Alternatives to FBX

[Anonymous]

Does anyone know a good alternative to the FBX file format and FBX SDK for exporting to my own software from 3D Studio?  I find the SDK, documentation and file format to be horrifically obtuse, almost deliberately so.  

Thanks.

[Anonymous]

FBX, by it's nature is complex because it can do so much.  It is worth investing the time to get familiar with it.

I have written an exporter that parses the FBX format for use in a game situation.  You can get it here: https://code.google.com/p/fbxviewer/

[Anonymous]

Well, if you're an artist and not a programmer, then everything will be "obtuse" to you. Learn how to program first.

[Anonymous]

Sorry for the nekropost, but this was the first result on google.

I am a programmer. Learning how to program will not solve this specific problem. FBX does in fact have deliberately bad / missing documentation.

Because of this, I am also looking for another format.

One possible solution is the Alembic format, it is open source, but it does not support procedural information such as animation curves or modifiers, and will instead, bake animation into keyframes.