SMF Files

These are some examples of SMF files. The SMF format was used by Michael Garland as an input and output format for his surface simplifying program QSLIM.

SMF File Characteristics:

• ASCII
• BW
• 3D
• No compression
• 1 image

Reference:

1. Michael Garland's QSLIM program
2. smf.txt, Michael Garland's brief writeup of the SMF format;

Programs to work with an SMF file:

• QSLIM can "simplify" a surface, reducing the number of polygons.

Programs to convert an SMF file to another format:

• IVCON can read an SMF file and write a version in ASE, BYU, DXF, HRC, IV, OBJ, POV, STL, TEC, TRI, UCD, VLA or WRL format.
• IVREAD can read an SMF file and write a version in ASE, BYU, DXF, HRC, IV, OBJ, POV, STL, TEC, TRI, UCD, VLA or WRL format.

Programs to convert a file to SMF format:

• IVCON can read a file in one of the formats ASE, BYU, DXF, HRC, IV, OBJ, OOGL, STL, TRI, VLA or WRL, and write it as an SMF file.
• IVREAD can read a file in one of the formats ASE, BYU, DXF, HRC, IV, OBJ, OOGL, STL, TRI, VLA or WRL, and write it as an SMF file.

Sample SMF Files:

• bones.smf,the bones of the foot;
• cow.smf, a cow;
• cube.smf, a cube;
• cube_face.smf, a cube;
• cube_node.smf, a cube, with RGB colors attached to each node;
• cube_transform.smf, a cube, with using transforms and begin/end blocks;
• three.smf, defines a cube once, then uses it three times in the model;
• slope.smf, looks like a sheet of paper with a "hill" or "slope" running across a diagonal;

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