Anyone familiar with OpenFlight ?

Hello, Right now I'm evaluating some neat piece of software that makes 3D model out of map data for ArcView GIS. The finished landscape is exported in the OpenFlight standard. It's the same standard our full size car simulator use. The system is based on a 3D software probably similar to 3DStudio called Multigen. And we will maybe buy that software. Anyone familiar with this, and is it possible to use it for some sim-editing ? (GPL, whatever ) -- Olav K. Malmin remove .spam when replying

Are you a GIS Guy ? I've been developping applications in the ESRI range for 5 years.... It's a small world after all "Olav K. Malmin" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> Hello, > > Right now I'm evaluating some neat piece of software that makes 3D > model out of map data for ArcView GIS. The finished landscape is > exported in the OpenFlight standard. It's the same standard our full > size car simulator use. The system is based on a 3D software probably > similar to 3DStudio called Multigen. And we will maybe buy that software. > > Anyone familiar with this, and is it possible to use it for some > sim-editing ? (GPL, whatever ) > > -- > Olav K. Malmin > remove .spam when replying >

"Jimmy De Plecker" <[email hidden]> writes: > Are you a GIS Guy ? yep, amongst other things. > I've been developping applications in the ESRI range for 5 years.... > It's a small world after all I haven't done much developing for arcview, but I wrote a rather lengthy addon for transcad as a project at the uni four years ago. But I have demanded to my boss that I will be a part of the development team when we get arcview 8.1 any time now.

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> > "Olav K. Malmin" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > Hello, > > > > Right now I'm evaluating some neat piece of software that makes 3D > > model out of map data for ArcView GIS. The finished landscape is > > exported in the OpenFlight standard. It's the same standard our full > > size car simulator use. The system is based on a 3D software probably > > similar to 3DStudio called Multigen. And we will maybe buy that software. > > > > Anyone familiar with this, and is it possible to use it for some > > sim-editing ? (GPL, whatever ) > > > > -- > > Olav K. Malmin > > remove .spam when replying > > > >

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I quit the GIS world when Arcvie was still Version3.2... "Olav K. Malmin" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> "Jimmy De Plecker" <[email hidden]> writes: > > > Are you a GIS Guy ? > > yep, amongst other things. > > > I've been developping applications in the ESRI range for 5 years.... > > It's a small world after all > > I haven't done much developing for arcview, but I wrote a rather > lengthy addon for transcad as a project at the uni four years ago. But > I have demanded to my boss that I will be a part of the development > team when we get arcview 8.1 any time now. > > > > > "Olav K. Malmin" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:[email hidden]... > > > Hello, > > > > > > Right now I'm evaluating some neat piece of software that makes 3D > > > model out of map data for ArcView GIS. The finished landscape is > > > exported in the OpenFlight standard. It's the same standard our full > > > size car simulator use. The system is based on a 3D software probably > > > similar to 3DStudio called Multigen. And we will maybe buy that

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> > > > > > Anyone familiar with this, and is it possible to use it for some > > > sim-editing ? (GPL, whatever ) > > > > > > -- > > > Olav K. Malmin > > > remove .spam when replying > > > > > > > > > -- > Olav K. Malmin > remove .spam when replying

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> > Hello, > > Right now I'm evaluating some neat piece of software that makes 3D > model out of map data for ArcView GIS. The finished landscape is > exported in the OpenFlight standard. It's the same standard our full > size car simulator use. The system is based on a 3D software probably > similar to 3DStudio called Multigen. And we will maybe buy that software. > > Anyone familiar with this, and is it possible to use it for some > sim-editing ? (GPL, whatever )

I don't know. But I'm very curious about this stuff. Do you have URLs or newsgroups where GIS data and software to manipulate it is available or discussed? Thanks Larry

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> "Olav K. Malmin" wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > Right now I'm evaluating some neat piece of software that makes 3D > > model out of map data for ArcView GIS. The finished landscape is > > exported in the OpenFlight standard. It's the same standard our full > > size car simulator use. The system is based on a 3D software probably > > similar to 3DStudio called Multigen. And we will maybe buy that software. > > > > Anyone familiar with this, and is it possible to use it for some > > sim-editing ? (GPL, whatever ) > > I don't know. But I'm very curious about this stuff. > > Do you have URLs or newsgroups where GIS data and software to > manipulate it is available or discussed?

I would like to find some web and usenet resources too, but the GIS world is still very small, and most of the users aren't into tinkering with it, only using it and talk about it on a grand scale. But check out www.multigen-paradigm.com for some info. For the record, I am evaluating something called Sitebuilder 3D which creates a 3D world based on Arcview shapefiles. It's quite funny, I've already made a really poor model of town center :) Where the road are going straight through houses because of the low density shapefiles. But there are predefines textures and object models, so it is possible to make a start from very little. I'm so looking forward to finish my current projects and start on this stuff full time :D -- Olav K. Malmin remove .spam when replying

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> I would like to find some web and usenet resources too, but the GIS > world is still very small, and most of the users aren't into tinkering > with it, only using it and talk about it on a grand scale. > > But check out www.multigen-paradigm.com for some info. For the record, > I am evaluating something called Sitebuilder 3D which creates a 3D > world based on Arcview shapefiles. It's quite funny, I've already made > a really poor model of town center :) Where the road are going > straight through houses because of the low density shapefiles. But > there are predefines textures and object models, so it is possible to > make a start from very little. > > I'm so looking forward to finish my current projects and start on this > stuff full time :D

Thanks Olav: Where does the geo data for your town come from? How much does it cost? Which of the Multigen products are you using? What do the charge? Sorry about being so materialistic, sometimes it helps to see how expensive a hobby is going to be. Larry

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> "Olav K. Malmin" wrote: > > > > Larry Lindstrom <[email hidden]> writes: > > < Snip > > > > I would like to find some web and usenet resources too, but the GIS > > world is still very small, and most of the users aren't into tinkering > > with it, only using it and talk about it on a grand scale. > > > > But check out www.multigen-paradigm.com for some info. For the record, > > I am evaluating something called Sitebuilder 3D which creates a 3D > > world based on Arcview shapefiles. It's quite funny, I've already made > > a really poor model of town center :) Where the road are going > > straight through houses because of the low density shapefiles. But > > there are predefines textures and object models, so it is possible to > > make a start from very little. > > > > I'm so looking forward to finish my current projects and start on this > > stuff full time :D > > Thanks Olav: > > Where does the geo data for your town come from? > How much does it cost?

We get it from the road authorities, to buy it is very expensive. > Which of the Multigen products are you using? > What do the charge? We're not using anything right now. But the cost for the main program is around $50.000 or something. :o > Sorry about being so materialistic, sometimes it > helps to see how expensive a hobby is going to be. Good luck :) -- Olav K. Malmin remove .spam when replying

We used Multigen with RoadTools to make tracks for Nascar Heat and Viper Racing. It's expensive and a bit buggy, but very good at scenery database management and low-poly modeling. When we started Viper it was only available for SGI, and the cheap O2 SGI was cheaper than the software (!), but since they've moved it to Windows the price had come down quite a bit. "Olav K. Malmin" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> Hello, > > Right now I'm evaluating some neat piece of software that makes 3D > model out of map data for ArcView GIS. The finished landscape is > exported in the OpenFlight standard. It's the same standard our full > size car simulator use. The system is based on a 3D software probably > similar to 3DStudio called Multigen. And we will maybe buy that software. > > Anyone familiar with this, and is it possible to use it for some > sim-editing ? (GPL, whatever ) > > -- > Olav K. Malmin > remove .spam when replying >

"Dave Pollatsek" <[email hidden]> writes: > We used Multigen with RoadTools to make tracks for Nascar Heat and Viper > Racing. It's expensive and a bit buggy, but very good at scenery database > management and low-poly modeling. When we started Viper it was only > available for SGI, and the cheap O2 SGI was cheaper than the software (!), > but since they've moved it to Windows the price had come down quite a bit. Thanks a lot for that information. Friday we received 3D Studio here at work, and Multigen is on order. And I get to use all of it and get paid for it at the same time :o. But with a few hours toying with 3DS this weekend I feel that there is a massive learning curve to clear :)

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> "Olav K. Malmin" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > Hello, > > > > Right now I'm evaluating some neat piece of software that makes 3D > > model out of map data for ArcView GIS. The finished landscape is > > exported in the OpenFlight standard. It's the same standard our full > > size car simulator use. The system is based on a 3D software probably > > similar to 3DStudio called Multigen. And we will maybe buy that software. > > > > Anyone familiar with this, and is it possible to use it for some > > sim-editing ? (GPL, whatever ) > > > > -- > > Olav K. Malmin > > remove .spam when replying > > > >

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Larry Lindstrom <[email hidden]> wrote ... > Do you have URLs or newsgroups where GIS data and software to > manipulate it is available or discussed? For a hobbyist, the best site I know of is http://www.vterrain.org/ If nothing else, there is a good collection of links to other sites, data sources, etc. Jason 379