From: brennan AT news DOT rt66 DOT com (Brennan "The Rev. Bas" Underwood)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Allegro 3D examples needed DESPERATLEY.
Date: 3 Mar 1997 18:28:23 -0700
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In article <XxA6loA8hZGzEw1B AT jenkinsdavid DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>,
David Jenkins  <me AT jenkinsdavid DOT demon DOT co DOT uk> wrote:
>In article <TYkHheA9IWGzEwm$@talula.demon.co.uk>, Shawn Hargreaves
><Shawn AT talula DOT demon DOT co DOT uk> writes
>>Erroll Leggo writes:
>>>I was wondering if there is any program to convert wireframe models
>>>from any of the popular formats to allegro?
>>
>>Allegro doesn't really have a model format as such. The 3D functions are
>>a lot lower-level than that: Allegro will draw your polygons, and it
>>will do various geometric transformations for you, but it's up to you to
>>store the model however you like...
>>
>Hope nobody minds me butting into my own thread, but I've been briefly
>looking at the Plush 3D library.It looks like it has routines for
>reading .3ds and .jaw formats.I'm not sure about this though,so if
>someon could confirm it.

If you are lookin' for code to read .3ds, get:
http://brennan.home.ml.org/programming/3dsrdr12.zip

I didn't write it, but I do find it useful.


Brennan
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