flynn@shillelagh.cse.nd.edu (Patrick J. Flynn) (03/07/91)
Archive-name: graphics/pixutils/nff-preview/1991-03-06 Archive: shillelagh.cse.nd.edu:/pub/preview.c [129.74.9.7] Original-posting-by: flynn@shillelagh.cse.nd.edu (Patrick J. Flynn) Original-subject: Re: NFF previewer? Reposted-by: emv@ox.com (Edward Vielmetti) In article <6998@munnari.oz.au>, bernie@eric.ecr.mu.oz (Bernie Kirby) writes: >In article <1991Mar5.143437.5214@news.nd.edu>, flynn@cse.nd.edu (Patrick J. Flynn) writes: >> Has anyone implemented a `previewer' for NFF files? By `previewer', I mean >> a program that eats a NFF scene description and QUICKLY spits out a wireframe >> (or some other inexpensive) drawing of the scene. > > There is an NFF previewer available for anonymous FTP on > gondwana.ecr.mu.oz.au [128.250.1.63] pub/preview.c. > It uses the vogle library which is also available as pub/vogle.tar.Z Wow, what service! Elapsed time: about 10 hours. If anyone on this side of the pond wants the preview.c program, it's now available for anonymous FTP from shillelagh.cse.nd.edu (129.74.9.7). You can get the VOGLE library from uunet. I tried the previewer; it does what I need. TTFN -- Patrick J. Flynn, Computer Science & Engineering, University of Notre Dame flynn@cse.nd.edu