Hi Bard,

> Rhino exports & imports, all these types of files: <....>

This is not quite correct - many of the ones that you list there are for export only and not import, such as .pov, .ps, .udo, .xgl, .gts, and several others I think.

In general coding an exporter tends to be much easier than doing importers.

Definitely over time Rhino has accumulated a lot of different exporters, many of which are used for some pretty specialized software.

With MoI I'm generally more focused on trying to do a higher quality export to some more core frequently used formats, rather than simply trying to do a huge list of them.


> And not MoI.

Actually MoI and Rhino share the same 3DM file format for their native formats. In Rhino it will be listed as "Rhino 3D Models" and is usually the top one on the file types list.

- Michael

>but not idea of the price and even if it's released :)

$3000 for the 3dsMax plugin :D

Autodesk acquired T-Splines so subdnurbs from integrityware is obsolete within the Autodesk ecosystem. lets hope Autodesk will do a good job with Tsplines inside Fusion http://www.facebook.com/InventorFusion (I like the mac UI BTW)

Integrityware should contact Michael from the start and help him to integrate subdnurbs inside MoI instead of trying to sell plugins for Modo Max etc.

So Moi's price * 10 for just a plugin ;)

Isn't it pathetic?

$1600 for Rhino+t-splines.

Not to forget that T-splines is NOT just a converter.

As I said before they should thank Michael for putting Solids++ back on the map and help him grow MoI.

Now Autodesk T-splines plug-in cost two times more...???

http://store.autodesk.com/DRHM/store

$645 same price as before, they also offer it for free to all students.

..sorry..i've seen less price....
Actually in euro:
RHINO 4=995 vat NOT included (add 21% )
AUTODESK T-SPLINES FOR RHINO=833,75 (vat included)

With Autodesk, prices are region dependant. T-Splines does no longer cost X, but X+(where you live).

Hey, shipping bits over the net is as free as riding a bus ;)

A flexible connector easy to do (same in 3D) it allows to don't care with angles & cords factors; just to have right lenght of the 3 or 4 types of struts, following the geodesic frequency and class choosen.

To leave the virtual & his computer is really good for the neurones.

Just a remark: I find completely stupid to have one hundred formats of 3D file, only to make the same thing.
There is something that doesn't turn round in this world (small-milieu).

Do you imagine the same mess for the files of the Web?
That's when the W3D (WWW3D)? ...