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Medit is a polygon based modeller designed to create 3D databases for use in real time environments. Medit is primarily designed around the IRIS Performer real time system, and seamlessly integrates itself with existing Performer applications. Medit's wide range of supported file formats means it can be used for many other applications, eg. Visualisation of CAD data, database conversion, architectural walkthroughs, etc.
Medit has a very modern, easy to use user interface. Despite the huge range of functions, everything is clearly laid out on the screen, with no cryptic little icons. Multiple windowing allows all the functions to be divided into logical groups (eg. All the material editing functions are in the material palette). Full undo/redo historys let you work with confidence, and context sensitive help is available at all times simply by typing "?".
Medit has been specifically chosen by leading universities such as MIT for its short learning curve (on a 10 hour course, there is no room for difficult user interfaces!).
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To run Medit you will need:
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Medit uses our own proprietary file format, as no other file format can support the advanced features of Medit.
To make this as easy as possible for end users, we supply an easy to use C library, so you will never have to write any code to be able to work with Medit files. This applys to Medit now, and Medit future (we will always provide this library free of charge to anybody who asks).
Just type:
ReadMedit("filename");
And there you have it - all the data is in memory, ready for you to use. Just follow the structures until you arrive at the polygons, materials etc.
There is also a corresponding "WriteMedit()", and a set of data creation functions which make it easy to create files in .medit format.
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Medit can read and write many industry standard file formats. Medit can be extended by users to support other file formats as needed.
At the time of writing, Medit will read the following file formats (in alphabetical order):
At the time of writing, Medit will write the following file formats (also in alphabetical order):
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Medit is fully compatible with IRIS Performer 2.0, so it works with all applications based on it.
All you need to do is compile the appropriate loader for you machine, then copy it into "/usr/lib/libpfdb". From then on, all your Performer based applications will be able to work with .medit files.
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Medit is a hierarchical polygon based modeller. The fundamental data type is the polygon.
The database is organised as a set of objects, each object with its own hierarchy tree. Inside this tree, there are various types of branch, including:
Objects may contain references to other objects (instancing) or may themselves be a reference to an external database (referencing).