun 2009 06:12:29 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 28855-09 for ; Sat, 6 Jun 2009 06:12:18 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from filter3-ams.mf.surf.net (filter3-ams.mf.surf.net [192.87.102.71]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id C544D1FB39 for ; Sat, 6 Jun 2009 06:12:17 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from serv.iaas.msu.ru (serv.iaas.msu.ru [212.192.224.252]) by filter3-ams.mf.surf.net (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id n55NwIkf022661 for ; Sat, 6 Jun 2009 01:58:23 +0200 Original-Received: from [192.168.0.2] (host-81.200.0.153.su29.ru [81.200.0.153]) (authenticated bits=0) by serv.iaas.msu.ru (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id n5647BYJ037580 for ; Sat, 6 Jun 2009 08:07:11 +0400 (MSD) (envelope-from master@iaas.msu.ru) X-X-Sender: master@MacBook-2.local In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (OSX 1167 2008-08-23) X-Bayes-Prob: 0.004 (Score 0, tokens from: @@RPTN) X-CanIt-Geo: ip=212.192.224.252; country=RU; region=48; city=Moscow; latitude=55.7522; longitude=37.6156; http://maps.google.com/maps?q=55.7522,37.6156&z=6 X-CanItPRO-Stream: uu:ntg-context@ntg.nl (inherits from uu:default, base:default) X-Canit-Stats-ID: 238403121 - 1f8a243fb91b - 20090606 X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 192.87.102.71 X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:51076 Archived-At: This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --0-802027808-1244261234=:6465 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dear Luigi, On Fri, 5 Jun 2009, luigi scarso wrote: > Asymptote may be a better choice since it supports newer PR= C 3D format > Ouch, another new 3D format! This will never end. I bet no valuable Ope= n Source modeler (i.e. blender) support this one. The fact that asy > supports PRC is good but I have no illusion about the conclusion of the= 3d formats' war (just an endless pain for developpers)... >=20 > Asymptote has a prc dir > =C2=A0asymptote-1.75/prc > maybe can be a lib too.. To say the truth Adobe Acrobat SDK has PRC API in it, but it is=20 Windows-only, goes for big-$$$ and for that is "Not licensed to run in a=20 batch or server mode". As to the role of Adobe in 3D formats war - it reminds me of a quote=20 attributed to a North Vietnamese general: "You Americans have fast=20 choppers and jeeps, so you can rapidly move troops to the point of=20 engagemment. But we are _already_ there!". The installed base of Adobe=20 Readers may be a new factor in that endless Tweedle D.* free-for-all ;) Sincerely, Michail --0-802027808-1244261234=:6465 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________ --0-802027808-1244261234=:6465--