I am trying to assemble a scene in opengl, using already made objects. The problem is that the object are in .max format and have no external textures. How could I import my objects in opengl, without retexturing them. I am thinking about exporting them to 3ds and using a 3ds file loader. Could you recommend one, and of course it has to work only with the 3ds file itself, no external texture files.
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You might want to check out lib3ds which will parse the 3ds binary format for you and give you access to all of the objects properties. I think Autodesk also has their own toolkit for doing this.
Kevin Loney
2009-01-07 19:06:35
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3ds max already allows me to export the file to obj. I have an object that has no external texture file, but it is already fully colored as a 3ds file. Is there any way to import in opengl and have the same colors, for the trunk, leaves?
iulianchira
2009-01-07 20:19:52
Please try not to respond to your own question with another question. Use the comments instead ;)
Joe Philllips
2009-01-07 20:23:52
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You should look at this link. It is a 3DS viewer with source code that renders using OpenGL. The code is simple.
Paulo Lopes
2009-01-07 20:28:15
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If I remember correctly, the 3ds file does not store the vertex normals so you will probably have to calculate them yourself somehow or otherwise it will use the normal of the face itself which is will be quite ugly.
DrJokepu
2009-01-07 20:30:51