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

[luigi scarso]

On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 9:28 PM, Renaud Aubin <aubin at nibua-r.org> wrote:

> 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)...
>
Asymptote has a prc dir
 asymptote-1.75/prc
maybe can be a lib too..
-- 
luigi
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