From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/51069 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: luigi scarso Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: 3D PDF support (AKA asymptote support) Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2009 22:15:26 +0200 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="===============1065566776==" X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1244232975 6601 80.91.229.12 (5 Jun 2009 20:16:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2009 20:16:15 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Fri Jun 05 22:16:12 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 1MCfpj-0004UA-TV for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Fri, 05 Jun 2009 22:16:11 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id D7D511FB8C; Fri, 5 Jun 2009 22:16:10 +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 23255-02; Fri, 5 Jun 2009 22:15:38 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C3801FB5A; Fri, 5 Jun 2009 22:15:38 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 327981FB5A for ; Fri, 5 Jun 2009 22:15:36 +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 21139-04 for ; Fri, 5 Jun 2009 22:15:28 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from filter4-ams.mf.surf.net (filter4-ams.mf.surf.net [192.87.102.72]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 363251FB57 for ; Fri, 5 Jun 2009 22:15:28 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from mail-ew0-f228.google.com (mail-ew0-f228.google.com [209.85.219.228]) by filter4-ams.mf.surf.net (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id n55KFR08000356 for ; Fri, 5 Jun 2009 22:15:27 +0200 Original-Received: by ewy28 with SMTP id 28so2432955ewy.2 for ; Fri, 05 Jun 2009 13:15:27 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=8+IoivbURuhggcTdxGhvUvoCGCGfa4hV5wkgnHU1zwo=; b=jrP26BVRo9AlIrZpEanwXzQx/c8fI3gr9H/Ugn1eVjOMjBc17szxN+M+51OOX19fMb ASqob0IGR3DUAeCQmsSKWgr9O/sa1BmuSYrJxhfnCZtiMaklLmv9Wvtn8mWMko6xrStZ j6niqaYXvrZUELhbGJcYy5cAgdM9aEUCh9ZPs= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; b=H4P//iH7uFMofr2ypaKC19MfPITrpj+Lv8FqJhI6xmtphPJYsA4CtNQKrW3ngCmFE9 m2WNenB52IBXmZROtRLM8YZwgtIJZpgakN6jY2N330+mmxFblPw5fb9+b2c8Adxl45aT PHRWmZGzYyz0ebVuEGMVhLoqNfGW/5sQIWKZY= Original-Received: by 10.216.47.204 with SMTP id t54mr1394575web.75.1244232926401; Fri, 05 Jun 2009 13:15:26 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4A2971E4.1070001@nibua-r.org> X-Bayes-Prob: 0.0001 (Score 0, tokens from: @@RPTN) X-CanIt-Geo: ip=209.85.219.228; country=US; region=CA; city=Mountain View; postalcode=94043; latitude=37.4192; longitude=-122.0574; metrocode=807; areacode=650; http://maps.google.com/maps?q=37.4192,-122.0574&z=6 X-CanItPRO-Stream: uu:ntg-context@ntg.nl (inherits from uu:default, base:default) X-Canit-Stats-ID: 238340254 - fb147605fc6c - 20090605 X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 192.87.102.72 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:51069 Archived-At: --===============1065566776== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001485f724f0989584046b9f8d57 --001485f724f0989584046b9f8d57 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 9:28 PM, Renaud Aubin wrote: > Michail Vidiassov a =C3=A9crit : > >> While MeshLab may be of great use if you have to convert old data or >> process output from some existing tool, in cases when you make your mode= l >> from scratch by hand or create 3D model file in your own program Asympto= te >> may be a better choice since it supports newer PRC 3D format, that is mu= ch >> richer in features and has better prospects when it comes to support and >> development by Adobe. On the minus side Asymptote is under active >> development and some of its advantages are not there yet - but so is >> ConTeXt. >> > Ouch, another new 3D format! This will never end. I bet no valuable Open > Source modeler (i.e. blender) support this one. The fact that asy support= s > PRC is good but I have no illusion about the conclusion of the 3d formats= ' > war (just an endless pain for developpers)... > Asymptote has a prc dir asymptote-1.75/prc maybe can be a lib too.. --=20 luigi --001485f724f0989584046b9f8d57 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 9:28 PM, Renaud A= ubin <aubin@nibua= -r.org> wrote:
Michail Vidiassov a =C3=A9crit :

While MeshLab may be of great use if you have to convert old data or proces= s output from some existing tool, in cases when you make your model from sc= ratch by hand or create 3D model file in your own program Asymptote may be = a better choice since it supports newer PRC 3D format, that is much richer = in features and has better prospects when it comes to support and developme= nt by Adobe. On the minus side Asymptote is under active development and so= me of its advantages are not there yet - but so is ConTeXt.
Ouch, another new 3D format! This will never end. I bet no valuable Open So= urce modeler (i.e. blender) support this one. The fact that asy supports PR= C is good but I have no illusion about the conclusion of the 3d formats'= ; war (just an endless pain for developpers)...
Asymptote has a prc dir
=C2=A0asymptote-1.75/pr= c
maybe can be a lib too..
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luigi

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