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Swift 3d & Zbrush interoperability?

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#1

Hi folks! I’m quite new to 3d software and very new to zbrush - this is a revolutionary software indeed.
My interest is to know how to produce - in Zbrush - 3d objects to work with in Flash (i.e. vectors).
Everyone knows swift 3d does vector renderings with ravix engine, but how to bring a Zbrush sculpture into Swift?
Is there any method to start from Zbrush and end with vectors?
Are there additional export/import steps - like passing through a third, fourth application… - and finally arrive to swift/vectors?

Thanks anyone in advance for attention - my ActionScript is EAGER to mess up with Zbrush little creaturessssss… :wink:

Anton

#2

I am not familiar with Swift3d but I can tell you that you can export .dxf and obj files so whatever you would need to do with those kinds of files to get it into Swift would be something you would want to look into.

#3

As I said, I am a newbie.
Following your suggestion, I found the .dxf compatibility between Swift3D and ZBrush.
Thank you again.
Anton

#4

glad i could help.

since you are a vector graphics dude or dudette I am wondering if you have checked out ms’s Acrylic which is supposed to bridge the gap.

I have downloaded the demo but haven’t had a second to check it out yet so am curious.

#5

No I didn’t: I’m going to give it a glance.
BTW: I’m a fierce dude :slight_smile:

#6

Well, I have just watched the demo videos on the product page and I think that I am not really interested in Acrylic already at this first step of considering the tool:
first of all I am sure that all tasks you can do regarding hybrid vector/bitmap feature are achievable with Photoshop - live effects and brush/shapes control for instance;
Seamless integration with other ms applications - powerpoint, frontpage - and support of Avalon/XAML are probably the best capabilities Acrylic brings; but, since I dislike quite a lot doing websites with FP and I’m not yet into Avalon, I think that this tool doesn’t meet for now my requirement.

A question: is there a good public library of dxf objects to be accessible in the web?

#7

check out the 3dcafe

don’t have the link handy but google will show it in the top 5.

#8

Good aminuts, good gooogle.
There are nice dxfs there: thank you.