Loading 3ds files

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#1

Hi All,

I’ve found a few java 3ds loaders but they all seem to be for creating Java3D geometry nodes. I just want something that can parse the 3ds file and I can be queried for data.

Is that something that I can do with the Java3D node loaders (if so, how?) or is there a loader that does the kind of thing I want already?

I’m used to using lib3ds in C/C++, that’s the kind of approach I’d like to go forward with

TIA

#2

http://www.java-gaming.org/cgi-bin/JGNetForums/YaBB.cgi?board=share;action=display;num=1061796369

#3

Excellent! That sounds like just what I was after - thanks, I’ll give that a go :o)

#4

It’s a nice lib. I use it in my project.

Although currently there is missing a matrix that will move a mesh from world to object space. And I think you need that to do keyframed animation :frowning: