Importing and Exporting
3D Canvas and 3D Canvas Pro provide the ability to import and export many popular 3D
file formats. But not all import and export formats are created equal, and 3D Canvas'
support of each format is not equal, so selecting the most appropriate format can reduce
the amount of time required touching up a model after import or export.
What follows is a list of 3D export and import formats that are available with 3D
Canvas and 3D Canvas Pro.
Export
|
Geometry |
Material |
Texture Mapping |
Hierarchy |
Animation |
Lighting |
Camera |
Bones |
DirectX (x) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Pro |
Pro |
N/A |
N/A |
Pro |
POVRay/MegaPOV (pov) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes (UV Mapping with MegaPOV) |
N/A |
N/A |
Yes |
Yes |
N/A |
WorldToolKit (nff) |
Pro |
Pro |
Pro |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Wavefront (obj) |
Pro |
No |
Pro |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
VRML (wrl) |
Pro |
Pro |
Pro |
No |
No |
No |
No |
N/A |
3D Studio (3ds) |
Pro |
Pro |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
N/A |
TrueSpace Object (cob) |
Pro |
Pro |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
N/A |
AutoCad (dxf) |
Pro |
Pro |
N/A |
No |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Raw (raw) |
Pro |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Microsoft Train Simulator (s) |
Pro |
Pro (textures only) |
Pro |
Pro |
Pro |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Import
|
Geometry |
Material |
Texture Mapping |
Hierarchy |
Animation |
Lighting |
Camera |
Bones |
DirectX (x) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
N/A |
N/A |
No |
BioVision (bvh) |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Pro |
Pro |
N/A |
N/A |
Pro |
WorldToolKit (nff) |
Pro |
Pro |
Pro |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Wavefront (obj) |
Pro |
No |
Pro |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
3D Studio (3ds) |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
N/A |
TrueSpace Object (cob) |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
N/A |
AutoCad (dxf) |
Yes |
Yes |
N/A |
No |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
VRML (wrl) |
Yes (version 1.0) |
Yes (version 1.0) |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
N/A |
POVRay (pov) |
Yes (version 2.2) |
Yes (version 2.2) |
No |
N/A |
N/A |
No |
No |
N/A |
Raw (raw) |
Pro |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |