Alias VRML Fixer Upper
Feb 18th, 2006 by jbloom
I’m releasing a new utility that I created for my design professor. He uses Alias to create VRML files to demo his designs to clients.
Unfortunately Alias is a bit backwards when it creates the files and instead of making .jpg files for the textures it creates .sgi or .rgb picture files, and it seems most of the VRML plugins don’t know how to display this. So in the interest of making the world an easier place for other people who run into this same issue I am happy to present Version 1.0 of the ALIAS VRML Fixer Upper.
Basically you point it a folder and (with the help of ImageMagick) it converts all the .rgb files to .jpg and changes the .wrl file to reference the new files instead of the old. It can also delete the old .rgb files if you check the checkbox.
Here’s what it looks like:
You can download the zip file from here and unpack it wherever you like.
If you have any questions, comments or suggestions please leave ‘em in the comments. I’m always happy to help.
Prerequisites:
You’ll need a couple of things installed before you can use this piece of wonder.
- .Net 2.0 runtime. You can get this from Microsoft by clicking this link.
- The ImageMagick program
NOTE: When you install ImageMagick you need to make sure that you click the checkbox called “Install ImageMagickObject OLE Control for VBScript, Visual Basic, and WSH”
