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

[andysk8er]

I ran a quick test with a 57 Chevy station wagon model I created last week
(while I was stuck in bed, recovering from surgery). The model has a
polycount of about 1000. I exported in Both Collada and *.3DS format. As I
said before, the 3DS model was significantly smaller. 

When imported into flash with no materials, both formats performed about the
same. They both created SWFs of approx 200KB and they both ran at about 14
FPS. There was not a noticeable difference between formats. Keep in mind
that this is only a wireframe model. I am having a lot of trouble accessing
the materials in the 3DS model, so I haven't been able to run a comparison
of a skinned model yet. I'll keep you posted if I can get it to work.

-Andy.




Vinicius Krauspenhar wrote:
> 
> I export my models to .3ds and Collada using Cinema4d.  The C4d file has
> 481KB.
> After export, collada model has 71KB and the .3ds has 25KB.
> But, when I'm loading this models in pv3d, collada is faster.
> 
> Vince Kraus
> 
> 2009/7/2 andysk8er <elbarto37 at yahoo.com>
> 
>>
>> I was playing with the Max3DS parser last night and I can't get the
>> materials
>> form my 3DS file. I suspect it is because I did something wrong in my
>> model
>> when I created it. Does anyone have any tips on what sort of materials
>> are
>> supported in the 3DS format? I am currently using colormaterials, but
>> they
>> show up as gray in PV3D and I can't seem to access them to swap them out.
>> The other strange thing is that I get numChildren=0 when I check it, even
>> though my model has 3 objects that trace when the model loads. Can anyone
>> shed any light on this? Honestly, I'm a Newb at using Max and I've
>> probably
>> set up my model incorrectly.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Andy
>>
>>
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