[Papervision3D] collada vs. *.3DS file format PERFORMANCE ???

[Javier España | javierespana.com]

I didn't even know that you could import 3ds files with Papervision... Any
example?

On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 10:37 AM, andysk8er <elbarto37 at yahoo.com> wrote:

>
> Hey everyone,
> It seems like everyone here uses the collada (DAE) format for importing
> their models. Collada is nice because it's a (theoretically) universal
> format, but it has a lot of overhead because it is an XML format. In a
> recent test, I created a car model and exported it in both formats: DAE and
> 3DS. The results are:
>
> car.3DS = 64.3K
> car.DAE = 311K
>
> The 3DS format will obviously save me a lot of loading time, but does the
> 3DS format perform any better once it has been imported? I have noticed
> that
> most of the sample SWFs (in both PV3D and Away3D) that import high-poly
> models use the 3DS format instead of the DAE. Has anyone run a performance
> test? If not, maybe I will do it.
>
> Thanks,
> Andy
>
>
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