WINGS

Title(s): Wings 3D, Wings, .wings

Version ID: N/A

Date released: 2009-05-09 - This is the latest Wings 3D release date.

Date: 2001-10-19

Creator(s): Björn Gustavsson

Contributor(s): http://www.wings3d.com/team.php

Relationships: - The Wings 3D application can import these formats: Nendo (.ndo), 3D Studio (.3ds), Adobe

Illustrator (.ai), Autodesk FBX (.fbx), Lightwave/Modo (.lwo/.lxo), Wavefront (.obj), PostScript (.ps), Encapsulated

PostScript (.eps), Stereolithography (.stl).

It can export to these file formats: Nendo (.ndo), 3D Studio (.3ds), Adobe Illustrator (.ai), BZFlag (.bzw), Kerkythea

(.xml), Autodesk FBX (.fbx), Lightwave/Modo (.lwo/.lxo), Wavefront (.obj), POV-Ray (.pov), Cartoon Edges (.eps),

Stereolithography (.stl), Renderware (.rwx), VRML 2.0 (.wrl), DirectX (.x)

• Previous Version(s): N/A

• Contains: N/A

• Syntax Format(s): N/A

• Family Format(s): N/A

Description: - Wings 3D uses a winged-edge data structure (a type of BRep data structure) to store the data about the 3D model.

History: - Wings 3D is a modeling program that gets its name from the winged-edge data structure

that it uses to store coordinate and adjacency data. The Wings 3D program is often used for editing and texturing low

polygon-count models. The program can export to a variety of formats making it easy for these models to be used in

computer games. It seems as though users tend to use other file formats than the .wings format.

Example(s): Example Template

Identifier: N/A

Documentation: Documentation Template File Extensions: wings

Applications:

• Native application(s): Wings 3D - Wings 3D

• Interoperable applications: Engineering Format Application Template

Magic numbers: N/A

Format(s): N/A

Rights: BSD license

Sustainability Factors:

• Standardization: N/A

• Adoption: The Wings 3D application is widely used for creating small 3D models, but it is often used to export these models in other formats (non-.wings formats) for inclusion in computer games.

• • Licensing and patent claims: N/A

• Self-documentation: N/A

• External dependencies: N/A

• Technical protection considerations: N/A

Typical use: 3D Object Modeling

File classification:

• Type {Binary, Text}:
• Raster data:
  • Raster data 2D: - Can the format support 2D raster data? Example: A format that can contain 2D pixelated data

supports 2D raster data.

• • • Is Supported: true
    • Description: The Wings 3D applications appears to

support texturing, but does not render the textures.warning.png"The Wings 3D applications appears to

support texturing, but does not render the textures." cannot be used as a page name in this wiki.

• • Raster data 3D:
    • Is Supported: true
    • Description: The Wings 3D applications appears to

support texturing, but does not render the textures.warning.png"The Wings 3D applications appears to

support texturing, but does not render the textures." cannot be used as a page name in this wiki.

• Geometric representation:
  • 'Implicit representation:
    • Implicit surfaces:
      • Is Supported: false
      • Description: Wings 3D has plugins that allow the

generation of polygons based on an implicit/bezier/NURBS curve, but the model is stored as polygons, not as an implicit

curve.warning.png"Wings 3D has plugins that allow the

generation of polygons based on an implicit/bezier/NURBS curve, but the model is stored as polygons, not as an implicit

curve." cannot be used as a page name in this wiki.

• • • Implicit curves:
      • Is Supported: false
      • Description: Wings 3D has plugins that allow the

generation of polygons based on an implicit/bezier/NURBS curve, but the model is stored as polygons, not as an implicit

curve.warning.png"Wings 3D has plugins that allow the

generation of polygons based on an implicit/bezier/NURBS curve, but the model is stored as polygons, not as an implicit

curve." cannot be used as a page name in this wiki.

• • • Point set:
      • Is Supported: true
      • Description: All geometry is based on points and

polygons.warning.png"All geometry is based on points and

polygons." cannot be used as a page name in this wiki.

• • Mesh:
    • Manifold surface meshes:
      • Is Supported: true
      • Description: The winged-edge data

structure supports manifold and non-manifold geometry.warning.png"The winged-edge data

structure supports manifold and non-manifold geometry." cannot be used as a page name in this wiki.

• • • Manifold volume meshes:
      • Is Supported: true
      • Description: The winged-edge data

structure supports manifold and non-manifold geometry.warning.png"The winged-edge data

structure supports manifold and non-manifold geometry." cannot be used as a page name in this wiki.

• • • Non-manifold meshes:
      • Is Supported: true
      • Description: The winged-edge data structure

supports manifold and non-manifold geometry.warning.png"The winged-edge data structure

supports manifold and non-manifold geometry." cannot be used as a page name in this wiki.

• • Parametric representation:
    • Parametric surfaces:
      • Is Supported: false
      • Description: Wings 3D may contain a plugin

that generates polygons that approximate a parametric surface. The model will only contain these polygons, not the

parametric surface itself.warning.png"Wings 3D may contain a plugin

that generates polygons that approximate a parametric surface. The model will only contain these polygons, not the

parametric surface itself." cannot be used as a page name in this wiki.

• • • Parametric curves:
      • Is Supported: false
      • Description: Wings 3D may contain a plugin that

generates polygons that approximate a parametric curve. The model will only contain these polygons, not the parametric

curve itself.warning.png"Wings 3D may contain a plugin that

generates polygons that approximate a parametric curve. The model will only contain these polygons, not the parametric

curve itself." cannot be used as a page name in this wiki.

• • Contour sets:
    • Is Supported: false
    • Description: This is not supported.
  • NURBS:
    • Is Supported: false
    • Description: Wings 3D has plugins that allow for the generation of polygons based on a NURBS surface, but the model will contain polygons that approximate the surface, not the definition of the NURBS patch.
• Multi-resolution models:
  • Is Supported: false
  • Description: This is not supported.
• Dynamics:
  • Kinematics:
    • Is Supported: false
    • Description: This is not supported.
  • Assembly:
    • Is Supported: false
    • Description: This is not supported.
  • Force(s):
    • Is Supported: false
    • Description: This is not supported.
• Boundary representation
  • Manifold surface boundary representations:
    • Is Supported: true
    • Description: The

winged-edge data structure is a boundary representation.warning.png"The

winged-edge data structure is a boundary representation." cannot be used as a page name in this wiki.

• • Manifold volume boundary representations:
    • Is Supported: true
    • Description: The winged-edge data structure is a boundary representation.
  • Non-manifold boundary representations:
    • Is Supported: true
    • Description: The winged-edge data structure is a boundary representation.
• Material transparency:
  • Is Supported: true
  • Description: It may not support the rendering of transparent polygons, but it does support and contain this data.

References: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wings_3D http://www.wings3d.com/

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