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+/visual_studio/*.user
+/visual_studio/*.suo
+/visual_studio/obj
+/visual_studio/bin
+/visual_studio/collada
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+/lib/*
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+/examples/convert.js
+/examples/convert.js.map

README.md

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+Collada converter
+==================
+
+Loads and converts COLLADA files into a format more usable for WebGL
+
+
+Building
+========
+
+First, make sure you have typescript installed 
+There are several ways of building the library:
+
+* Using Microsoft Visual Studio
+    * Make sure you have typescript for Visual Studio installed (http://www.typescriptlang.org/#Download)
+    * Open the solution in the `visual_studio` subdirectory
+    * Build the project
+* Using the command line
+    * Windows: run make.bat in the project root
+    * Unix: 
+
+
+Architecture
+============
+
+1. COLLADA files are text files.
+2. Use a *DOMParser* (built in in all browsers) to convert the text file into an XML document.
+3. Use a *ColladaLoader* (from this library) to convert COLLADA XML document into a corresponding COLLADA javascript object. The resulting object is just easier to work with than a generic XML document and provides some convenience functionality for navigating the links within the file.
+4. Use a *ColladaConverter* (from this library) to extract all geometries, materials, and animations from the COLLADA javascript object and transform them into a representation that is suitable for realtime rendering on the GPU.
+5. Use a *ColladaExporter* (from this library) to pack the converted data into a file that is suitable for extremely fast loading in WebGL (a few milliseconds).