3DXML is a proprietary 3D
file format developed by
Dassault Systemes
Dassault Group (; also GIM Dassault or Groupe Industriel Marcel Dassault SAS) is a French group of companies established in 1929 with the creation of Société des Avions Marcel Bloch (now Dassault Aviation) by Marcel Dassault, and led by son Se ...
under its
3DVIA Brand. It uses an
XML
Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a markup language and file format for storing, transmitting, and reconstructing arbitrary data. It defines a set of rules for encoding documents in a format that is both human-readable and machine-readable ...
container whose specifications were published. It should not be confused with
X3D
X3D is a royalty-free ISO/IEC standard for declaratively representing 3D computer graphics. File format support includes XML, ClassicVRML, Compressed Binary Encoding (CBE) and a draft JSON encoding. X3D became the successor to the Virtual Re ...
, the
ISO standard
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO ) is an international standard development organization composed of representatives from the national standards organizations of member countries. Membership requirements are given in Ar ...
XML-based file format for representing 3D
computer graphics
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.
The 3DXML file is a zip archive file that contains a BOM file and one or more 3D representation files. Renaming the file from .3dxml to .zip allows a program like WinZip to open the archive.
The 3DXML file can contain 3D representation files stored in either XML or binary format and they can contain either surface data, as a mesh that can be interpreted as surface data or as a simple mesh.
The surface data is stored as Gregory patches.
The "surface" mesh (containing topology, faces, edges, vertices, and rounding weights) can be reinterpreted back into a surface by a compliant 3DXML viewer.
The simple mesh is tessellated data stored as triangles. trifans, and trisets.
Support
Up to this date the 3DXML format is only supported by
Dassault Systèmes
Dassault Systèmes SE () (abbreviated 3DS) is a French software corporation which develops software for 3D product design, simulation, manufacturing and other 3D related products.
Founded in 1981, it is headquartered in Vélizy-Villacoublay, F ...
product line. The 3D XML Player is a standalone application that allows you to view 3D XML files on Windows. The
3DVIA Player, a free player available on the
Windows
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platform (OSX No longer supported), allows to view 3D XML files in a web browser, offline or online.
License
Dassault Systèmes provides a yearly royalty free license to anyone requesting the 3DXML format documentation. This license however only permits internal works.
[Official 3DXML License: ''DSA Grants you a royaltee-free, non-exclusive, non-transferable and temporary license to use and copy the materials in accordance with this Agreement for your own internal business purposes''.]
See also
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3DML {{Short description, Markup language
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3DMLW
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List of vector graphics markup languages
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glTF
glTF is a standard file format for three-dimensional scenes and models. A glTF file uses one of two possible file extensions: .gltf (JSON/ASCII) or .glb ( binary). Both .gltf and .glb files may reference external binary and texture resources. A ...
- a
Khronos Group
The Khronos Group, Inc. is an open, non-profit, member-driven consortium of 170 organizations developing, publishing and maintaining royalty-free interoperability standards for 3D graphics, virtual reality, augmented reality, parallel computation ...
file format for 3D Scenes and models.
References
External links
Official websiteC++ Data Binding for 3DXML3DXML collaborative warehouseGLC_Player the Open source 3DXML (ASCII) Viewer
3D graphics file formats
XML markup languages
Vector graphics markup languages
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