oct 16

• .dae : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COLLADA (open source; many 3D apps ... e.g. "pro" version of Sketchup)
• .kml, kmz : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyhole_Markup_Language (Google earth)
• .skp : sketchup (also exports to kml)
• XML - extensible markup language - is the basis for many of these.
• "Pro" version of Sketchup can export to .dae

• http://www.makehuman.org/blog/index.php
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MakeHuman
• can save mesh as .dae and import into Blender

• http://ocw.tufts.edu/Course/57 : Blender 3D Design, Spring 2008
• "an introduction to the world of computer generated 3-D modeling and animation"

• "Pro" could be available to us with an education license
• 2008 Model your campus competition: http://contest.sketchup.com/intl/en/

• http://sketchup.google.com/customers/edu/educators.html