Q: How do i load static 3ds Max models in OpenGL
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Hi,
I have written an opengl program for which i load a few models defined by vertex and triangles (which i interact with by dynamics and collisions). I would like to draw other models on the scene by loading precreated models from 3ds max. Is there a loader in Opengl to load such created models, These models are not animated or anything just meshes.
thanks for any help you can provide.
http://spacesimulator.net/tut4_3dsloader.html
good tutorial... good working code... worked for me.
good tutorial... good working code... worked for me.
I used lib3ds to do this and I'm pretty happy with it. (It only handles parsing of the *.3ds files though, you'll have to do the rendering yourself...)
How do you put texture on your models... It's not that easy thing... But I must admit that I've only used 3ds models that I've downloaded from net and they don't have any image attached to them...
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Thanks AverageJoeSSU and kloffy
I am looking into both currently so see which is more suitable for me. Does this support the new max files from 3Ds Max 9.0+? I will give it a shot and see what happens.
Thanks again.
I am looking into both currently so see which is more suitable for me. Does this support the new max files from 3Ds Max 9.0+? I will give it a shot and see what happens.
Thanks again.
Quote:Original post by Garibalde
Thanks AverageJoeSSU and kloffy
I am looking into both currently so see which is more suitable for me. Does this support the new max files from 3Ds Max 9.0+? I will give it a shot and see what happens.
Thanks again.
As far as I know, the .3DS format never changed since the .MAX format replaced it. This brings its own problems, for example there's no support for bones/skeletons in 3DS, but for basic verts/faces/UV's, materials and simple vertex animation it's a perfect binary format to learn.
That spacesimulator.net link from AverageJoeSSU is absolute gold, it helped me about 2 years ago on the subject and I worked my way up to designing and implementing my own proprietary format.
If you want to load a huge .MAX file, with its whole materials and animation tracks, you should export those models as COLLADA files (*.dae).
Then use a COLLADA loader,
COLLADA-DOM.
COLLADA is thought as an open standard for exchanging media. Most 3D editors support it.
Then use a COLLADA loader,
COLLADA-DOM.
COLLADA is thought as an open standard for exchanging media. Most 3D editors support it.
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