How to convert ".3dmf"-files into".obj"-files for use in Bryce 5.

My way: Its a bit complicated ... but it works.

First STEP:
Open the original (if binary "3dmf") file in DesignWorkshop lite (Freeware by Artifice,Inc www.artifice.com/free/dw_lite.html)
and save it as "3dmf"-ASCII file.

Second STEP:
Import the "3dmf"-ASCII file in "3dmf2wrl" (Freeware by Foxy Software http://www.crispen.org/src/)
and export it as "vrml 97" file (extension "WRL").

Third STEP:
Import the "WRL" file in "3Dwin4" (Shareware by TB-Software http://www.tb-software.com/download.html)
and export it as wavefront "obj"-file.

FINALLY:
Import that "obj"-file into Bryce 5.

Thats it.
One thing to say:
Export function of "3Dwin4" when used unregistered may miss every 5th vertex/edge/face.

Hope it helps you

Cebulon

Why dont you just use Deep Exploration by Right Hemisphere, it reads Binary .3DMF and you can convert to .3ds, obj, Maya Truespace, directX ETC... roch222

The price of it, roch! :) I've used the approx same technique but gone via Amapi, that works too. :)

Attached Link: http://home.europa.com/~keithr/Crossroads/

It says on the web site of Crossroads that it doesn't read 3dmf but that it will soon.

Yargh, foiled again.

3dmf import is still in there on the mac in Bryce5. The hidden mesh export feature is on both platforms and its been there since Bryce3 - Select the mesh cmd/ctrl E to edit it and then cmd/ctrl D brings up the hidden export option that lets you save the mesh in a whole bunch of different export formats. I'm curious - do you get an error on Windows when you try to import it or does it just plain not SEE the file? I know even old versions of Amapi that can do it too if you have that software. Scott

I remember someone saying that there is a newer version of 3dmf and Bryce can't see it. I've tried importing files that I got from Artifice, great buildings, but when you try to import mesh it's just not there. Catlin

That's right, the format changed.