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<div>For what it’s worth, we’re extending and upgrading the XML API for use in Poser. Our main use case however is to dump existing ccl::Scene data structures to XML and read them back, not writing XML directly. Basically, we set up a Scene like usual, then
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<div>Breaking compatibility was necessary to support a single Mesh to use per-polygon materials – that is not possible in the current XML API. We also added a binary format for Mesh structures, as with large meshes, the XML files themselves and the read/write
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<span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span><<a href="mailto:bf-cycles-bounces@blender.org">bf-cycles-bounces@blender.org</a>> on behalf of Prayaag Kasundra <<a href="mailto:prayaag@decorastudio.com">prayaag@decorastudio.com</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Reply-To: </span>Discussion list to assist Cycles render engine developers <<a href="mailto:bf-cycles@blender.org">bf-cycles@blender.org</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span>Friday, March 18, 2016 at 12:51 PM<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span>"<a href="mailto:bf-cycles@blender.org">bf-cycles@blender.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:bf-cycles@blender.org">bf-cycles@blender.org</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span>Re: [Bf-cycles] XML API proposal - objects and mesh instances<br>
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<pre><span style="font-family: 'Calibri Light', sans-serif; color: black;">Hi, <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family: 'Calibri Light', sans-serif; color: black;"><o:p> </o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family: 'Calibri Light', sans-serif; color: black;">Just to let everyone here know, we are using Cycles XML API. We are startup from India trying to build online visualization software. We are not famous or the ones that matter but we hope to be someday. <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family: 'Calibri Light', sans-serif; color: black;"><o:p> </o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family: 'Calibri Light', sans-serif; color: black;">I think XML API is good and well readable and well debug-able format. It can be serialized or deseriallized easily from any software. With JSON we can reduce file-size overhead a bit. But XML is not that bad. Not sure what advantage other format in consideration will have. <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family: 'Calibri Light', sans-serif; color: black;"><o:p> </o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family: 'Calibri Light', sans-serif; color: black;">In my opinion XML API should be continued to be improved. <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family: 'Calibri Light', sans-serif; color: black;"><o:p> </o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family: 'Calibri Light', sans-serif; color: black;"><o:p> </o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family: 'Calibri Light', sans-serif; color: black;">Thanks<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family: 'Calibri Light', sans-serif; color: black;">Prayaag <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
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