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Video – 3D Format Spotlight: IGES and STEP
Here at 3DVIA, we receive many questions about 3D formats and standards, which we want to answer, so we started a new series of Cliff’s Clips titled: “3D Format Spotlight”. In this first episode we wanted to clarify the two most common exchange formats: STEP and IGES. We wanted to better explain these formats in layman’s terms for all of our users, and to explain why these formats are important.
For the next “3D Format Spotlight” we want to know what other formats you would like to know about, or a comparison of formats. There are so many 3D formats out there, and we think some clarification could help. Tell us which format(s) you would like to know more about, and why.
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Hi 3DVia.
Great spotlight!. Very useful to learn the difference between those formats.
For next can you make a comparison between 3DXML and Collada?
Best regards
Alfredix
Great video !
I’ld like a video explaining all the capabilities of 3DXML : texture, exact geometry, object naming, material,…
especially for transfer beetween catia, solidworks & virtools.
Thanks for the feedback and compliments! I was planning on doing a 3DXML video next, but appreciate the specific items to include. Keep the ideas coming.
In an earlier post, it said that dae was better to upload in. But why is it better than 3dxml? The file is bigger (that means slower) and you have to draw on the outside and the inside, so even if I have sketchup, I would rather import to kmz. So isn’t 3dxml better?
KMZ is basically a DAE file in a zip with some custom google data such as the geographical location of the object for use in Google Earth. For most general uses of KMZ there is no real difference between it and DAE. However, for 3DVIA it is a slightly more convenient format than DAE because the file structure is consistent and dependable so we are more likely to interpret them correctly.
Read PRODUCT REPRESENTATION IN LIGHTWEIGHT FORMATS FOR PRODUCT LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT (PLM)
and make video Universal 3D, X3D,3D XML, JT Format and PLM XML. Be sure to start at mathematic modeling algorisms. No more them good awful office modeling. Please make your videos downloadable by link our corporate firewall don’t like YouTube.
Excellent article. A lot of great and detailed information for those looking to dig deeper into format information for PLM.
i want learn vray light in intrioe
please halp me
This is where I would start: http://www.vray.com/.
Maybe we should discuss rendering engines in a future post, separate from formats.