Other file formats like collada?

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Jorgensen
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Hi

Are there any plans for supporting other file formats than obj?

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FrankPooleFloating
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(The following is FrankPoole's opinion)

OBJ is pretty much a perfect format. It has everything you need.

And it is readable/editable by humans in a text editor... What more could you want?

There is a reason why everyone from Autodesk - ZBrush (A to Z) supports it... It rocks.
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Jorgensen
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@FrankPool
You are probably right, but I can't export obj from Revit, thats the problem :-(
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FrankPooleFloating
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Aren't you going from Revit > 3DSMax?.. that can export obj, can't it?

Blender is a nice middle-man, in a pinch... imports and exports most everything...
and it is free.. but for me, this is about all it is useful for. I use it to convert to three.js
for WebGL -- otherwise, I hate the friggin' thing.

AccuTrans does a pretty decent job of converting stuff to obj too...
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Obj doesn't support multiple uv's. Something that could be usefull
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FrankPooleFloating
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True. You got me there. It doesn't come up that often, the way I work.. but you have a point.

Okay, OBJ is not a perfect format.. but sorta close to one. ;)
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