About the 3D UI engine in open-source

Question

There are many 3D UI engines in SourceForge and other opensource forum, I would like know which is best one you used?

1. Support D3D in Windows
2. Provide UI Builder tool
3. Support Auto Layout
4. Easy to do localization

thanks.

Answer 1

If you're making a game, this might not be appropriate but you might want to look at WPF.

The latest version supports a certain amount of integration with D3D.

Answer 2

Please expand this answer.

CrystalSpace 3D

License: LGPL license
Language: C++

CrystalSpace is really full-featured. With 2d and 3d modules, sound modules, physics and collision detection.

OGRE

License: LGPL licence
Language: C++ Platform: Windows, Linux, Mac OS X

OGRE is a very active framework, but it's not a full-featured framework. You have to find separate sound physic engines. There is support for a lot of advanced features like shaders. A menu module is included too.

Irrlicht

License: Irrlicht licence (similar to zlib)
Language: C++

Sauerbraten

Licence: zlib (only the source code, not the media)

Quake III Engine

License: GPL (only source code, not the media)
3D-driver: OpenGL

Others

A lot more can be found on wikipedia.

Answer 3

Check out PyQt - it is available under GPL and a commercial license and has canvas type windows for 3d surfaces.

You can use its powerful GUI for tools and embed the 3d view inside it.