[vtkusers] Re: VRML problem and viewers

[Audrius Stundzia]

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From: Audrius Stundzia <audrius at adv-biologic.com>
To: vtkusers at public.kitware.com
Subject: Re: vtkusers digest, Vol 1 #1790 - 6 msgs
Date: Sat, 03 May 2003 05:07:36 +0900

> Hi Maximiliano,
>
> We ran into a similar problem about 1 year ago.
> Cortona and other viewers (were not displaying our texture-mapped cutting planes.
>
> After an exhaustive study of vrml viewers, including Cortona, we
> came to the following conclusion: they really, really suck.
>
> More technically, they suffer from unnecessarily slow performance and lack of proper adherence to the vrml standard(s).
>
> The vrml community seems to have done a remarkable job of shooting themselves in the foot by writing poor code. In our view, this is very unfortunate as it set back 3D visualization and gave it an
> undeserved bad reputation.
>
> The only notable exception that we came across was vrmlview, written in C++, and the last time
> I looked available for free download from
>
> http://www.rational-reducer.com/display.asp?xmlID=56&menuPath=f6481_f6494_f6845_
>
> Top: www.sim.no or http://www.rational-reducer.com
>
> I suggest that you download and try vrmlview. If it doesn't work, especially after playing with setting,
> then it's time to look at your code.
>
> Fwiw, this is not a paided plug, but a "tip of the hat" to a tangential competator.
>
> Regards,
>
> Audrius
>
>> Message: 2
>> Date: Fri, 02 May 2003 13:32:02 -0300
>> To: vtkusers at public.kitware.com
>> From: Maximiliano Sassi <mgsassi at criba.edu.ar>
>> Subject: [vtkusers] Exporting VRML
>>
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>> Hi, i have a problem exporting to VRML format, when i load the file with=20
>> another viewer (Cartona browser) all transparency effects that i saved in=20
>> the image are lost, is this a problem of VRML files or some kind of problem=
>> =20
>> of the browser, please if someone could help me i=B4ll be gratefull, thanks,=
>> Maxi
>



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