AN8

Latest revision as of 16:03, 13 May 2009

Title(s): AN8 Anim8or

Version ID: 0.97

Date released: 2008-09-21

Date: 1999-07-20

Creator(s): R. Steven Glanville

Contributor(s): R. Steven Glanville

Relationships:

• Previous Version(s):

• Contains:

• Syntax Format(s): None

• Family Format(s): None

Description: A .an8 file is stored as a text file and can be viewed and edited by a simple text editor such at Notepad. Files are free format much like those used by popular programming languages like C. At the text level they are similarly composed of scanner tokens such as identifiers, numbers, strings and punctutation. Tokens are organized into nested "chunks" that contain specific data used by each specific chunk. Chunks share a common format so that a parser can easily skip over unrecognized or unneeded data. The .an8 format is designed to be both forward and backward compatible to a large degree largely due to chunks.

History: The rationale behind the creation of this format is to allow for the generation of much richer and more complex Blitz3D scenes than is possible using established file formats - many of which do not support key features of Blitz3D, and all of which miss out on at least some features!warning.png"The rationale behind the creation of this format is to allow for the generation of much richer and more complex Blitz3D scenes than is possible using established file formats - many of which do not support key features of Blitz3D, and all of which miss out on at least some features!" cannot be used as a page name in this wiki.

Example(s): Examples can be found on the Anim8or Tutorial site.

Identifier: http://www.anim8or.com/main/index.html

Documentation: http://www.anim8or.com/manual/index.html

File Extensions: an8

Applications:

• Native application(s): Anim8or
• Interoperable applications:

Magic numbers: None

Format(s): None

Rights: Freeware Licence Unavailable

Sustainability Factors:

• Standardization: None

• Adoption: Extensive community
  • Licensing and patent claims: Freeware
• Self-documentation: Unknown
• External dependencies: None
• Technical protection considerations: None

Typical use: 3D rendering

File classification:

• Type: Text
• Raster data:
  • Raster data 2D:
    • Is Supported: Unknown
    • Description: Unable to locate documentation.
  • Raster data 3D:
    • Is Supported: Unknown
    • Description: Unable to locate documentation.
• Geometric representation:
  • Implicit representation:
    • Implicit surfaces:
      • Is Supported: Yes
      • Description: Various shapes are available.
    • Implicit curves:
      • Is Supported: Yes
      • Description: Various lines are curves are available.
    • Point set:
      • Is Supported: Yes
      • Description: Supported
  • Mesh:
    • Manifold surface meshes:
      • Is Supported: Yes
      • Description: Natively part of product.
    • Manifold volume meshes:
      • Is Supported: Yes
      • Description: Natively part of product.
    • Non-manifold meshes:
      • Is Supported: Yes
      • Description: Natively part of product.
  • Parametric representation:
    • Parametric surfaces:
      • Is Supported: Yes
      • Description: Natively part of product.
    • Parametric curves:
      • Is Supported: Yes
      • Description: Natively part of product.
  • Contour sets:
    • Is Supported: Unknown
    • Description: Unable to locate documentation.
  • NURBS:
    • Is Supported: Unknown
    • Description: Unable to locate documentation.
• Multi-resolution models:
  • Is Supported: Unknown
  • Description: It looks like there is only one model representation available.
• Dynamics:
  • Kinematics:
    • Is Supported: Unknownwarning.png"Unknown" is not recognized as a Boolean (true/false) value.
    • Description: Unable to locate documentation.
  • Assembly:
    • Is Supported: Unknown
    • Description: Unable to locate documentation.
  • Force(s):
    • Is Supported: Unknown
    • Description: Unable to locate documentation.
• Boundary representation
  • Manifold surface boundary representations:
    • Is Supported: Unknown
    • Description: Unable to locate documentation.
  • Manifold volume boundary representations:
    • Is Supported: Unknown
    • Description: Unable to locate documentation.
  • Non-manifold boundary representations:
    • Is Supported: Unknown
    • Description: Unable to locate documentation.
• Material transparency:
  • Is Supported: Yes
  • Description: Complete transparency layer.

References: http://www.anim8or.com/main/index.html References: http://www.anim8or.com/resources/an8_format.txt