RIB

File Format
Name	RIB
Ontology	Electronic File Formats 3D and CAD/CAM Models RIB
Extension(s)	.rib

RIB (RenderMan Interface Bytestream Protocol File Format) is a scene description format associated with Pixar's RenderMan 3D rendering software. It is a plain text format.

See also Maya scene, another format often used with RenderMan.

Specifications

• The RenderMan Interface Bytestream Protocol File Format (June, 1990)
• http://paulbourke.net/dataformats/rib/ → The RenderMan Interface, Version 3.2 (July, 2000)

Sample files

• Cornell Box - RIB Scene

Links

• Pixar RIB File Format Summary, from the Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats
• Wikipedia:RenderMan (software)
• RenderMan website
  • RIB - The RenderMan Scene Description Language
  • A RIB File, Line by Line