Hi guys,

I wanted to know if you can help me with this problem. I want to import an animated model in my engine using DirectX12 but I don't which file format should I use. I am reading frank Luna's book and he uses an m3d file format but I cannot find any documentation for that file. So I was wondering if you help me. Which is the most popular ( and supported) file format for the character animation using Direcr3D? Can you also suggest me a tool to import it to my project?

Thank you so much

I've always used vertex tweening for my simple projects so I can't comment on the best model format for skeletal animation.

However, the tool I use for importing (Besides my half-baked obj implementation for mobile projects) is ASSIMP. It handles most formats, and imports just about anything you can think of from most formats.

http://assimp.sourceforge.net/lib_html/index.html

Marcus Hansen

The best is to use for example the FBX SDK and convert the file to a custom file format to avoid this dependency.

I'd choose COLLADA and use ASSIMP to import it. Or FBX and use FBX SDK to import it.

If this engine is just for testing then I'd just leave the model formats in COLLADA/FBX.

If it's for a game engine then I'd convert these files to a model format suited for your engine for optimum storage usage and loading speed.