AC
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Title(s): - AC
Version ID: - 6.4
Date released: -
Date: - 1994
Creator(s): Entity Template - Amiga
Contributor(s): - Amiga, Inivis Limited
Relationships: - Inivis Limited
- Previous Version(s): - Any engineering format that is a previous version format of this one.
- Contains: - N/A
- Syntax Format(s): - N/A
- Family Format(s): - N/A
Description: - .ac files are used for 3D scenes in the AC3D software
History: - Created by Amiga in 1994, bought by Inivis Limited in 2002
Example(s): Example Template -
AC3Db MATERIAL "" rgb 1 1 1 amb 0.2 0.2 0.2 emis 0 0 0 spec 0.5 0.5 0.5 shi 10 trans 0 OBJECT world kids 1 OBJECT poly name "rect" loc 1 0.5 0 numvert 4 -1 0.5 0 1 0.5 0 1 -0.5 0 -1 -0.5 0 numsurf 1 SURF 0x20 mat 0 refs 4 3 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 kids 0
Identifier: - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC3D http://www.inivis.com/ac3d/man/ac3dfileformat.html
Documentation: Documentation Template - http://www.inivis.com/ac3d/man/ac3dfileformat.html
File Extensions: - ac
Applications: - AC3D
- Native application(s): Engineering Format Application Template - AC3d
- Interoperable applications: Engineering Format Application Template - N/A
Magic numbers: - N/A
Format(s): - N/A
Rights: -
Sustainability Factors: - Facts about the sustainability of this particular engineering format.
- Standardization: - N/A
- Adoption: - Adopted for FlightGear flight simulator
- Licensing and patent claims: - Any licenses or patent claims that the engineering format makes.
- Self-documentation: - Any self-documentation capabilities of the format.
- External dependencies: - Anything that the format depends on outside of its control to function.
- Technical protection considerations: - Any considerations that are necessary when it comes to technical protection.
Typical use: - CGI, CAD, Game Development
File classification: - Specific properties that pertain to this engineering format.
- Type {Binary, Text}: - Text
- Raster data: - Section describes whether or not the engineering format supports 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: - No
- Description: - Cannot rasterize 2D data
- Raster data 3D: - Can the format support 3D raster data? Example: A format that can contain 2D pixelated data of a 3D model supports 3D raster data.
- Is Supported: - No
- Description: - This field is used to describe the support or lack of support of the feature.
- Geometric representation: - Section describes whether or not the engineering format supports geometric representations.
- Implicit representation: - Section describes whether or not the engineering format supports implicit representations.
- Implicit surfaces: - Can the format support implicit surfaces? Example: A format that can contain surfaces that are generated with mathematical equations that contain the independent variables x, y, and z, like x^2 + y^2 + z^2 * R^2 = 0, supports implicit surfaces.
- Is Supported: - Yes
- Description: - This field is used to describe the support or lack of support of the feature.
- Implicit curves: - Can the format support implicit curves? Example: A format that can contain curves that are generated with mathematical equations that contain the independent variables x, y, and z, supports implicit curves.
- Is Supported: - Yes
- Description: - This field is used to describe the support or lack of support of the feature.
- Point set: - Can the format support point sets? Example: A format that supports surfaces and lines that are generated by points that form triangles supports point sets.
- Is Supported: - Yes
- Description: - Uses a set of points to generate a polygon
- Mesh: - Section describes whether or not the engineering format supports mesh.
- Manifold surface meshes: - Can the format support manifold surface meshes? Example: A format that supports surfaces that are mathematical spaces in which every point has a neighborhood which resembles Euclidean space
- Is Supported: - No
- Description: - This field is used to describe the support or lack of support of the feature.
- Manifold volume meshes: - Can the format support manifold volume meshes? Example: A format that supports volumes that are mathematical spaces in which every point has a neighborhood which resembles Euclidean space
- Is Supported: - No
- Description: - This field is used to describe the support or lack of support of the feature.
- Non-manifold meshes: - Can the format support non-manifold meshes? Example: A format that supports meshes that are not manifolds
- Is Supported: - Yes
- Description: - This field is used to describe the support or lack of support of the feature.
- Parametric representation: - Section describes whether or not the engineering format supports parametric representations.
- Parametric surfaces: - Can the format support parametric surfaces? Example: A format that can contain surfaces that are generated with parametric equations supports parametric surfaces.
- Is Supported: - Yes
- Description: - This field is used to describe the support or lack of support of the feature.
- Parametric curves: - Can the format support parametric curves? Example: A format that can contain curves that are generated with parametric equations supports parametric curves.
- Is Supported: - Yes
- Description: - This field is used to describe the support or lack of support of the feature.
- Contour sets: - Can the format support contour sets?
- Is Supported: - Yes
- Description: - This field is used to describe the support or lack of support of the feature.
- NURBS: - Can the format support Non Uniform Rational Basis Splines? Examples: The engineering formats IGES, STEP, ACIS, and PHIGS
- Is Supported: - Yes
- Description: -
- Multi-resolution models: - Can the format support models with multiple resolutions? Examples: A format that supports a highly detailed and lowly detailed model simultaneously supports multi-resolution models.
- Is Supported: - Yes
- Description: - This field is used to describe the support or lack of support of the feature.
- Dynamics: - Section describes whether or not the engineering format supports dynamics.
- Kinematics: - Can the format support kinematics? Example: Does the format allow model parts to rotate?
- Is Supported: - Yes
- Description: - This field is used to describe the support or lack of support of the feature.
- Assembly: - Can the format support assembly? Example: Does the format allow the assembly instructions to be explicitly specified with a model?
- Is Supported: - Yes
- Description: - Format allows grouping of objects
- Force(s): - Can the format support forces? Example: Does the format support acceleration forces?
- Is Supported: - No
- Description: - This field is used to describe the support or lack of support of the feature.
- Boundary representation - Can the format support models with boundary representations?
- Manifold surface boundary representations: - Can the format support manifold surface boundary representations? Example: The engineering format STEP
- Is Supported: - No
- Description: - This field is used to describe the support or lack of support of the feature.
- Manifold volume boundary representations: - Can the format support manifold volume boundary representations? Example: The engineering format STEP
- Is Supported: - No
- Description: - This field is used to describe the support or lack of support of the feature.
- Non-manifold boundary representations: - Can the format support non-manifold boundary representations? Example: The engineering format STEP
- Is Supported: - Yes
- Description: - This field is used to describe the support or lack of support of the feature.
- Material transparency: - Can the format support transparency? Example: Does the format allow models to have a clear window in a car?
- Is Supported: - Yes
- Description: - Transparency can be specified.
References: -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC3D http://www.inivis.com/ac3d/man/ac3dfileformat.html
