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Easiest way for a simple 3d app.

A friend of mine asked for a simple program.

Input: Coordinates of some points, spheres, planes etc. ( from an excel document (strictly) )

Output: A 3D view of the input which the user can move the camera.

The questions is, how can I do that easiest way. I have experience in C++, C#, Flash (AS), Java

+1  A: 

Input: Coordinates of some points, spheres, planes etc. ( from an excel document (strictly) )

This is going to be your major problem, reading an excel document from Flash is not an easy task. You will either have to process it on a server side script with XML/JSON/AMF output to the client, or simply give up on the format.

Output: A 3D view of the input which the user can move the camera.

Displaying 3D objects in flash is easy using one of Papervision3D or Away3D.

LiraNuna  2010-02-17 20:31:27
Actually I have done some simple 3D work with flash in the past but as you mentioned, it's not easy to read from excel.
melih  2010-02-17 20:36:46
You aren't restricted to Flash, are you?
Peter Alexander  2010-02-17 20:44:50
No, I was just replying the answer about flash.
melih  2010-02-17 20:50:12
Since it´s not production software, but for a friend. Why not a mix. Write a conversion tool in c++/c#/whatever and convert it to a flash friendly format. Maybe it´s already out there by xls->save as xml->some tool convert to flash friendly format.
Marvin Smit  2010-02-17 21:00:03
Or just save as csv... but you mentioned "strictly" from Excel, so I wish you luck :)
LiraNuna  2010-02-17 21:30:18
A: 

There's a good book called XNA 3.0 Game Programming Recipes by Riemer Grootjans. You can find sample applications at his site: http://www.riemers.net/.

Icono123  2010-02-18 00:23:28
Did you even *read* his question?!
LiraNuna  2010-02-18 20:48:12

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