From: "Alexander von L\"unen" <luenen AT informatik DOT uni-bonn DOT de>
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Subject: Re: ** functions to load 3d files **
Date: Tue, 06 Jan 1998 14:09:21 +0100
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Mark Yorke wrote:
> 
> I am looking for functions to load any of the following file formats:
> 
>   Extension - name
> 
>  obj - Wavefront OBJ
>  dxf - AutoCAD R12 DXF
>  3ds - 3D Studio
>  lwo - LightWave
>  pov - POV-Ray Mesh
>  igs - IGES
>  3dm - Rhino 3D Models
>  raw - Raw Triangles
>  udo - Moray UDO
>  stl - STL
>   ai - Adobe Illustrator
>  wmf - Windows MetaFile
>  rib - RenderMan
>   ag - AG
> 
> I have info on the first 4 formats, and plan to start my own functions,
> but they're going to take a long time, and i would rather have these
> functions done for me if at all possible. the less things i have to do,
> the faster i can get started with my main project. any help?
> email, please
> 
> SteelGolem

The 3ds File Toolkit has been released to the public by Kinetix (incl.
full sources). Since it's all ANSI C it's easily portable. I already
made a Makefile for that for both Linux and DJGPP, which I will make
available on my homepage at the end of this week. As far as the other
formats are concerned, you could either check www.viewpoint.com which
hosts a public FTP-Server with a plethora of models, tools, and format
specifications or you could purchase Keith Rule's (the author of the
converters wcvt2pov and Crossroads) book '3d Graphic File Formats: A
Proggramer's Reference' in which he gives detailed explanation of the
file formats and his source code to Crossroads.

Bye,   Alex
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