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well done Piere... keep on. Very Happy

hi pierre,

one question mainly out of curiosity. What's the API used
behind ppModeler/Albatros? (i assume it's the same)

giannis

i will not be logging so often to the internet from 4-20 August.
So, if i don't reply (soon) it won't be that i neglect it.

giannis

What parts of the obj file are recognised by kerkythea ?
Groups ?
material ?

normally all. Although, they will not keep their group structure.

greetings

i am sending you what i have (i fear it's not enough).

ok, my mistake - forget that messaging system.

unfortunately, there's no document describing the XML syntax.
I can send you a short document which has generic description
of the logic of the para ...

which one is that?
there's no file format description - there's a document regarding
the messaging system used. is that what's you want?

greetings
giannis

Piere,

if there is any problem with the integration or any behavior that's not expected
from the renderer, feel free to e-mail me so we can discuss it.

all the best,
giannis

thanks piere!

i don't really follow the library thing on linux... i used many!

if you are talking about the gui/api it's fox toolkit.
giannis

ps. aahhh... do you mean XML library? none.

does it work for windows?

I don't expect 4 times faster... If it is 50%, it is good enought.

Not 4 times ofcourse. Wald argues that they got x2 speed-up.

There are not using assembly, but sse instruction into C code
...

but the core is there now, I will test sse for instersection on four triangle

i am not sure if you are going to get the x2 accel factor as Wald says...
i think they programed their stuff direc ...

Yes, you are right. The rendering was not planed at all... but I read the articles of phantoms on DevMaster and then go to the thesis of Havran and wald and... couldn't resist.

oh... these pape ...

i 've heard from Dimitris that you are going to use exporters from various
render engines - if i am not wrong also an exporter for kt - i am honored Smile

i think that Albatros (what a beatiful name! ...

can i ask if Albatros will be a re-write from scratch, or a refresh of ppModeler?