Data Format - NFF (WorldToolKit)

Purpose and General Description

The Sense8 WorldToolKit neutral ASCII file format is a generic representation for polygonal geometry. Objects are represented as sets of polygons, and polygons are ordered collections of vertices. The format specifies polygon colour and texture application, backface rejection, vertex normals, vertex colors, object names, polygon ids, and portals.

Packages/Toolkits that output it

InterChange converts from a large number of formats including: 3DS, DXF, Haines NFF.

Packages/Toolkits that input it

The WorldToolKit VR system.
InterChange converts to a large number of formats including: 3DS, DXF, Haines NFF, Inventor, POV, Renderman RIB, Renderware RWX and VRML.
How to write an example program for converting NFF to VRML

Functionality

2 descriptions at Mediatel and University of Edinburgh of the WorldToolkit Neutral file format - with some differences between the versions.

FORMATS

Information last updated on 16 August 1996

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