Best model file extension for panda3d

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Disclaimer: These are my opinions and if you disagree with them, it’s totally fine.

Hello everyone!
There are many supported model formats in panda3d, with bam and egg supported natively. However, I would like to raise the issue that bam/egg files are not supported to be edited by a 3d modeling software like blender. Therefore, I would like to suggest that the glTF format is the most suitable for panda3d with panda3d-gltf installation. It is similar to bam/egg, but is also supported by blender and some others which can be easily modified. Correct me if I am wrong, but glTF format may be better than egg/bam format given the reasons above.
So, the answer is: we should use glTF instead of bam/egg (?)

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Yes, glTF is a more portable format. The egg format is a couple of decades older. :slight_smile:

However, I would submit that you’re not really supposed to edit the glTF/egg files after you’ve exported them. Instead, a typical pipeline is one-way: you keep the original source .blend files around, and then re-export after any changes.

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