[NTG-context] 3D PDF support (AKA asymptote support)

Renaud Aubin aubin at nibua-r.org
Fri Jun 5 21:28:36 CEST 2009


Michail Vidiassov a écrit :
> 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 
> model from scratch 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 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 
supports PRC is good but I have no illusion about the conclusion of the 
3d formats' war (just an endless pain for developpers)...

Renaud


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