This Converter reads and writes Movie BYU models.

It adds one entry to the conversion lists:

Movie BYU *.BYU

Geometry
Movie BYU files allow many-sided polygons. Each file represents a single object without a name. No hierarchies are present.

Material attributes
Movie BYU files do not contain any material information.

Options dialog

Import section
The official specification of the BYU file is defined in terms of FORTRAN language statements. Integer values are to be stored in fields eight characters wide, ten to a line. Floating point values are twelve characters wide, in scientific notation, stored six to a line.

Some Movie BYU were created by programs with less rigorous methods of storing numbers in a text file. You can select whether the original object was created with a FORTRAN or C program.

When FORTRAN is selected, then the Field widths section takes effect, controlling the width of the field used to store integers and floating point coordinates. For example, some variant MovieBYU files store integers in five character-wide fields, and floating point values in ten character fields.

When C is selected, it is assumed that numeric values are always separated by tabs and spaces, and that fixed width fields are not enforced.

Export section
Because BYU files are ASCII, you can control the line ending.

Background
This file format was originally used by the Movie program developed at Brigham Young University. Early Cyberware scanner utilities created models in the Movie BYU format.