Lightwave Scene

Title(s): LightWave Scene

Version ID: NewTek LightWave Scene File Format

Date released: Most recent format specs dated October 16, 1996

Date: 1990

Creator(s): NewTek

Contributor(s): Allen Hastings & Stuart Ferguson

Relationships:

• Previous Version(s): Inherited from Videoscape 3D and Aegis Modeler 3D on the Commodore Amiga, both circa. 1988.

• Contains: none

• Syntax Format(s): n/a

• Family Format(s): n/a

Description: n/a

History: A detailed account of LightWave 3D, from 1988 to 2009: LightWave History.

Example(s):

Identifier: none.

Documentation: n/a

File Extensions: .lws

Applications: NewTek LightWave 3D

• Native application(s): n/a

• Interoperable applications: n/a

Magic numbers: n/a

Format(s): n/a

Rights: Proprietary license

Sustainability Factors: n/a

• Standardization: n/a

• Adoption: n/a

• • Licensing and patent claims: n/a

• Self-documentation: n/a

• External dependencies: n/a

• Technical protection considerations: n/a

Typical use: 3D Design

File classification:

• Type {Binary, Text}: Binary
• Raster data:
  • Raster data 2D:
    • Is Supported: n/a
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  • Raster data 3D:
    • Is Supported: n/a
    • Description:
• Geometric representation:
  • Implicit representation:
    • Implicit surfaces:
      • Is Supported: n/a
      • Description:
    • Implicit curves:
      • Is Supported: n/a
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    • Point set:
      • Is Supported: n/a
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  • Mesh:
    • Manifold surface meshes:
      • Is Supported: n/a
      • Description:
    • Manifold volume meshes:
      • Is Supported: n/a
      • Description:
    • Non-manifold meshes:
      • Is Supported: n/a
      • Description:
  • Parametric representation:
    • Parametric surfaces:
      • Is Supported: n/a
      • Description:
    • Parametric curves:
      • Is Supported: n/a
      • Description:
  • Contour sets:
    • Is Supported: n/a
    • Description:
  • NURBS:
    • Is Supported: n/a
    • Description:
• Multi-resolution models:
  • Is Supported: n/a
  • Description: n/a
• Dynamics:
  • Kinematics:
    • Is Supported: n/a
    • Description:
  • Assembly:
    • Is Supported: n/a
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  • Force(s):
    • Is Supported: n/a
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• Boundary representation
  • Manifold surface boundary representations:
    • Is Supported: n/a
    • Description:
  • Manifold volume boundary representations:
    • Is Supported: n/a
    • Description:
  • Non-manifold boundary representations:
    • Is Supported:n/a
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• Material transparency:
  • Is Supported: n/a
  • Description:

References:

• LightWave History at LightWiki
• NOTE: Not many references found for LightWave Scenes (.lws).