Does anyone know of any sources on optimizing 3d models? I want to eleminate duplicate vertex data (not to hard) and find optimal triangle strips that exist in the model. thxs,

www.cs.sunysb.edu/~stripe/

Nice program but my models are generated at run time according to user provided parameters and dynamic program flow! I need to optimize them on the fly. they contain between 1k-24k tris per model so speed is important! So specifically what I need are code examples.

There is a utility for optimizing model triangle data to form strips on nVidia''s page. It is called NVTriStrip and is available with full source code. You can find it at www.nvidia.com/Marketing/Developer/DevRel.nsf/ProgrammingResourcesFrame
I hope this helps