Where can I find a C++ 3D modeling library which can open common 3D file formats?

Question

Hello!

Does someone know any C++ library / interface to handle 3d-model data in common formats (.obj, .3ds, .ply, ...)?

There are some libraries that I can find, like lib3ds or libobj, but if I want to handle different object formats, I would really need to get used to API of them all and write a bunch of my own wrappers so that my code doesn't turn into a mess.

So, I'm interested if there are some alternatives (even commercial), but which act like a swiss knife for a big army of different 3d model formats?

Thank you.

Answer 1

Check out 'Open Asset Import Library' (AssImp)

It supports these formats:

• Collada ( .dae )
• 3ds Max 3DS ( .3ds )
• 3ds Max ASE ( .ase )
• Wavefront Object ( .obj )
• Stanford Polygon Library ( .ply )
• AutoCAD DXF ( .dxf )
• LightWave ( .lwo )
• Modo ( .lxo )
• Stereolithography ( .stl )
• AC3D ( .ac )
• Milkshape 3D ( .ms3d )
• TrueSpace ( .cob,.scn )
• Valve Model ( .smd,.vta )
• Quake I ( .mdl )
• Quake II ( .md2 )
• Quake III ( .md3 )
• Return to Castle Wolfenstein ( .mdc )
• Doom 3 ( .md5)
• Biovision BVH ( *.bvh )
• CharacterStudio Motion ( *.csm )
• DirectX X ( .x ).
• BlitzBasic 3D ( .b3d ).
• Quick3D ( .q3d,.q3s ).
• Ogre XML ( .mesh.xml ).
• Irrlicht Mesh ( .irrmesh ).
• Irrlicht Scene ( .irr ).
• Neutral File Format ( .nff )
• Sense8 WorldToolKit ( .nff )
• Object File Format ( .off )
• PovRAY Raw ( .raw )
• Terragen Terrain ( .ter )
• 3D GameStudio ( .mdl )
• 3D GameStudio Terrain ( .hmp )