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3DXML is a proprietary 3D
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developed by
Dassault SystemesDassault Systèmes S.A. is a leading company specializing in 3D and PLM software.Dassault Systèmes develops and markets PLM application software and services that support industrial processes and provide a 3D vision of the entire lifecycle of products from conception to maintenance to recycling...
under its
3D Via Brand. It uses an
XMLExtensible Markup Language is a set of rules for encoding documents in machine-readable form. It is defined in the XML 1.0 Specification produced by the W3C, and several other related specifications, all gratis open standards....
container whose specification were published.
It should not be confused with
X3DX3D is the ISO standard XML-based file format for representing 3D computer graphics, the successor to the Virtual Reality Modeling Language . X3D features extensions to VRML X3D is the ISO standard XML-based file format for representing 3D computer graphics, the successor to the Virtual Reality...
, the ISO standard XML-based file format for representing 3D
computer graphicsComputer graphics are graphics created using computers and, more generally, the representation and manipulation of image data by a computer with help from specialized software and hardware....
.
Support
Up to this date the 3DXML format is only supported by
Dassault SystemesDassault Systèmes S.A. is a leading company specializing in 3D and PLM software.Dassault Systèmes develops and markets PLM application software and services that support industrial processes and provide a 3D vision of the entire lifecycle of products from conception to maintenance to recycling...
product line. A free player is provided by Dassault Systemes directly for the windows platform. Virtool a 100% subsidiary of the editor offers 3DVia player, a free player available on both the Mac OS X and Windows platform.
3DVIA Printscreen, a Windows only application, captures OpenGL or DirectX instructions to generate 3DXML files.
License
Dassault Systemes provides a yearly royalty free license to anyone requesting the 3DXML format documentation. This license however only permits internal works.
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