A method and apparatus for producing a 3-D image file. In a preferred embodiment,
the 3-D image file is produced using a source including a set of graphics instructions.
The source data is produced, for example, by translating a data set into graphics
instructions by a translation application. The graphics instructions are then converted
into movie file commands by a graphics converter. In a preferred embodiment, the
graphics instructions are converted by a set of procedures which contain storage
and display information for each of the graphics instructions. Each command corresponds
to a specific graphics instructions, and contains information for instructing a
display software application to display a characteristic of a 3-D image. The commands
are then recorded in the output 3-D image file.
