PDO tools and format discussion

[yannp]

I want to be able to load the 3d mesh from the original file rather than loading an equivalent obj.

[imcold]

You were talking about exporting PDO first. Anyway, I strongly recommend using something else if you don't have a strong reason to use PDO: for exporting, it makes no sense to export to PDO if all you have is 3d data; for importing, it's much more useful to have import from some more general 3d format (can be created by a variety of tools, has open specification, has how-to code samples, is supported on something other than Windows).

[imcold]

I uploaded a new version with a few changes:

• tab clipping - if any tab of a part overlaps its outline, it is downsized so no overlap remains
• OBJ: export groups
• PDF: respect pdo page orientation
• fixed outline shape for some parts
• faster PDO loading if PDO contains a lot of textures
• sligtly faster SVG export

[Wulf111]

i don't know if this has been brought up before but is there a possibility of having you PDO Tools export the models texture only as a PNG or BMP format?

[imcold]

Png is doable. What's the reason btw? I can think of one - Windows doesn't open TGA out of the box, but I'm not sure.

[Wulf111]

If the texture is exported it can be edited and reapplied to the pdo as a repainted texture

[imcold]

I misunderstood your question a bit. The model texture export is already there - export the 3D model, they're stored in TGA format (it's similar to BMP, but simpler).

[imcold]

I started working on support for old Designer 1 files.

[davelant]

Has anyone used the Linux version of pdotools? Is any setup required to use this on an Ubuntu system?

[imcold]

It should be enough to just unpack it and run. If you have any issues, let me know.