Re: VRML 1.0 and OpenInventor 1.0 text files -> FORM Z

From: Bill Bedford (billb@mousa.demon.co.uk)
Date: Wed Jun 14 2000 - 12:04:49 EEST


At 12:16 am -0500 14/06/00, Jonathan Chertok wrote:

>List,
>
>I have an OpenInventor V1.0 ascii text file which I am attempting to
>import into Form Z or Autocad.
>I have been told that I can change "OpenInventor" to "VRML" in a
>text editor and I should be able to open it.
>
>I haven't done this kind of text operation before and am unfamiliar
>with this process. I assume Microsoft Word is not able to accomplish
>this on my MAC, nor it seems can SimpleText handle the size of the
>file. What text editor should I use?

Best are either Alpha , http://alpha.olm.net/ or BBEdit
http://www.barebones.com/
Alpha is shareware, BBedit is commercial but there is a freeware Lite version

>Do I just double click on the text file once the graphics program is open?
>
Open the file from inside the text editor, make your changes, save.
Then open or import it from Form Z etc.

>Anybody mind telling me how to do this with specifics?
>
>The file should be attached.

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Bill Bedford

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