I''m doing a simulation program and I need to read and view 3ds files with openGL. Does anybody know a way to do that? Thanks for the help, Dani

yes, get the file format off the net and write a .3ds importer.


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Float like a butterfly, bite like a crocodile.

Thanks, but I have no idea of how to make an importer for this kind of files...
and I''ve forgot to say, I''m coding under Linux!

i know you don''t, that''s why you''ll need to get the file format specs. there''s no other way around it, no one''s going to do it for you.


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Float like a butterfly, bite like a crocodile.

Do a search on altavista for a program called view3ds (recently moved websites so you''ll have to do a bit of digging) its a program written for opengl that loads and displays 3d studio models and comes complete with source code.

If you have trouble finding it , say and i''ll email it to you.

Chris

Hehe. There is another way.
Goto http://support.ktx.com/upload/3DSFTK.ZIP
There you can download a sdk which was made for operating on 3ds files.

Hope that helps.

Hey Chris
Could you e-mail it to me too.... please
I''ve searched the net, i did found a link to the site, but it''s down, or it''s no longer there.
my e-mail is brunomtc@hotmail.com

thanks
Bruno

Thank you all for helping!
...but same problem; all I''ve found ''till now is
http://sal.duth.gr/E/5/VIEW3DS.html , but the link from there doesn''t take anywhere...
So Chris, if you could send it to me I''d be very greatful.
About the download in http://support.ktx.com/upload/3DSFTK.ZIP ,
I''m studying it write now...but couldn''t still at all make it work under Linux!!!

you might also try the gnopengl3ds at this site, its based on the view3ds program mentioned earlier, and works on linux.

http://revealed.linux.tucows.com/gnomehtml/gra_image_view.html

Geoff

Thanks!
Great help! I''ve made it work in my computer! Although only in full screen... but that''s because of my graphic card.

Adios!

Dani