Proteus compatibility

Import error

hi,
I have exported 3ds files from proteus ARES.
But i cant open it in rw 3ds viewer.
but it is compatible with other 3d s/ws.
At the same time i was able to use the 3ds components created with rw icon editor in proteus ARES.
Any one succeeded in opening 3ds file exported from proteus ?..pls help

Vlasta on June 29th 2010 0

It is a one-way street. RWIE uses its own format for 3D models and exports to 3DS, but cannot import and modify a 3DS file. The internal format uses basic shapes like sphere or cylinder and NURBS surfaces as its building blocks and 3DS uses a triangle mesh. The transformation from a triangle mesh back to a higher level shape would be almost impossible.